War Violence Exposure, Reintegration Experiences and Intimate Partner Violence Among a Sample of War-Affected Females in Sierra Leone

Binta Alleyne-Green, Alex Kulick, Sara Matsuzaka, Theresa S. Betancourt - Global Social Welfare

This study from Global Social Welfare examined the contributions of potentially stigmatizing war violence exposures and more recent post-conflict reintegration experiences to intimate partner violence for girls in Sierra Leone. Overall, this sample reported middling levels of community reintegration, and similar average rates of family reintegration.

Children and young people with intellectual disability in residential childcare: Prevalence of mental health disorders and therapeutic interventions

Alba Águila‐Otero, Carla González‐García, Amaia Bravo, Susana Lázaro‐Visa, Jorge F. del Valle - International Journal of Social Welfare

The main goal of this article was to explore the correlates of mental health diseases in a sample of 169 children with intellectual disability (6–18 years old) in residential care in Spain compared with a group of 625 children, also in residential care but without disability.

A systematic review of the effectiveness of interagency and cross-system collaborations in the United States to improve child welfare outcomes

Ijeoma Nwabuzor Ogbonnaya & Annie J. Keeney - Children and Youth Services Review

The purpose of this systematic review is to summarize the effects of interagency and cross-system collaboration aimed to improve child welfare-involved children and family outcomes related to safety, permanency, and well-being.

The Impact of Caregiving Disruptions of Previously Institutionalized Children on Multiple Outcomes in Late Childhood

Alisa N. Almas, Leanna J. Papp, Margaret R. Woodbury, Charles A. Nelson, Charles H. Zeanah, Nathan A. Fox - Child Development

This study examined disruptions in caregiving, as well as the association of these disruptions, with cognitive, behavioral, and social outcomes at age 12 in a sample of 136 Romanian children who were abandoned to institutions as infants and who experienced a range of subsequent types of care.

Continuities and discontinuities in family foster care: An introduction

Séverine Euillet, Daniela Reimer, Amélie Turlais and Erik J. Knorth - International Journal of Child and Family Welfare

The ninth International Foster Care Research Network Conference was held in September 2017 in Paris (France) on the theme ‘Continuity and disruption in foster care’. A selection of the presentations there were rewritten into a paper as part of this special issue.

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Participants’ Satisfaction With Family Involvement Meetings: Implications for Child Welfare Practice

Haksoon Ahn, Samantha Hartzel, Terry Shaw - Research on Social Work Practice

This study evaluates one mid-Atlantic state’s implementation of a FGDM called family involvement meetings (FIMs) to improve family strengths and their active engagement in the service planning process.