Physical health, school performance and delinquency: A comparative study of left-behind and non-left-behind children in rural China

Xiaohong Jin, Wei Chen, Ivan Y. Sun, Lin Liu - Child Abuse & Neglect

The primary objective of this study is to test the effects of family, school and background characteristics on left-behind children’s (LBC) and non-left-behind children’s (NLBC) physical health, school performance, and delinquent behavior.

The LPI as an Effective Ground-level Strategy for the Deinstitutionalisation and Quality Alternative Care of Children

G. A. Wasana Sudesh - Institutionalised Children Explorations and Beyond

This article offers a Local Process Initiative (LPI) process in the Devinuwara Divisional Secretariat Division (DSD) in the Matara District of Sri Lanka as an effective strategy for the deinstitutionalisation and quality alternative care of children in South Asia.

Predictors of Adoption and Guardianship Dissolution: The Role of Race, Age, and Gender Among Children in Foster Care

Kierra M. P. Sattler, Sarah A. Font - Child Maltreatment

This study investigated rates of guardianship and adoption dissolution using a complete entry cohort from a large state foster care system and the associations between child characteristics and risk factors with dissolution.

Individual and interpersonal factors associated with psychosocial functioning among adolescents in foster care: A scoping review

Brianne H. Kothari, Jennifer Blakeslee, Rebecca Miller - Children and Youth Services Review

This scoping review was conducted to synthesize the state of the science on proximal, modifiable individual and interpersonal factors that are associated with psychosocial well-being among adolescent youth in foster care.

How can services be improved to effectively address the mental health of vulnerable children and young people?

Victoria Lidchi & Andy Wiener - Child Abuse & Neglect

This discussion article describes a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in the United Kingdom developed to meet the mental health needs of children and young people particularly those vulnerable children and young people at risk of actual or potential harm through child abuse and neglect, but may not be therapy ready.