Mental health, adverse life events and health service use among Norwegian youth in the child welfare system: Results from a population-based study

Sondre Aasen Nilsen, Kristin Gärtner Askeland, Dora Poni Joseph Loro, Anette Christine Iversen, Karen J. Skaale Havnen, Tormod Bøe, Ove Heradstveit - Child & Family Social Work

This study aimed to compare mental health problems and health service use among adolescents receiving in-home services (IHS), living in foster care (FC) and general population youth (GP).

Institutional variety rather than the end of residential care: Regional responses to deinstitutionalisation reforms in Russia

Anna Tarasenko - Reforming Child Welfare in the Post-Soviet Space

This chapter traces and explains responses to deinstitutionalisation reforms in the Russian regions. Three parallel policy shifts are taken into account: deinstitutionalisation (DI), public sector reform, and social provision reform.

Position Paper: Collaboration Across Child Protection in Humanitarian Action and Education in Emergencies [v.2]

Mark Chapple- The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action and the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE)

In this paper, the the Alliance and INEE set out the evidence supporting collaboration and integration between the sectors, providing a rationale for cross-sector work grounded in child well-being and holistic development.

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Disclosure and identity experiences of adults abandoned as babies: A qualitative study

Lorraine Sherr, Kathryn J. Roberts & Natasha Croome - Cogent Psychology

This qualitative study examined disclosure for adult survivors of abandonment. Findings are centred around the experience of disclosure, the process of disclosure specifically exploring the role of half-truths and finally the impact of disclosure on the search for identity and self.

Impact of COVID-19 on Privately Run Residential Care Institutions: Insights and Implications for Advocacy and Awareness Raising

Rebecca Nhep, Better Care Network; Dr Kate van Doore, Law Futures Centre & Griffith Law School

This study explores the effect of COVID-19 on a small number of privately run and funded residential care institutions by conducting a qualitative research study comprising 21 semi-structured interviews across seven focus countries.