Protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial evaluating a parenting with home visitation programme to prevent physical and emotional abuse of children in Indonesia: the Families First Programme

Mónica Ruiz-Casares, Sarah Lilley, Brett D Thombs, Robert William Platt, Susan Scott, Widjajanti Isdijoso, Emmy Hermanus, Michelle Andrina, Nancy Mayo - BMJ Open

The Families First Programme, an adaptation of the Positive Discipline in Everyday Parenting Programme to the West Java context, is a parenting support programme anchored on children’s rights that gives parents guidance on child development, parenting and positive discipline practices. This trial will evaluate the effectiveness of the Families First Programme compared with a waitlist control group.

Long-term effects of institutional rearing, foster care, and brain activity on memory and executive functioning

Mark Wade, Nathan A. Fox, Charles H. Zeanah, and Charles A. Nelson III - PNAS

The current study examined longitudinal trajectories of memory and executive functioning (EF) from childhood to adolescence in the Bucharest Early Intervention Project, a randomized controlled trial of foster care for institutionally reared children in Romania.

Parents with intellectual disabilities in the child protection system

Elspeth M. Slayter Jordan Jensen - Children and Youth Services Review

Drawing on national-level data from the United States' child protection system, this study examines the prevalence of substantiated child protection cases involving a parent with an intellectual disability as well as information about demographic characteristics, risk factors, child maltreatment types and services provided at the start of a child protection case.

Assessing risk of commercial sexual exploitation among children involved in the child welfare system

Carlomagno C. Panlilio, Sheridan Miyamoto, Sarah A. Font, Hannah M. C. Schreier - Child Abuse & Neglect

The objective of this study was to assess item characteristics indicative of the severity of risk for commercial sexual exploitation among a high-risk population of child welfare system involved youth to inform the construction of a screening tool.

Experiences of the maternal role and support in mothers with cognitive limitations who have children in placement

Gunnel Janeslätt, Karin Jöreskog, Helena Lindstedt, Päivi Adolfsson - Child & Family Social Work

The aim of this study was to describe the experiences of the maternal role and support given in mothers with cognitive limitations who have children in placement.

Armed conflict and the increasing use of child soldiers in the Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, and South Sudan: Implications for regional security

Victor H. Mlambo, Siphesihle Mpanza, Daniel N. Mlambo - Journal of Public Affairs

This study employed a strict textual analysis of the relevant literature on the use of child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, and the Central African Republic to understand the implications of this on regional security.