English The article explores the way in which Iranian children were affected by grief after being uprooted and having experienced the loss of family members, their homes and communities. Lack of access to information about what had happened to their immediate family members and uncertainty concerning the future were the most important expressed worries. French Cette étude examine la façon dont les enfants iraniens ont immédiatement été affectés par la douleur après s’être vus déracinés et avoir vécu la perte des membres de leur famille, de leur maison, de leur communauté. Les deux principales détresses exprimées sont le manque d’information concernant le sort des membres de leur proche famille et l’incertitude quant à leur avenir. Spanish El artículo explora la manera en que los niños iraníes fueron afectados, en forma inmediata, por pena después de haber sido desarraigados y de haber experimentado la pérdida de miembros familiares, sus hogares y comunidades. La carencia de acceso a información sobre lo que ocurrió a los miembros de sus familias inmediatas y la incertidumbre sobre el futuro, fueron las preocupaciones más importantes expresadas.

This article examines the role of social workers in tackling inequalities in health care. The aim of such social work interventions is to empower service users, increase their well-being and reduce stress symptoms, mainly by advocacy and facilitating their access to health-care facilities and promoting social change.

This study examined the poverty and the new family forms in Iran. Data collected from different resources in Iran are used to examine the determinants of welfare participation among female single parents. Results indicate that in Iran only families on very low incomes receive any welfare assistance, and there is neither universal family allowance, nor any housing benefit or maternity benefit. In other words, life on welfare in Iran is an acceptable option only to the extremely poor lone mother and offers a life only at the margin of society. In fact for the majority of these lone mothers there are very few areas of employment open to them and those that are tend to have very low wages. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Global Family Skills Initiative reviewed hundreds, and then recommended 23 evidence based programmes (2010). UNODC invited FAST (Families and Schools Together) to be piloted in Central Asia, and funded the cultural adaptation teams, translations, trainings, implementations, supervisions and evaluations. Outcome evaluation results are summarized of FAST multi-family groups offered at 9 primary schools in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. FAST is a complex, multi-systemic intervention which aims to build protective factors across the child’s social ecology to enhance resilience against stress and promote child well-being. Pre- post data were collected from parents and teachers on child mental health (SDQ), family functioning (FES), parent reciprocity in social networks, and parent involvement in school. 190 families of children (age 7) attended 8 weekly sessions. Trained teams of local teachers and parents were encouraged to locally adapt 60% of the processes for a cultural fit, while following a manual of core programme components. SPSS analyses used one-tailed, paired t-tests and showed improved outcomes. Discussion of results includes the high retention rates of 100%.

United Nations Offi ce on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Global Family Skills Initiative reviewed hundreds, and then recommended 23 evidence based programmes (2010). UNODC invited FAST (Families and Schools Together) to be piloted in Central Asia, and funded the cultural adaptation teams, translations, trainings, implementations, supervisions and evaluations. Outcome evaluation results are summarized of FAST multi-family groups offered at 9 primary schools in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. FAST is a complex, multi-systemic intervention which aims to build protective factors across the child's social ecology to enhance resilience against stress and promote child well-being. Pre-post data were collected from parents and teachers on child mental health (SDQ), family functioning (FES), parent reciprocity in social networks, and parent involvement in school. 190 families of children (age 7) attended 8 weekly sessions. Trained teams of local teachers and parents were encouraged to locally adapt 60% of the processes for a cultural fi t, while following a manual of core programme components. SPSS analyses used one-tailed, paired t-tests and showed improved outcomes. Discussion of results includes the high retention rates of 100%.