%0 Journal Article
%T Foundling and Abandoned Children in Palestine | Banat | Global Journal of Health Science | CCSE
%A Bassam Yousef Ibrahim Banat
%A Iskandar Andon
%A Sameer Shqair
%J Home | Global Journal of Health Science | CCSE
%D 2019
%R 10.5539/gjhs.v11n11p52
%X The study addressed foundling and abandoned children in the Palestinian society as a multi-dimensional phenomenon. The study consisted of a retrospective transversal survey of one hundred and fifteen abandoned children, and ninety-two abandoning mothers purposefully selected from the records of Cr¨¨che Institution in Bethlehem, West Bank. The findings indicated that the ratio of foundling and abandoned children in the Palestinian society is very low comparison with international figures. The study concludes that child abandonment in the Palestinian society is a risk factor, and that under-reporting of offences, especially incest is widespread in the Palestinian patriarchal society
%U http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/gjhs/article/view/0/40720