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… Levels of Service Intensity Year of Publication 2015 Reviewed By Lise Milne Citation Shpiegel, S. & Ocasio, K. … in foster care: Results from a cluster analysis. Children and Youth Services Review, 58 , 227-235. Summary Youth transitioning out of … Youth transitioning out of foster care are a heterogeneous group, revealing dysfunctional as well as ‘resilient’ functioning and outcomes. Understanding the variation in functioning, strengths, vulnerabilities and child welfare experiences is crucial to determining the type and intensity of supports and supervision required as youth transition from care into adulthood. This study is based…
… worker outcomes: A meta-analysis Year of Publication 2009 Reviewed By Sydney Duder Citation Barak, M.E.M., Travis, … on worker outcomes: A meta-analysis. Social Service Review, 83 (1), 3-32. Summary Effective supervision is a … a meta-analysis of 27 such studies, published between 1990 and 2007, representing a combined sample of 10,867 … Effective supervision is a vital aspect of social service delivery. There have been many studies of the effect of various supervisory practices on worker outcomes; this is a report of a meta-analysis of 27 such studies, published between 1990 and 2007, representing a combined sample of 10,867 workers--social service (13 studies), child welfare (7 studies) and mental health (7 studies).…
… after adoption or guardianship Year of Publication 2016 Reviewed By Tara Black & Nicolette Joh-Carnella Citation … for foster youth after adoption or guardianship. Children and Youth Services Review , 70, 419-427. Summary According to the National … According to the National Child Welfare Indicator Outcomes Matrix (NOM), permanency status should be tracked forward from a child’s initial placement for up to 36 months, at which point permanence is not considered to have been achieved (Trocmé, et al., 2009). Research surrounding long-term outcomes for children and families post-permanency (e.g., adoption or guardianship) is scarce. The current…
… on child welfare outcomes Year of Publication 2006 Reviewed By Sydney Duder Citation Berzin, S.C. (2006). Using sibling data to understand the impact of family group decision-making on child welfare outcomes. Children and Youth Services Review, 28 (12), 1449-1458. Summary Studies of the impact of … Studies of the impact of family group decision-making (FGDM) on child welfare outcomes have suffered from small sample sizes and lack of adequate comparison groups. Since FGDM is administered at the family level, the use of sibling data provides a possible way of compensating for small sample sizes and low enrollment rates. This study used sibling data from California's Title IV-E Waiver…
… respect to social disadvantage Year of Publication 2013 Reviewed By Meghan Seto Citation Wulczyn, F., Gibbons, R., … L., & Lery, B. (2013). Poverty, social disadvantage, and the black/white placement gap. Children and Youth Services Review, 35, 65-74. Summary Much of the child welfare … Much of the child welfare literature indicates that black children are placed in out-of-home care at a higher rate than white children. Wulczyn and colleagues examine whether county-level measures of poverty and social disadvantage are correlated with county-level variation in the Black/White foster care placement gap. Specifically, the study aims to identify whether certain counties with…
… Comparing two types of analyses Year of Publication 2011 Reviewed By Kristen Lwin Citation Putnam-Hornstein, E. & … exploration of non-linear hierarchical modeling. Children and Youth Services Review, 33 , 705-714. Summary The California Child … The California Child Welfare/Case Management System tracks every child who has had contact with California’s child welfare system This article compares two statistical methods for predicting which children end up being reunified with their caregiver of origin within six months of entering out-of-home care. The first analysis used the child as the first unit of analysis. Since these children were…
… net policies on child neglect Year of Publication 2017 Reviewed By Lyn Morland Citation Albert, V. N. & King, W. C. (2017). Impact of … lifetime limits on child neglect. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 44 (2), 53-78. Summary Past research has … Past research has demonstrated that loss of income is an important risk factor for child neglect. This study examined the relationship between policy changes that reduced cash assistance eligibility for needy families and substantiated cases of child neglect in the state of Arizona during the economic recession of 2007. In response to the recession, Arizona reduced Temporary Assistance for Needy…
… Information Sheet # 96 Published in 2012 Anna Kozlowski, Vandna Sinha, & Judy Levi About the Authors Anna Kozlowski is … to analyze, contextualize and disseminate research investigations involving First Nations children included in … Research team members followed up by collecting and reviewing government documents, child welfare legislation, …
… périodes de suivi. La vidéo éducative présentait la plus grande probabilité d'augmentation de la sensibilisation, … Notes This was generally a well designed study that used random assignment, repeated follow-ups, and careful control through Event History Analyses of … Le syndrome du bébé secoué (SBS) est l'une des formes de violence les plus graves perpétrées envers les enfants de moins de deux ans et entraînant la mort ou des lésions permanentes pour la plupart des victimes. Bien que de nombreux facteurs de risque concernant le SBS soient les mêmes que ceux qui s'appliquent aux autres formes de maltraitance, les données probantes de la littérature suggèrent…
… de l’enfance dans une circonscription hospitalière d’un grand hôpital urbain pour enfants du Midwest des États-Unis. … of maltreatment (to enhance fidelity of group membership), and use of medical records to confirm childbirths. Moreover, … the study focused on the outcome of teen child birth, and thus did not consider other pregnancy outcomes such as … Bien qu’au cours des dernières années, on observe un déclin du taux de naissances chez les adolescentes aux États-Unis, ce taux reste le plus élevé parmi les nations industrialisées. Cette étude longitudinale prospective effectuée entre 2007 et 2012 a cherché à savoir si la maltraitance envers les filles entraînait un risque de grossesse à l’adolescence. Les adolescentes (âgées de 14 à 17 ans)…