Telomere Length and Psychopathology: Specificity and Direction of Effects Within the Bucharest Early Intervention Project

Mark Wade, Nathan A. Fox, Charles H. Zeanah, Charles A. Nelson, Stacy S. Drury - Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

This study draws upon data from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project (BEIP), a longitudinal study exploring the impact of severe psychosocial deprivation on child health and development to examine the relationship between telomere length and psychopathology.

HIV/AIDS orphans in South Africa: NGO interventions supporting transitions to alternative care

Tiffany Ann Breckenridge, Christine Black-Hughes, John Rautenbach, Michelle McKinley - International Social Work

This qualitative study explores 49 orphaned children who were observed in a non-governmental organization group setting in a small, rural village located in Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Child maltreatment, sexual and peer victimization experiences among adolescents in residential care

Sílvia Indias, Ignacia Arruabarrena, Joaquín De Paúl - Children and Youth Services Review

The present study aimed to measure lifetime prevalence and frequency rates of child physical and emotional abuse, neglect, domestic violence, and several types of sexual and peer victimization among adolescents in residential care.

Evaluating the impact of camp-based reunification on the resilience of siblings separated by foster care

Jeffrey Waid & Armeda Stevenson Wojciak - Children and Youth Services Review

To explore the viability of positive youth development for youth in care, this observational study investigated whether participation in a summer camp-based reunification program for siblings separated by foster care in the US and Australia called Camp To Belong influenced youth resilience, a critical protective mechanism for maltreated youth.

The Impact of the European Union in the Transformation of Child Protection Policies: A Study of Bulgarian Deinstitutionalization Reform (1989-2015)

Vera Radeva - Institut d'études politiques de Paris

This doctoral research explores how the European Union membership has changed the post-communist heritage of institutional care in Bulgaria, focusing on the transformation of orphanages through the deinstitutionalization reform

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Centre-based supervised child-parent contact in Ireland: The views and experiences of fathers, supervisors and key stakeholders

Elizabeth Kiely, Nicola O'Sullivan, Mary Tobin - Children and Youth Services Review

The paper presents findings from a study of centre-based supervised child-parent contact. The purpose of the research was twofold; to ascertain the views and experiences of birth fathers on all aspects of the supervised child-parent contact they experienced in a centre; to find out from centre supervisors their views of engaging fathers and supervising contact, and from key stakeholders and referral agents (a community project worker, a child protection social worker, Guardian ad Litems, a family law solicitor) their perceptions of the supervised contact provision in the centre.