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… Manufacturing Ghost Fathers: The Paradox of Father Presence and Absence in Child Welfare 2009 Auteurs Brown, Leslie Callahan, … This study explores the invisibility of fathers in the child welfare system in Canada. The authors look at child welfare policies which appear to promote and reinforce the “uninvolved” father, both in child maltreatment but also in engagement and inclusion in child protection services. This study includes a review of 116 randomly selected child protection files from a child protection agency in a…

… The (mis) use of formal and informal supports by youth in care during the transition to adulthood … 1 … en … The … This study examines how former foster youth conceptualize and utilize their informal and formal relational networks developed during their time in care, and the forms of support provided by network members as they age out of care. Using an approach drawn from social convoy theory, a qualitative research method requiring participants to complete a network map, was utilized to identify the persons…

… No evidence of a decrease in child maltreatment indicators in six developed countries from the late 1970s to the early 2000s … 1 … en … No evidence of … This study aimed to determine whether policy initiatives and modern child protection systems in place since the 1970s have been successful in addressing child maltreatment. Using available data from six developed countries, the authors compared trends in child maltreatment from the late 1970s to the early 2000s. The three main indicators examined were: violent deaths, maltreatment-related injury…

… On the nature and scope of reported child maltreatment in high-income countries: opportunities for improving the evidence … This review article examines the question of how high-income countries (Belgium, Canada, Germany, The Netherlands, New Zealand, South Korea, Switzerland and the United States) are able to collect and use child welfare focused statistical data to inform policy and practice. The authors concluded that all of the countries examined have either incomplete or inaccurate data, and therefore have no…

… High prevalence of exposure to the child welfare system among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting: Implications for … The long-term trajectories of children who leave government care are often fraught with social, economic, and emotional challenges, including substance misuse and street-involvement. This study aimed to provide an estimate of the prevalence of prior history of government care among street-involved youth through a data from the At-Risk Youth Study (ARYS), which is a survey of a prospective cohort…

… A profile of exposure to intimate partner violence investigations in the Canadian child welfare system: An examination using the … Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a central focus in the Canadian child welfare system. Using the Canadian Incidence Study (CIS)-2008 this study provides a profile of IPV investigations substantiated by child welfare organizations. Findings indicate that 41% of substantiations involved IPV (31% involved IPV as the only form of maltreatment and 10% involved IPV with co-occurring forms of…

… Canadian children and youth in care: The cost of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder 2013 Auteurs Popova, … The exact prevalence of children and youth with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) who live in out-of-home care in Canada is unknown. The current study hypothesized that the prevalence of children living in out-of-home care in Canada with FASD is higher than the general population, resulting in a significant economic cost. Federal, provincial, and territorially reported statistics informed…

… Child physical and sexual abuse in a community sample of young adults: Results from the Ontario Child Health Study 2013 Auteurs … Child maltreatment is increasingly recognized as a major public health problem; however, despite the identification there is little community-based information about the determinants of child maltreatment in Canada. This study utilized secondary data analysis to identify prevalence and risk factors for physical and sexual abuse of children living in Ontario. The Ontario Child Health Study (OCHS)…

… Determinants of substance abuse in a population of children and adolescents involved with the child welfare system 2011 Auteurs Singh, Veeran-Anne S. … Substance misuse is an important issue confronting youth involved with the child welfare system.  The current study employed a secondary analysis of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect – 2003 (CIS – 2003) to explore risk and protective factors for substance, alcohol and drug/solvent abuse in youth age ten to 15 years.  Specifically, the analysis…

… The Impact of Serial Transitions on Behavioral and Psychological Problems Among Children in Child Protection Services 2006 Auteurs Saint-Jacques, Marie-Christine Cloutier, Richard Pauzé, Robert … In Quebec, 20-30% of children in protection services are from blended families. Conjugal unions tend to be unstable in stepfamilies and single parent families that receive child protection services. The children in these families often experience serial transitions with several episodes of family blending. This study analyzed data from 741 children in child protection services to look at the…