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Improved Intelligence, Literacy and Mathematic Skills Following School-Based Intervention for Children in Foster Care

Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
Interventions aimed at improving school performance for children in foster care are few and are generally not implemented. By preventing failure in school, the prospect of reducing the risk for future poor health, substance abuse, unemployment, and other
Rikard Tordön, Marie Bladh, Gunilla Sydsjö, Carl Göran Svedin   +3 more
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Licence to Care – Licensing Terms for For-Profit Residential Care for Children in Four Nordic Countries

Nordisk Välfärdsforskning, 2022
Licensing is a public instrument used to control welfare services. One such service is residential care for children, which is targeted at children who experience maltreatment in their home environment and/or have behavioural problems and have been ...
David Pålsson, Elisabeth Backe-Hansen, Laura Kalliomaa-Puha, Mette Lausten, Tarja Pösö   +4 more
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The Right to Cultural Connection for Children in Out‐of‐Home Care: Does Australian Policy and Practice Adequately Support Cultural Identity for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children?

Australian Journal of Social Issues
Development of cultural identity is understood to be central to well‐being; however, it is not always prioritised for children in out‐of‐home care (OOHC).
Rebekah Grace, Megan Mitchell, Amy Conley Wright, Kathy Karatasas, Fay Hadley, Jioji Ravulo, Stacy Blythe, Adaora Ezekwem-Obi, Manjula Waniganayake   +8 more
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Intergenerational transmission of placement in out-of-home care: Mediation and interaction by educational attainment.

International Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect, 2021
BACKGROUND Persons with childhood experiences of out-of-home care (OHC) have elevated risks of having their own children taken into societal care. High educational attainment has been linked to favorable long-term outcomes in a host of previous studies ...
L. Brännström, B. Vinnerljung, Y. Almquist   +2 more
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Introduction: Is Out-of-Home Care in a Crisis? Perspectives on Child and Youth Welfare Systems in northern Europe and Germany

Social Work and Society, 2021
This special issue addresses the field of international research on out-of-home care, as there are tremendous problems regarding the quality of life of young people living in out-of-home care, their transition from care to independent life as well as ...
Zoë Clark
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Out-of-Hospital Emergencies in Children Under Palliative Home Care

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2021
Introduction: Specialized palliative home care (SPHC) enables children and adolescents with life-limiting illnesses and complex needs to receive care at home.
Holger Hauch, Naual El Mohaui, Johannes E. A. Wolff, Vera Vaillant, Sabine Brill, Emmanuel Schneck, Natascha Ströter, Ulf Sibelius, Peter Kriwy, Daniel Berthold   +9 more
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Breaking the cycle: Effect of a multi-agency maternity service redesign on reducing the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander newborns in out-of-home care: A prospective, non-randomised, intervention study in urban Australia.

International Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect
BACKGROUND Strategies to reduce over-representation of Indigenous children in out-of-home care must start in pregnancy given Indigenous babies are 6 % of infants (
Birri O’Dea, Y. Roe, Yu Gao, S. Kruske, Carmel Nelson, Sophie Hickey, A. Carson, Kristie Watego, Jody Currie, R. Blackman, Maree Reynolds, Kay Wilson, Jo Costello, S. Kildea   +13 more
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Young People Transitioning from Out-of-Home Care: What are the Lessons from Extended Care Programmes in the USA and England for Australia?

British Journal of Social Work, 2020
Young people transitioning from out-of-home care (generally called care leavers) are recognised globally as a vulnerable group. In the last eighteen months, four Australian jurisdictions have extended state care till twenty-one years in an attempt to ...
Philip Mendes, J. Rogers
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Trajectories of NEET in individuals formerly placed in out‐of‐home care: A Swedish national cohort study

International Journal of Social Welfare
It is widely acknowledged that individuals with out‐of‐home care (OHC) experiences, including foster‐family care and residential care, face an increased risk of poor labour market attachment during emerging adulthood.
L. Brännström, Marie Berlin, Olof Bäckman, Patrik Karlsson   +3 more
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Health Literacy, Self‐Efficacy and Knowledge of Sickle Cell Disease Among Caregivers

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a hereditary blood disorder in which abnormal haemoglobin leads to severe anaemia, painful crises and organ failure. Caregivers’ health literacy (HL) – their ability to assess, understand and apply information, and interact with healthcare professionals – is crucial for managing children with SCD, yet ...
Melanie Bruinooge, Maite E. Houwing, Rowena L. Grohssteiner, Ferdows Atiq, Sonja A. M. C. Teuben, Mirjam P. Fransen, Marjon H. Cnossen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source