Anna Melke
Biographic Data
| ID | 6686673 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anna Melke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anna |
| FAMILY NAME | Melke |
| SIGNATURE | MELKE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Gothenburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1728-9763 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Informal networks in child protection assessments
Child protection policy in Sweden, as in many other countries, emphasises the involvement of families’ informal social networks in assessment and decision-making. However, limited empirical knowledge exists about how informal networks are recognised and used in investigative practice. This study examines how informal social networks are identified, described, and involved in child protection assessments in Sweden, and whether practices differ bet…
Exploring moral injury among parents with children in out‐of‐home care
This article brings together the experiences of parents whose children are placed in out‐of‐home care (OHC) with the theoretical concept of moral injury. The findings are based on empirical data from a research and development project conducted in seven Swedish municipalities with the aim of developing support for such parents. This article draws on a data set of qualitative interviews with 40 parents, 30 mothers and 10 fathers, with children in …
Social workers’ constructions of parents to children in foster care
Parents of children in out-of-home care receive little support from social services. Drawing on qualitative data collected in the project ‘Parent at a distance’, in which social services in seven municipalities in Sweden aimed to improve support to parents whose children are placed in foster care, this paper explores social workers’ discourses about parents to children in care. The analysis is based on focus group data in which a total of 52 soci…
Exploring moral injury among parents with children in out‐of‐home care
This article brings together the experiences of parents whose children are placed in out‐of‐home care (OHC) with the theoretical concept of moral injury. The findings are based on empirical data from a research and development project conducted in seven Swedish municipalities with the aim of developing support for such parents. This article draws on a data set of qualitative interviews with 40 parents, 30 mothers and 10 fathers, with children in …
Social workers’ constructions of parents to children in foster care
Parents of children in out-of-home care receive little support from social services. Drawing on qualitative data collected in the project ‘Parent at a distance’, in which social services in seven municipalities in Sweden aimed to improve support to parents whose children are placed in foster care, this paper explores social workers’ discourses about parents to children in care. The analysis is based on focus group data in which a total of 52 soci…
Exploring moral injury among parents with children in out‐of‐home care
This article brings together the experiences of parents whose children are placed in out‐of‐home care (OHC) with the theoretical concept of moral injury. The findings are based on empirical data from a research and development project conducted in seven Swedish municipalities with the aim of developing support for such parents. This article draws on a data set of qualitative interviews with 40 parents, 30 mothers and 10 fathers, with children in …
Informal networks in child protection assessments
Child protection policy in Sweden, as in many other countries, emphasises the involvement of families’ informal social networks in assessment and decision-making. However, limited empirical knowledge exists about how informal networks are recognised and used in investigative practice. This study examines how informal social networks are identified, described, and involved in child protection assessments in Sweden, and whether practices differ bet…
Child Abuse and Trauma (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Qualitative research (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Work (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Child protection (1 work) · Child Welfare and Adoption (1 work) · Developmental psychology (1 work) · Distressing (1 work)