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Childhood Adversity and Affective Touch Perception: A Comparison of United Kingdom Care Leavers and Non-care Leavers [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
In the United Kingdom, the most common reasons for a child to come under the care of social services are neglect and abuse. Such early childhood adversity is a risk factor for social-isolation and poor mental health in adulthood.
Shaunna L. Devine, Susannah C. Walker, Adarsh Makdani, Elizabeth R. Stockton, Martyn J. McFarquhar, Francis P. McGlone, Francis P. McGlone, Paula D. Trotter   +7 more
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Access to Dental Care for Children and Young People in Care and Care Leavers: A Global Scoping Review [PDF]

Dentistry Journal
Aims: This scoping review aimed to explore three research questions: 1. What is the dental care access for children and young people (CYP) in care and care leavers? 2. What factors influence CYP in care and care leavers’ access to dental care? 3.
Jo Erwin, Jane Horrell, Hannah Wheat, Nick Axford, Lorna Burns, Joelle Booth, Robert Witton, Jill Shawe, Janine Doughty, Sarah Kaddour, Skye Boswell, Urshla Devalia, Abigail Nelder, Martha Paisi   +13 more
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Improving outcomes for care leavers: evaluating a care leaver's assessment of need tool

Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2006
Care leavers' poor outcomes across a range of areas have been well documented since the 1980s. Their vulnerability to homelessness, poor educational achievement, mental ill health and offending (Biehal, Claydon, Stein and Wade,1992; Stein and Wade, 2000;
Wendy Harrington
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‘You’re in chaos – and no one knows it’: daily functional experience of young women emerging from out-of-home care in Israel [PDF]

European Journal of Psychotraumatology
Background: Care leavers are considered a vulnerable population, for whom the transition from care into the community holds many challenges. Existing research focuses mainly on the psychosocial toll that care leavers’ history has on their lives, while ...
Sarah Lazarus, Sara Rosenblum, Rachel Kizony   +2 more
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The role of social support in the association between adolescent emotional and behavioral problems and quality of life in young adulthood in youth residential care leavers [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Background Adults with a history of residential out-of-home care (care leavers) often experience emotional and behavioral problems, which can negatively impact quality of life (QoL) into adulthood.
Milou Leiting, Katharina Beck, Süheyla Seker, David Bürgin, Delfine d’Huart, Jörg M. Fegert, Nils Jenkel, Cyril Boonmann, Klaus Schmeck, Marc Schmid   +9 more
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A Scoping Review of the Oral Health Status, Oral Health Behaviours and Interventions to Improve the Oral Health of Children and Young People in Care and Care Leavers [PDF]

Dentistry Journal
Background: Children and young people (CYP) in care experience poorer physical health and overall wellbeing in comparison to their peers. Despite this, relatively little is known about what their oral health needs and behaviours are.
Joelle Booth, Jo Erwin, Lorna Burns, Nick Axford, Jane Horrell, Hannah Wheat, Robert Witton, Jill Shawe, Janine Doughty, Sarah Kaddour, Skye Boswell, Urshla Devalia, Abigail Nelder, Martha Paisi   +13 more
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Supporting care leavers into higher education: The H.E. Handbook for Care Leavers (Who Cares? Trust, 2014)

Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2014
A good education forms a cornerstone in the foundation for a positive future. For all children and young people it offers the basis for a later career, a potential route out of disadvantage and an environment in which to learn the crucial social skills ...
Victoria Hull
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Structural Disadvantages and Individual Characteristics Exacerbating Care Leavers’ Housing Vulnerabilities: Overview of Research in Norway and Australia

Nordisk Välfärdsforskning, 2023
Nordic and international research recognises the vulnerabilities and often poor outcomes for care leavers. However, their interrelationship with housing or homelessness as a specific outcome of concern is not well established in Norwegian or Nordic ...
Veronika Paulsen, Stian Thoresen
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A systematic review of the principles of co-production in relation to the mental health and wellbeing of care leavers

International Journal of Emotional Education, 2022
This paper reviews prior applications of co-production principles and their potential impact on the mental health and wellbeing of care leavers. There is minimal research available on care leaver narratives of their experiences and consequent mental ...
Megan Pound
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Occupational Aspirations of Care Leavers and their Pathways to Work

Social Work and Society, 2021
Young people leaving residential care (so-called care leavers) face various challenges during their transition. During the process of leaving care, they also deal with questions of their future occupation or profession and integration into the labour ...
Sabrina Göbel, Annabell Hansmeyer, Marei Lunz, Ulla Peters   +3 more
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