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… Overrepresentation of First Nations children in child welfare: More supports … … 1 … en … Overrepresentation of First Nations children in child welfare: More supports needed to help families … The overrepresentation of Aboriginal children in child welfare systems is well documented. The present analysis, part of a continuing effort to disentangle factors that contribute to this overrepresentation, uses data from the First Nations component of the Canadian Incidence Study (FNCIS-2008). This analysis starts with overrepresentation at the original referral for investigation, in contrast…

… Promising results of an intervention to reduce substance use and delinquency among … school girls in foster care … 1 … en … Promising results of an intervention to reduce substance use and delinquency … Adolescent girls in foster care are at increased risk of engaging in unhealthy behaviours such as substance misuse and delinquency yet little research has been done to evaluate the efficacy of interventions to reduce health-risking behaviours among this population. This study evaluated the Middle School Success Intervention Program, which is designed to promote prosocial skills and self-efficacy…

… A mixed methods evaluation of a differential response system in North Carolina … 1 … en … A mixed methods evaluation of a differential … Beginning in the 1990s, child welfare systems in the United States began implementing policy and practice changes in their response to reported cases of child abuse and neglect. A few states began implementing multiple track systems in which low risk cases were handled using a non-investigative assessment track commonly known as differential response (DR). Since the 1990s, many states have…

… The long reach of child maltreatment: Evidence for intergenerational … 1 … en … The long reach of child maltreatment: Evidence for intergenerational transmission … Do abused and neglected children grow up to abuse and neglect their children? For many years, clinicians and researchers alike have largely assumed that intergenerational transmission of maltreatment was a common, albeit not inevitable, consequence of maltreatment. Over the years, increasing evidence demonstrated a fairly strong connection between maltreatment experienced in childhood, and…

… Child maltreatment: The significant effect of population density … 1 … en … Child maltreatment: The significant effect of population density … There is ample evidence that Black children in the US are overrepresented in the child welfare system. Possible reasons for this—systematic bias or socioeconomic risk factors—have been studied. Current evidence indicates that discrimination has put Black families at a significant economic disadvantage; poverty, at both family and community levels, has then increased the risk of maltreatment.…

… Child maltreatment: The effects of neighborhood social processes … 1 … en … Child maltreatment: The effects of neighborhood social processes … Child maltreatment is an important public health problem; research has shown that neighborhood structural factors, such as poverty and crime rates, can have a significant effect on the number of victims. This present study, based on data for the city of Chicago, was an attempt to identify potentially modifiable social processes which might also have an effect. The structural factors included were…

… Study points to importance of careful consideration in reasons for placement of youth … 1 … en … Study points to … Because the removal of a child from the family home is one of the most intrusive types of intervention, it is often assumed that the primary reason for bringing children into care is that the family home is a high risk situation. This study looked at the differing reasons that children at various developmental stages are brought into care. Files of 3,676 children from two large metropolitan child…

… Well-Being of Children in Kinship Care Placements … 1 … en … Well-Being of Children in Kinship Care Placements … Kinship care has been an increasingly prevalent foster care placement for children removed from their homes due to maltreatment. However, we do not know in general whether children in kin placements fare better than children placed in traditional foster care (i.e., placed with someone without a prior relationship to the child). Some have argued that we should be cautious about placing children…

… Probability of Abuse in Childhood Fractures … 1 … en … Probability of Abuse in Childhood Fractures … Childhood fractures are common but only the minority of these are related to child abuse. How can clinicians identify which fractures have been caused by abuse? This systematic review of published literature sought to identify characteristics that distinguish abusive fractures from non-abusive ones in young children. Thirty-two studies were included in this paper after systematically reviewing…

… Longitudinal study shows Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are overrepresented in the South Australian child protection system … 1 … en … … Overrepresentation of minority and Indigenous children in child protection systems has been repeatedly reported in countries like the USA, Canada and New Zealand. However, most of these studies used a cross-sectional research design offering a snapshot view of the situation. This recent Australian study took a longitudinal and comparative approach to assess the circumstances for Aboriginal and…