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.

Demographic, Health Care, and Fertility-related Characteristics of Adults Aged 18–44 Who Have Ever Been in Foster Care: United States, 2011–2017

Colleen N. Nugent, Chinagozi Ugwu, Jo Jones, Sharon Newburg-Rinn, and Tammy White - National Center for Health Statistics & Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children & Families

This report presents demographic characteristics, health service access and use, and timing of key fertility-related milestones among adults aged 18–44 who had ever been in foster care as compared with those who had never been in foster care in the United States.

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Improving relationship quality in group care settings: The impact of implementing the CARE model

Charles V. Izzo, Elliott G. Smith, Deborah E. Sellers, Martha J. Holden, Michael A. Nunno - Children and Youth Services Review

The current study examined the effects of implementing a new program model on the quality of relationships between direct care providers and residents in group care agencies.

Parent mentoring relationships as a vehicle for reducing racial disparities: Experiences of child welfare-involved parents, mentors and professionals

Ruth Soffer-Elnekave, Wendy Haight, Bailey Jader - Children and Youth Services Review

This qualitative study examines the Minnesota One-Stop for Communities Parent Mentor Program (MPMP). African American parents previously involved in the child welfare system conceptualized and spearheaded this program for parents currently involved in the system to reduce the involvement of families of color in child welfare, provide support and build protective factors.