The Use of Sleep Medication in Youth Residential Care
The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of sleep medication and concomitant psychotropic medication in children and adolescents placed under residential care (RC) in Norway.
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Study of the Differential Consequences of Neglect and Poverty on Adaptive and Maladaptive Behavior in Children
The objective of this study was to compare the effects of poverty and physical neglect on the development of problematic externalizing and internalizing behaviors, adaptive skills, and school problems among school children between the ages of 3 and 12.
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The impacts of parent-child communication on left-behind children’s mental health and suicidal ideation: A cross sectional study in Anhui
This study aimed to investigate the impact of previous maternal migration experiences on left-behind children’s (LBC) mental health status and suicidal ideation, and the possible mediating role of parent-child communication.
Final Report for Evaluation of Fostering Wellbeing Programme
This report presents findings and recommendations from an evaluation of the Fostering Wellbeing pilot initiative devised by The Fostering Network that was trialled in Cwm Taf, Wales.
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“She was accused of colluding with the mother”; the training and support needs of parent-and-child foster carers: A qualitative study
This qualitative study has used ten focus groups with foster carers, eight interviews with mothers, and nine interviews with supervising social workers, to inform the development of an online learning resource and a social media-based peer support network for parent-and-child foster carers.
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The Impact of Health Care Education on Utilization Among Adolescents Preparing for Emancipation From Foster Care
This study examined the impact of health care education materials designed for foster youth, called ICare2CHECK. It was hypothesized that ICare2CHECK would increase nonurgent ambulatory health care use and decrease emergency/urgent care use.
Creating a safe educational environment for children deprived of parental care: pedagogical and socio-legal aspects
The study substantiates the organizational, psychological, pedagogical and socio-legal principles of creating a safe educational environment for children deprived of parental care, providing the proper conditions for their socialization, harmonious physical, mental, moral and volitional, and spiritual development.
Improving Child Welfare’s Use of Data for Service Planning: Practitioner Perspectives on a Training Curriculum
This study examined the outcomes of a training aimed at enhancing child welfare practitioners’ use of data from the the Ontario Looking After Children (OnLAC) project for service planning related to young people’s educational outcomes.
The Dynamics of Prolonged Child Residential Care in Botswana: Prospects for Alternative Child Care Systems
Using the Attachment Theory as a guiding framework, this study sought to explore the effects of prolonged residential care for children.
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Demographic, Health Care, and Fertility-related Characteristics of Adults Aged 18–44 Who Have Ever Been in Foster Care: United States, 2011–2017
This report presents demographic characteristics, health service access and use, and timing of key fertility-related milestones among adults aged 18–44 who had ever been in foster care as compared with those who had never been in foster care in the United States.
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