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… The influence of risk assessment and poverty on substantiation decisions for African American … in the child welfare system Year of Publication 2011 Reviewed By Chris Morris & Biru Zhou Citation Dettlaff, A. … decision in child welfare. Children and Youth Services Review, 33 (9), 1630-1637. Summary African American children … African American children are highly overrepresented in the US child welfare system and have been so for at least thirty years. This overrepresentation of African American children in the system partly can be attributed to the disparities occurred along the child welfare pathway, from initial receipt of the report regarding the alleged maltreatment to the subsequent decisions on the case made by…
… Study The Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (OIS) is designed to collect information about the children and families who are investigated by child welfare services on a periodic basis, using a standardized set of definitions, from every jurisdiction in … The Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (OIS) is designed to collect information about the children and families who are investigated by child welfare services on a periodic basis, using a standardized set of definitions, from every jurisdiction in Ontario. There have been six cycles of the study, conducted in 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013 and 2018. NOTE: These are…
… Child Maltreatment, Bullying, Gender-Based Harassment, and Adolescent Dating Violence: Making the Connections 2009 … violence, often have difficulty regulating emotions and behaviours and forming healthy relationships. Maltreated children learn … Children who are victims of maltreatment, including those exposed to domestic violence, often have difficulty regulating emotions and behaviours and forming healthy relationships. Maltreated children learn to relate cautiously to others, sensitive to signs of anger or disapproval. Youth with histories of maltreatment are at greater risk for relationship-based difficulties in adolescence and…
… in transitioning to adulthood Year of Publication 2007 Reviewed By Tonino Esposito Citation Keller, E., Cusick, T., … care experience inconsistent parenting, school problems, and other difficulties associated with their placement … aging out of the child welfare system. Further qualitative investigations with samples from each of the four identified … Many youth in foster care experience inconsistent parenting, school problems, and other difficulties associated with their placement experience, particularly when placement disruption results in frequent moves in care. Such challenges may influence youth aging out of the child welfare system, playing a part in the considerable challenges many experience in their transition to emancipation and…
… risk for negative outcomes Year of Publication 2009 Reviewed By Jaime Wegner-Lohin Citation Southerland, D., Casanueva, C.E., & Ringeisen, H. (2009). Young … during adolescence. Children and Youth Services Review, 31 , 947-956. Summary It has become increasingly … It has become increasingly normative for youth to delay their transition to adulthood, extending dependency on their family in order to pursue educational and employment activities. Youth in care may lack social support during their transition to adulthood. Using nationally-representative data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being (NSCAW), this study examined the…
… & social risk factors Year of Publication 2017 Date Reviewed September, 2018 Reviewed By Sydney Duder Citation (1) Maguire-Jack, K., & … to neglect: The mediating effects of social support and parenting stress. Children and Youth Services Review, 66 … Earlier studies have reported the effects of various community factors—both structural and social—on rates of child abuse and neglect; these three studies provide additional insights. Data for the first two studies here were obtained from mothers in supplemental nutrition programs in Franklin County, Ohio, in 2014; data for the third study came from a general population telephone survey in 50…
… Health Outcomes: Associations With Child Maltreatment And Peer Victimization 2022 Authors Salmon, S. Garcés … 22 (1) 4003 Abstract Background Child maltreatment (CM) and peer victimization (PV) are serious issues affecting children and adolescents. Despite the interrelatedness of these … Abstract Background Child maltreatment (CM) and peer victimization (PV) are serious issues affecting children and adolescents. Despite the interrelatedness of these exposures, few studies have investigated their co-occurrence and combined impact on health outcomes. The study objectives were to determine the overall and sex-specific prevalence of lifetime exposure to CM and past-month exposure…
… A new look at kinship foster family types and its association with placement stability Year of Publication 2012 Reviewed By Biru Zhou & Chris Morris Citation Zinn, A. … placement discharge outcomes. Children and Youth Services Review, 34 (4), 602-614. Summary This study aimed to examine … This study aimed to examine kinship placement among four different types of kinship families -- empty-nest grandparents, parenting grandparents, collateral kin with some children, and parenting collateral kin (Zinn, 2010). The author argued that biologically based ties are stronger and more efficacious than those that are not, leading to caregivers providing for the needs of the children before…
… Neighbourhood disadvantage and proximity to disadvantaged neighbourhoods increase risk of out-of-home placements Year of Publication 2009 Reviewed By Jonathan Schmidt Citation Lery, B. (2009). … in defining neighborhoods. Children and Youth Service Review, 31 (3), 331-337. Summary Out-of-home placement … 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,…
… on child placement trajectories Year of Publication 2018 Reviewed By Eliza Livingston Citation Hébert, S. T., … weighted analysis of re-entry into care. Children and Youth Services Review, 95 , 117-124. Summary Child Protective Services … Child Protective Services implement short-term placements in situations where children need to be temporarily removed from their home due to maltreatment. However, shorter placements may not provide enough time to resolve familial problems and may even disrupt relationships between family members, increasing the risk that the child will re-enter care. Two types of short-term placement have been…