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    Factores sociodemográficos, familiares y legales que inciden en la reinserción familiar de niños, niñas y adolescentes del Hogar de Jesucristo, Azogues, Ecuador (2024)
    (Universidad de Cuenca. Facultad de Jurisprudencia y Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, 2025-12-09) Calle Heredia, Brian Oswaldo; Sánchez Loja, Wilson Fernando
    The study aimed to analyze the sociodemographic, family, and legal factors that influence the family reintegration of institutionalized children and adolescents at the Hogar de Jesucristo in Azogues, Ecuador, during 2024. From the perspective of Forensic Social Work, the research examined the structural, family, and institutional conditions that determine the viability of rights restoration and family reunification processes. The methodology employed a mixed and explanatory approach with a non-experimental, cross-sectional design. In the quantitative phase, a documentary review of 17 case files was carried out to characterize sociodemographic, family, and legal factors; whereas in the qualitative phase, a focus group was conducted with six professionals from the technical team to identify critical problem areas in family support. The results showed that the majority of children and adolescents come from contexts marked by poverty (64.7% with incomes equal to or below $470), belong to single- parent households (76.5%), and 100% have experienced rights violations within the family environment. Factors such as economic hardship, parental job instability, loss of parental authority, and precarious housing conditions limited the possibilities for reintegration. At the legal level, lengthy and bureaucratic procedures, lack of resources, limited training, and weak institutional coordination were identified. The study concludes that family reintegration is determined by a complex interaction of sociodemographic, family, and legal factors, in which structural dimensions (poverty, unemployment, inadequate housing) shape the likelihood of successful reintegration to a greater extent than individual characteristics of the children and adolescents. The study contributes empirical evidence from Forensic Social Work to improve rights restoration programs, strengthen interinstitutional coordination, and reduce the prolonged institutionalization of children and adolescents in Ecuador.