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… Child and Youth Advocate Act Other 2009 http://www.gov.yk.ca/legislation/acts/chyoad.pdf Child and Youth Advocate Act policy & legislation Province / Territory Yukon … 1 … en … Child and Youth Advocate Act …
… Pregnancy and motherhood among adolescent girls in child protective … filling an emotional void; (2) lack of consistent education and lack of sexual education; (3) motherhood adversities; (4) mistrust of others and social stigma; (5) perception of motherhood as positive … The objective of the current study was to produce a meta-synthesis of the existent qualitative research on pregnant or mothering adolescents who have been in the custody of child protective services. Seven overarching themes emerged from analyzing 17 qualitative studies: (1) infant filling an emotional void; (2) lack of consistent education and lack of sexual education; (3) motherhood adversities…
… Polyvictimization in a child welfare sample of children and youths Journal article Canadian CW research 2012 Cyr, Katie Chamberland, Claire Lessard, Geneviève Clément, Marie-Ève Wemmers, … extrafamily victimization, exposure to community violence and polyvictimization in a child welfare sample of children … Objective: To document extrafamily victimization, exposure to community violence and polyvictimization in a child welfare sample of children and youths. Method: Telephone interviews were conducted among 138 adolescents aged 12 to 17 years and 82 caregivers of children aged 2 to 11 years followed by child welfare agencies in Quebec to document the victimization experienced by children during the…
… Polyvictimization and victimization of children and youth: Results from a populational survey Journal … article Canadian CW research 2012 Cyr, Katie Chamberland, Claire Clément, Marie-Ève Lessard, Geneviève Wemmers, …
… Potential mediators between child abuse and both violence and victimization in juvenile offenders Journal article … are at risk for involvement in both fighting behavior and peer victimization. Understanding the potential causal … Juvenile offenders are at risk for involvement in both fighting behavior and peer victimization. Understanding the potential causal mechanisms leading to these outcomes is important to address the needs of this population. The present study tested four mediator models of violent perpetration and peer victimization in a sample of 112 incarcerated youth (68 males and 44 females). In the models, the…
… Intimate partner abuse before and during pregnancy as risk factors for postpartum mental … how this association may change as a function of the timing and type of abuse. This study examined associations of psychological, physical and sexual abuse experienced as adults before and during … Background: Although research has established the profound effects that intimate partner abuse can have on postpartum mental health, little is known regarding how this association may change as a function of the timing and type of abuse. This study examined associations of psychological, physical and sexual abuse experienced as adults before and during pregnancy with symptoms of postpartum mental…
… The relationship between dimensions of physical abuse and aggressive behavior in a child protective services … relationship between harshness of childhood physical abuse and later aggression is well documented, researchers have … require more invasive child protection services (CPS), and thus experience greater disruptions to their home … Although a relationship between harshness of childhood physical abuse and later aggression is well documented, researchers have rarely examined this association using information from the victim's perspective. Also, no study has controlled for the possibility that victims of harsh abuse are aggressive because they often require more invasive child protection services (CPS), and thus experience…
… Co-Occurrence of Interparental Violence and Child Physical Abuse and its Effect on the Adolescent's Behavior Journal article … the impact of the co-occurrence of parent-to-child and interparental violence on their behavior. Results showed … This study surveyed Francophone teenagers in New Brunswick secondary schools to determine the impact of the co-occurrence of parent-to-child and interparental violence on their behavior. Results showed that half of all the teens who responded to the questionnaire had been exposed at least once to domestic violence within the past five years, and nearly a third had been physically abused by a…
… Child maltreatment: Variation in trends and policies in six developed countries Journal article 2012 … We noted falling rates of violent death in a few age and country groups, but these decreases coincided with … to hospital for maltreatment-related injury only in Sweden and Manitoba (Canada). One or more child protection agency … We explored trends in six developed countries in three types of indicators of child maltreatment for children younger than 11 years, since the inception of modern child protection systems in the 1970s. Despite several policy initiatives for child protection, we recorded no consistent evidence for a decrease in all types of indicators of child maltreatment. We noted falling rates of violent death…
… between internal resilience, smoking, alcohol use, and depression symptoms in emerging adults transitioning out … Resilience Scale (CD-RISC; Connor & Davidson, 2003), and several external measures of resilience and behavioral outcomes (tobacco use and dependence, alcohol … Objective: It is well established that child maltreatment reflects a context of risk for multiple negative outcomes. Identifying factors that protect against negative outcomes is important for the development of strengths-based approaches that emphasize resilience, particularly for youth transitioning out of the child welfare system. The current study examined the relationship between an…