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Out-of-Home Care for Children at-Risk in Israel and in Spain: Current Lessons and Future Challenges

Psychosocial Intervention, 2018
This article compares the out-of-home care (OOHC) systems for children at-risk in Spain and Israel. Both countries share a strong tradition of placing children at-risk mainly in large residential care settings rather than familial solutions, and both ...
Hanita Kosher, Carme Montserrat, Shalhevet Attar-Schwartz, Ferran Casas, Anat Zeira   +4 more
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Overview of out of home care in the USA and Canada [PDF]

Psychosocial Intervention, 2014
The paper begins by suggesting that child welfare systems in North America and selected European and Scandinavian countries have converged functionally over the last two decades from a focus on childprotection or family service to a more comprehensive ...
Mark Courtney, Robert J. Flynn, Joël Beaupré   +2 more
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Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth [PDF]

, 2010
The Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth (Midwest Study) is a prospective study that has been following a sample of young people from Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois as they transition out of foster care into adulthood.
Alfred Perez, Amy Dworsky, Gretchen Ruth Cusick, JoAnn S. Lee, Judy Havlicek, Mark E. Courtney, Melissa Raap, Noel Bost, Sherri Terao, Thomas Keller   +9 more
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Does Long‐Term Lower Extremity Strength Training in Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis and Varus Alignment Reduce Knee Joint Loading During Gait?

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We examined whether 18 months of strength training in individuals with knee varus alignment and medial tibiofemoral osteoarthritis (OA) reduced knee joint loads during walking compared to an attention control group. Methods This study was a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial that compared the effects of strength training to a ...
Stephen P. Messier, Matthew N. Vigliotti, Paige E. Rice, Brian Pietrosimone, Shannon L. Mihalko, Edward H. Ip, Richard F. Loeser, David J. Hunter, Ali Guermazi, Ryan Hill, Santiago Saldana, Kim L. Bennell, Paul DeVita   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Empirical Ties between Religious Motivation and Altruism in Foster Parents: Implications for Faith-Based Initiatives in Foster Care and Adoption

Religions, 2014
Amidst a crisis shortage of foster homes in the child welfare system, a number of innovative faith-based collaborations aimed at recruiting foster parents have recently emerged.
Michael Howell-Moroney
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Medical foster home is less costly than traditional nursing home care

Health Services Research, 2019
AbstractObjectiveTo compare the costs of Community Nursing Homes (CNHs) to Medical Foster Homes (MFHs) at Veteran Health Administration (VHA) Medical Centers that established MFH programs.Data SourcesEpisode and costs data were derived from VA and Medicare files (inpatient, outpatient, emergency room, skilled nursing facility, dialysis, and hospice ...
Cari Levy, Emily A. Whitfield, Roee Gutman   +2 more
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The Racial Origins of Foster Home Care

Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race, 2023
AbstractBlack family values and behavior have long been at the center of policy solutions to intergenerational poverty. But in the early twentieth century, the Black family took on paradoxical significance as a solution to child poverty and neglect through the foster family. This was part of a broad realignment in child protection that upheld the “Home”
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A comparison of kinship foster homes and foster family homes: Implications for kinship foster care as family preservation [PDF]

Children and Youth Services Review, 1994
Abstract In recent years, child welfare caseloads have expanded rapidly, and increasing numbers of children have been placed with kin. Much of the current discussion surrounding kinship foster care stems from its rapid growth and the paucity of information about the placement type compared to our knowledge of other forms of foster care.
Berrick, Jill Duerr, Barth, Richard P, Needell, Barbara   +2 more
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The Changing Face of the Unaccompanied Alien Child: A Portrait of Foreign-Born Children in Federal Foster Care and How to Best Meet Their Needs [PDF]

, 2012
In June 2011, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops/Migration and Refugee Services (USCCB/MRS) began an analysis of children placed in the Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) and Unaccompanied Refugee Minor (URM) foster care programs.
Simy Cuervo, Tosin Ogunyoku
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Obesity subtypes and longitudinal trajectories of function over 7‐years of follow‐up: data from the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Background Obesity, defined by BMI ≥30kg/m2, is a risk factor for functional limitations in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, function varies among such individuals. Our objective was to evaluate the implications of obesity subtypes on longitudinal patterns of physical functioning in people with or at risk for knee OA.
Kristine Godziuk, Sarah Tilley, Michael LaValley, Michael C. Nevitt, Cora E. Lewis, James C. Torner, Tuhina Neogi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source