Foster Placement Disruptions in France: Effects on Children and Adolescents’ Emotional Regulation
This study focuses on the continuity and disruptions of foster placements in France.
Do prescribers deprescribe psychotropic medication for children in foster care?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.