COVID-19: Wellbeing and Self Care Resources for Carers and Practitioners
This briefing explores the importance of self-care for parents and carers, whilst outlining some ‘top-tips’ and helpful resources that can be accessed online.
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Characterizing street-connected children and youths’ social and health inequities in Kenya: a qualitative study
This study sought to identify and understand how street-connected children and youth (SCY)’s social and health inequities in Kenya are produced, maintained, and shaped by structural and social determinants of health using the WHO conceptual framework on social determinants of health (SDH) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) General Comment no. 17.
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Transition to Adulthood: What We Know (and What We Don’t) about Young People with Foster Care Experience from the National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD)
This brief from Child Trends explores the transition to adulthood for young people with foster care experience in the U.S., including federal policies impacting the transition.
Professional competencies of practitioners in family and parenting support programmes. A German and Dutch case study
The authors of this study conducted a qualitative case study and obtained in-depth knowledge about the necessary professional competencies from the perspective of financiers, providers, practitioners, and participants across three cases of family and parenting support programmes in Germany and the Netherlands.
What is known about child sexual exploitation in residential care in Australia? A systematic scoping review
Employing a systematic scoping methodology, this review examined the scope and breadth of literature focusing on children and young people living in residential care in Australia who have experienced sexual exploitation.
Heterogeneity in the dynamic arousal and modulation of fear in young foster children
Guided by emotional security theory, the authors of this study explored how child and context-related factors were associated with heterogeneity in young foster children’s organized patterns of fear response to distress.
Going beyond “Who” and “How”: Expanding understanding of foster coparenting through the application of contextual action theory and action-project method
This investigation applied contextual action theory and action-project method to the study of foster coparenting and the integration of children into the family.
Educational outcomes for homeless young adults with and without a history in foster care
This study explores the factors that are associated with positive educational outcomes for HYA with and without a foster care history.
Understanding the effects of an interdisciplinary approach to parental representation in child welfare
This study utilizes a qualitative interview-based design to understand how the the interdisciplinary law office approach to parental representation in child welfare, used in the New York City Family Court, works in practice to impact the outcomes of families’ cases.
“Even if you think you can trust them, don’t trust them”: An exploratory analysis of the lived experiences of sexual health among sexual minority girls in foster care
This study aims to provide a preliminary understanding of how sexual minority girls in foster care experience the phenomenon of sexual health.