Community health

Community Health Information on Children Act of 1989

The Children Act of 1989, which got effective in 1991, introduces complete alteration to previous legislation, with implications for the wellbeing of children. This Act establishes the freedom of families by comprehensively defining responsibilities of parents. It additionally provides support of community authorities especially for those families which require support for children (Means & Smith 1994, pp.24).

The major driver behind such an act is the protection and welfare of child in need. This same perspective is assumed by the court when it decided child related cases. The last major driver of the ...