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… Physical and mental health of sexually abused boys: A 5 year matched-control and cohort study Article de journaux … 1 … en … Physical and mental health of sexually abused boys: A 5 year … The goal of the current study was to explore the rates of medical consultation and hospitalizations of sexually abused boys. Specifically, to examine if sexually abused boys had higher rates of medical consultations and hospitalizations for physical and mental health problems than boys from the general population. Administrative databases were used to compare medical diagnoses of 222 boys with a…

… What does the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Report summary say about the Indian Residential School (IRS) system and child welfare? Feuillet d'information … 1 … en … What does the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Report summary say about … This information sheet discusses the Indian Residential School system and summarizes the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report.

… Children and Youth in Out-of-Home Care in the Canadian Provinces Feuillet d'information … 1 … en … Children and Youth in Out-of-Home Care in the Canadian Provinces … This information sheet estimates the number of children in care in Canada. It updates the 1992-2007 national estimates producted by Mulcahy and Trocmé (2010), combining their estimates with data, for 2008 to 2013, compiled from provincial child welfare systems. 

… Ministerial Mandate Letters: Relevance to Indigenous Child Welfare and Well-Being Feuillet d'information … 1 … en … Ministerial Mandate Letters: Relevance to Indigenous Child Welfare and …

… Jeffrey Baldwin: A thematic analysis of media coverage and implications for social work practice Article de … en … Jeffrey Baldwin: A thematic analysis of media coverage and implications for social work practice … Jeffery Baldwin died in 2002 in the care of his maternal grandparents. The case received intense media attention at various times over an almost eight-year period. Along with other public documents, the media coverage permits an analysis of the practice errors by Child Protection Services that are related to the failure to protect Jeffrey. Nine key themes emerged around core child protection…

… Preventing rapid repeat pregnancy and promoting positive parenting among young mothers in … de journaux … 1 … en … Preventing rapid repeat pregnancy and promoting positive parenting among young mothers in … Young mothers in foster care face considerable challenges above and beyond that of their non-foster care peers. Child welfare workers have few resources to guide them in the selection of evidence-informed programs, models, and strategies that address the unique risk factors and needs of youth in foster care who are at risk for rapid repeat pregnancy and inadequate parenting practices. Workers…

… Intergenerational transmission of child abuse and neglect: Real or detection bias? Article de journaux … 1 … en … Intergenerational transmission of child abuse and neglect: Real or detection bias? … The literature has been contradictory regarding whether parents who were abused as children have a greater tendency to abuse their own children. A prospective 30-year follow-up study interviewed individuals with documented histories of childhood abuse and neglect and matched comparisons and a subset of their children. The study assessed maltreatment based on child protective service (CPS) agency…

… of family behavior therapy in concurrent child neglect and drug abuse Article de journaux … 1 … en … A controlled … of family behavior therapy in concurrent child neglect and drug abuse … Objective: Approximately 50% of Child Protective Service (CPS) referrals abuse drugs; yet, existing treatment studies in this population have been limited to case examinations. Therefore, a family-based behavioral therapy was evaluated in mothers referred from CPS for child neglect and drug abuse utilizing a controlled experimental design. Method: 72 mothers evidencing drug abuse or dependence…

… in child maltreatment: The influence of county poverty and population density Article de journaux … 1 … en … … in child maltreatment: The influence of county poverty and population density … There are documented disparities in the rates at which black children come into contact with the child welfare system in the United States compared to white children. A great deal of research has proliferated aimed at understanding whether systematic biases or differential rates of risk among different groups drive these disparities (Drake et al., 2011). In the current study, county rates of…

… Neighborhood-level social processes and substantiated cases of child maltreatment Article de journaux … 1 … en … Neighborhood-level social processes and substantiated cases of child maltreatment … Child maltreatment is a preventable public health problem. Research has demonstrated that neighborhood structural factors (e.g. poverty, crime) can influence the proportion of a neighborhood's children who are victims of maltreatment. A newer strategy is the identification of potentially modifiable social processes at the neighborhood level that can also influence maltreatment. Toward this end,…