Factors that Promote or Hinder a Youth in Care Network: A Report from the Field
This report describes the evolution of an independent youth-led organization for youth in and from care in Quebec, Canada
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Effectiveness of Parenting Program for Macau Shift Work Parents: Randomized Controlled Trial
This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Happy Parenting: Round-the-Clock Parenting (HPRCP) program for Macau parents on shift work, using randomized controlled trial design.
Building home on a fault line: Aging out of child welfare with a serious mental health diagnosis
This research explains how and why homelessness occurs among youth with serious mental health struggles after aging out of residential and transitional living programmes.
Foster care in France: children's perception of their own well‐being
The purposes of this study are to document and analyse the point of view of children in foster families on their subjective well‐being and also to identify contextual factors that influence it.
When standardization becomes the lens of professional practice in child welfare services
In this paper, the authors examine how standardized tools, in this case, a standardized parenting programme and a standardized Norwegian assessment tool, influence professional roles as experienced by child welfare workers (CWS professionals) in Norway.
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Depression among children at shelter care institutions in Terengganu Malaysia
The aim of this study was to investigate the status of children depression using the Children Depression Inventory (CDI) at 21 shelter care institutions in Terengganu, Malaysia.
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Residential instability, running away, and juvenile detention characterizes commercially sexually exploited youth involved in Washington State’s child welfare system
The purpose of this study was to describe the demographics, state-dependent living situations, and juvenile detention usage of state-dependent commercially sexually exploited youth.
Safer sex strategies and the role of gender among African American youth transitioning from foster care
Using a sequential, mixed methods approach, data from 115 sexually active African American youth in foster care (17-20 years old) were analyzed to determine their level of protection and whether gender was a factor in their prevention efforts.
Preventing child sexual abuse: A systematic review of interventions and their efficacy in developing countries
The authors of this paper systematically reviewed research on the nature of child sexual abuse interventions in developing countries, the settings and populations included to identify types of child sexual abuse prevention initiatives being implemented in developing countries and their effectiveness.