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… First study on multisystemic therapy for child physical abuse in a community setting … 1 … en … First study on multisystemic therapy for … Relying on a broadly accepted social-ecological conceptual framework, the authors assume child physical abuse to be multi-determined. Therefore, the authors suggest a multisystemic treatment approach as an appropriate intervention for children who have experienced physical abuse. The adaptation of multisystemic therapy (MST) for child abuse and neglect expands the application and extensive…

… Executive function capacities in children exposed to familial trauma … 1 … en … Executive function capacities in children exposed to familial trauma … Executive functions (EFs) are integral to goal directed behaviour. Although interference in EF with adults has been shown for those who have experienced trauma, little research has been undertaken to examine EFs among children who have experienced familial trauma (e.g., sexual abuse, physical abuse, witnessing domestic violence). Thus, this study is amongst the first to examine the relationship…

… Policy that says one thing and does another in an Australian Aboriginal community … 1 … en … Policy that … This article critiques an intervention made by the Howard Government in the Northern Aboriginal territory of Australia in 2007. The intervention followed the completion of a report entitled “Little Children are Sacred” which was commissioned by the government after allegations of widespread sexual abuse of children in the territory were made public. The report recommended that sexual abuse be…

… Preventing child maltreatment: Successful expansion to population level of an evidence-based intervention … 1 … en … Preventing child maltreatment: … Child maltreatment is a significant public health problem; the U.S. Triple P — Positive Parenting Program — a comprehensive population-level system of parenting and family support — has been designed to deal with the problem. The program consists of five levels, involving increasing amounts of skill training and support to go with child behavior problems of increasing difficulty, and involves a…

… Nurse home visitation program reduces reported maltreatment of children … 1 … en … Nurse home visitation program reduces reported maltreatment of children … This was a study of the effects of the Nurse Family Partnership (NFP), a program of prenatal and infancy home visiting by nurses, on later reports of child maltreatment. The study took place in a small, semi-rural city in the Appalachian region of New York State. High-risk young mothers (< 19 years, single-parent status, low SES) were actively recruited for the study; to study the effect of…

… disadvantage and proximity to disadvantaged neighbourhoods increase risk of out-of-home placements … 1 … en … Neighbourhood … disadvantage and proximity to disadvantaged neighbourhoods increase risk of out-of-home placements … Out-of-home placement prevention programs have traditionally focused on a range of support programs targeting individual families, although there appears to be a renewal in interest in the potential of community level initiatives. Spatial analyses have found that neighbourhood characteristics (e.g., poverty, residential instability) are associated with child maltreatment rates. However,…

… Adolescent pregnancy prevention program in group care homes … 1 … en … Adolescent pregnancy prevention program in group care homes … This study sought to determine whether the Power Through Choices (PTC) intervention increases birth control use and reduces pregnancy among youth living in group care homes in California, Maryland, and Oklahoma. As sexual health programs for child welfare and juvenile justice involved youth are limited, the development of an effective preventative sexual health education program is needed. Power…

… Qualitative evaluation of an Australian Aboriginal home visiting program … 1 … en … Qualitative evaluation of an … Remote-living Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australian families experience a high rate of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality compared to the non-Indigenous population. This article describes a qualitative formative implementation outcome evaluation of The Baby One Program (BOP), a family-centered, Indigenous Healthworker-led, home-visiting model. The BOP was developed by the…

… adolescent girls: Differences associated with spending time in foster care … 1 … en … First births to maltreated … adolescent girls: Differences associated with spending time in foster care … Few studies have examined adolescent pregnancy and childbirth among adolescents involved in child welfare services (CWS) and studies on this topic had reported conflicting findings. Some studies showed little observable differences in early parenting among girls who were placed in foster care and those who received home services; and some other studies found that those in foster care were twice…

… Drug use, the drug environment, and child physical abuse and neglect … 1 … en … Drug use, the drug environment, and child physical abuse and neglect … This study explores the connection between drug use, the characteristics of the drug environment and child maltreatment using multilevel modeling. The underlying conceptual model for the study postulates that there are two related components of the drug environment: drug supply and drug demand. Drug supply operates through social networks and routine activities. Social network drug markets are…