Effects of Institutional Care

Institutionalising children has been shown to cause a wide range of problems for their development, well-being and longer-term outcomes. Institutional care does not adequately provide the level of positive individual attention from consistent caregivers which is essential for the successful emotional, physical, mental, and social development of children. This is profoundly relevant for children under 3 years of age for whom institutional care has been shown to be especially damaging. 

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Rhiannon Evans, Sarah MacDonald, Rob Trubey, Jane Noyes, Michael Robling, Simone Willis, Maria Boffey, Charlotte Wooders, Soo Vinnicombe, G. J. Melendez-Torres ,

This global systematic review aimed to synthesise the international evidence base for interventions targeting subjective wellbeing, mental health and suicide amongst care-experienced young people aged ≤ 25 years.

Charlotte Heleniak, Bonnie Goff, Laurel J. Gabard-Durnam, Eva H. Telzer, Kathryn L. Humphreys, Daniel S. Lumian, Jessica E. Flannery, Christina Caldera, Mor Shapiro MD, Jennifer Y. Louie, Fan Shen,

This longitudinal U.S.-based study examined the link between caregiving-related early adversity and elevated risks for both depressive psychopathology and prematurely shortened telomeres across the lifespan of children exposed to early institutional care.

Shamra Boel-Studt, Taylor Dowdy-Hazlett ,

This U.S.-based study explored youth experiences in residential care at different stages of adolescence.

Katharine Anderson, Saul Hillman, Wenjun Zhong, Richard Cross,

In this UK-based study, the relationship between levels of dissociation, several pre-placement factors and other background variables was explored to facilitate understanding of the high prevalence of dissociation in adolescents living in care.

Amina Khalid, Alina Morawska, Karen M. T. Turner,

This study involved a qualitative design with a thematic analysis approach, consisting of focus group discussions with 14 caregivers working in Pakistani orphanages who had participated in Group Triple P Parenting program.

Hope and Homes for Children,

The Hope for Homes team in Rwanda helps communities become more inclusive for children with disabilities. 

Colleen C. Katz, Nathanael J. Okpych, Pajarita Charles, Eden Wall, Mark E. Courtney,

This US-based study explores factors associated with intimate partner violence using longitudinal data from a representative sample of older youth in California Foster Care who participated in the California Youth Transitions to Adulthood Study (CalYOUTH). The authors' IPV outcome measures included victimization, perpetration, bidirectional IPV, and emotional abuse.

Victor Vedasto, Adam Matiko Charles, Africanus Calist Sarwatt,

The study aimed to assess social and psychological challenges facing orphaned children living in the orphanages in Tanzania.

Purity Wambui Gitahi, Michael Njeru, Jared Menecha,

This study sought to explore the prevalence of depression among orphaned adolescents in the selected children’s homes in Githurai Division, Nairobi County.

Lumos,

Olesea, a 24-year old from Moldova with care experience, shares her story of transitioning from a child care institution to foster care.