Breaking social barriers: A participatory observation of social-media interactions in an undergraduate-student mentorship of at-risk youth at a foster care institution in Puerto Rico

Elenita Irizarry Ramos - University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

This thesis paper employed qualitative methods to capture the online interaction of undergraduate volunteers as part of an undergraduate-student mentorship program. This program was developed to provide mentorship and tutoring for at-risk-youth at a foster care institution.

Care leavers in early adulthood: How do they fare in England, Finland and Germany?

Claire Cameron, Katie Hollingworth, Ingrid Schoon, Eric van Santen, Wolfgang Schröer, Tiina Ristikari, Tarja Heino, Elina Pekkarinen - Children and Youth Services Review

This paper examines the longer term outcomes of young people who experienced out of home care (OHC) as children, in Britain, Germany and Finland, countries characterised by different welfare regimes. 

Care-‘less’: exploring the interface between child care and parental control in the context of child rights for workers in children’s homes in Ghana

Ernest Darkwah, Marguerite Daniel, Joana Salifu Yendork - BMC International Health and Human Rights

This study explored how employed caregivers experience the interface between child care, parental control and child rights in the context of Children’s Homes in Ghana.

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Our Lives Our Care: Looked after children’s views on their well-being in 2017

Professor Julie Selwyn, Levana Magnus and Dr Bobby Stuijfzand - University of Bristol School for Policy Studies and Coram Voice

This report from the University of Bristol School for Poicy Studies and Coram Voice presents findings from a 2017 survey, in which 2,263 looked after children and young people from 16 local authorities in the United Kingdom completed the ‘Your Life, Your Care’ survey to determine their subjective, self-reported wellbeing. 

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Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Among Youths Living in Group Care Homes: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Roy F. Oman, Sara K. Vesely, Jennifer Green, Kristen Clements-Nolle, Minggen Lu - American Journal of Public Health

The objective of this study was to determine if the Power Through Choices (PTC) intervention can increase the use of birth control and reduce pregnancy among system-involved youths living in group care homes.