Parenting interventions to prevent violence against children in low- and middle-income countries in East and Southeast Asia: A systematic review and multi-level meta-analysis

Amalee McCoy, G. J. Melendez-Torres, Frances Gardner - Child Abuse & Neglect

The purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis on the effectiveness of parenting interventions in preventing violence against children.

They ask for protection: An exploratory study into experiences with violence among unaccompanied refugee children in Dutch reception facilities

A. E. Zijlstra, M. C. Menninga, E. C. C. van Os, M. E. Kalverboer - Child Abuse & Neglect

This qualitative study explores the experiences of unaccompanied children with regard to violence in reception facilities in the Netherlands from the perspective of the children.

Prevalence of child maltreatment in the Netherlands: An update and cross-time comparison

Sheila R. van Berkel, Mariëlle J. L. Prevoo, Mariëlle Linting, Fieke D. Pannebakker, Lenneke R. A. Alink - Child Abuse & Neglect

The third Netherlands’ Prevalence study of Maltreatment of children and youth (NPM-2017) provides an update of the current prevalence rates of child maltreatment and of changes in its prevalence over the last 12 years. In addition, risk factors for child maltreatment and its co-occurrence with domestic violence were investigated.

Survivors’ lived experiences of posttraumatic growth after institutional childhood abuse: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

Grace Sheridan & Alan Carr - Child Abuse & Neglect

The purpose of this study was to examine the lived experiences of posttraumatic growth (PTG) in adult survivors of institutional childhood abuse in Ireland.

Emotional and behavioural status and associated factors of children aged 11-16 years in children’s homes in Gampaha Probationary Division

Shamila Manori & Pushpa Lalani Jayawardana - Journal of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka

The purpose of this study is to describe the emotional and behavioural status and the associated factors among inmates aged 11-16 years of children’s homes in the Gampaha Probationary Division of Sri Lanka.

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Assessing caregiver usability of the National Training and Development Curriculum for Foster and Adoptive Parents

Amy M. Salazar - Children and Youth Services Review

This study summarizes findings from caregiver usability tests, and provides a wide variety of caregiver-generated suggestions for improving foster and adoptive caregiver training curricula that are applicable to all caregiver training efforts.