Parental-group interventions for parents of children with mental health problems admitted in a tertiary care center: An experience from India

N Janardhana, B Manjula - Indian Journal of Community Medicine

The objective of this study is to understand the use of parental-group intervention for helping parents understand the problems of their children and to develop skills to deal with those problems.

Do prescribers deprescribe psychotropic medication for children in foster care?

Conor O’Brien, John T. Rapp, Erica D. Kierce - Developmental Child Welfare

For this study, the researchers conducted a retrospective descriptive study of Medicaid files for 30 individuals placed in a foster care system that included an analysis of 10 consecutive visits with a prescribing practitioner spanning 8–14 months.

Fostering healthy families: An exploration of the informal and formal support needs of foster caregivers

Jacquelyn K. Mallette, Lindsey Almond, Hannah Leonard - Children and Youth Services Review

This qualitative study examines the challenges foster caregivers face within their families and seeks to understand their formal and informal support systems so that future trainings may be created to provide for the specific and realistic needs of foster caregivers.

Staff support and adolescent adjustment difficulties: The moderating role of length of stay in the residential care setting

Adena A. Hoffnung Assouline & Shalhevet Attar-Schwartz - Children and Youth Services Review

This study examines the link between perceived staff social support and emotional and behavioral adjustment difficulties of adolescents in educational residential care settings (RCSs) designed for youth from underprivileged backgrounds in Israel.

Physical activity interventions to improve the health of children and adolescents in out of home care- A systematic review of the literature

Brendan Wilson & Lisa M Barnett - Children and Youth Services Review

This review identifies if physical activity interventions are effective for children in out of home care, and if so which type of activity and for what health outcomes.

Looked after children and young people in Northern Ireland : education, school and unauthorised absence

Emma O'Neill - Ulster University

The aim of this doctoral thesis was to identify why there are higher rates of unauthorised absence from school among post-primary looked after children and young people (LACYP), what does this tell us about their educational experiences, and what is known to be helpful or unhelpful in addressing this issue.

Childhood Left-Behind Experience and Employment Quality of New-Generation Migrants in China

Jianbo Liu, Xiaodong Zheng, Marie Parker & Xiangming Fang - Population Research and Policy Review

This is the first study that empirically investigates the associations between left-behind experience in childhood and the quality of employment in adulthood for young rural-to-urban migrants in China, a population known as new-generation migrants.

The mediating mechanism between psychological resilience and mental health among left-behind children in China

Xinyi Zhao, Fang Fu, Luqing Zhou - Children and Youth Services Review

This study examined the mediating effect of psychological trait resilience on the relationship between protective factors from social network and self-esteem/depression of the left-behind children in China.

Constructions of young migrants’ situations in kinship care in a Swedish suburb by social workers in a non-governmental organisation mentoring programme

Maria Moberg Stephenson, Åsa Källström - Qualitative Social Work

The aim of this study is to explore how the social workers employed at a non-governmental organisation mentoring programme construct young migrants’ situations in kinship care in a Swedish suburb, and if and how these constructions change during the course of the programme.

Caregiver‐endorsed strategies to improving sexual health outcomes among foster youth

Katie Albertson, Julia M. Crouch, Wadiya Udell, Allison Schimmel‐Bristow, Jessica Serrano, Kym R. Ahrens - Child & Family Social Work

For this study, the researchers conducted 11 semistructured focus groups with 86 foster and kinship caregivers in three child welfare jurisdictions to understand their strategies for monitoring and communicating with youth in foster care around sexual health topics, with the overall goal of developing a training for caregivers to reduce STI and unintended pregnancies among youth in foster care.

Suicidal behaviour in transition‐aged youth with out‐of‐home care experience: Reviewing risk, assessment, and intervention

Colleen C. Katz, Danielle Busby, Chelsey McCabe - Child & Family Social Work

The purpose of the current study is to highlight the rates of suicidal ideation and behaviour in youth with out‐of‐home care experience, illuminating the empirical risk factors that may increase their vulnerability.

The education of children in care and children in need: Who falls behind and when?

Ian Sinclair, Nikki Luke, John Fletcher, Aoife O'Higgins, Steve Strand, David Berridge, Judy Sebba, Sally Thomas - Child & Family Social Work

This study aimed to explain the development of the educational gap between children in “out‐of‐home care” (CLA), children deemed in social need (CIN), and other pupils.

Study of the Differential Consequences of Neglect and Poverty on Adaptive and Maladaptive Behavior in Children

Carlos Herruzo, Antonio Raya Trenas, María J. Pino and Javier Herruzo - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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

Jingjing Lu, Leesa Lin, Brita Roy, Carley Riley, Emily Wang, Karen Wang, Lu Li, Feng Wang, Xudong Zhou - Children and Youth Services Review

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

Dr Alyson Rees, Dr Nina Maxwell, Dr Jillian Grey, Dr Cindy Corliss, Anya Barton, Dr Asma Khan, Dr Chloe O’Donnell, & Dr Victoria Silverwood - Cardiff University, CASCADE, The Fostering Network

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

Lucy November & Jane Sandall - Child & Family Social Work

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

Sarah J. Beal, Katie Nause, Nathan Lutz, Mary V. Greiner - Journal of Adolescent Health

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

Victoria Sydorenko, Alla Kovalchuk - The Asian International Journal of Life Sciences

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

Elisa Romano, Lauren Stenason, Kelly Weegar, Connie Cheung - Children and Youth Services Review

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.