Jin Huang PhD, Sondra G. Beverly PhD, Margaret M. Clancy MSW, Michael Sherraden PhD
{"title":"Parental views on universal asset-building policy for all children","authors":"Jin Huang PhD, Sondra G. Beverly PhD, Margaret M. Clancy MSW, Michael Sherraden PhD","doi":"10.1111/cfs.13103","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cfs.13103","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Financial incentives and support have positive impacts on child development and health. The brief uses data collected from a randomized experiment to examine parents' views of child development accounts (CDAs), a universal asset-building policy to deliver financial subsidies for adolescent development, education, health and other developmental outcomes. Parents in the treatment and control groups have similar views on the universal CDA policy model, and more than 80% of them supported nine tested policy features of CDAs. Public opinion reflected in parents' views is critical for successful policymaking of such policies for children and families in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":10025,"journal":{"name":"Child & Family Social Work","volume":"29 2","pages":"584-586"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135186469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stéphanie Vincent Lyk-Jensen, Martin Bøg, Malene Rudolf Lindberg
{"title":"Growing up in the shadow of domestic violence: Evidence from register data","authors":"Stéphanie Vincent Lyk-Jensen, Martin Bøg, Malene Rudolf Lindberg","doi":"10.1111/cfs.13096","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cfs.13096","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Children who are indirect victims of domestic violence can exhibit the same negative outcomes as children who are direct victims. This study investigated the consequences of children's exposure to domestic violence among parents on a range of children's outcomes: mental health, well-being, school performance and placement in out-of-home care. We used administrative records from full population cohorts of children in Denmark (<i>N</i> = 399 519, born 1997–2003). We examined a target group of children exposed to domestic violence and a comparison group not exposed to it, both groups having similar personal and family backgrounds, including pre-birth history of family domestic violence. To construct the comparison group, we used propensity score matching. Exposure to domestic violence had a substantial negative impact on academic performance (age 9–15), self-reported well-being in school (age 10–15) and also increased the likelihood of being placed in out-of-home care (age 9–15) and being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (age 9–15). The discounted additional cost (medical and child welfare system) per child indirectly experiencing domestic violence was at least $31 000 (age 0–15). Thus, our results show important adverse effects and suggest that earlier prevention and more preventive social interventions could help reduce the long-term consequences of childhood exposure to domestic violence.</p>","PeriodicalId":10025,"journal":{"name":"Child & Family Social Work","volume":"29 2","pages":"422-437"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cfs.13096","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135286303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Natalie Paki Paki, Taranaki, Paula Toko King, Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whātua, Waikato Tainui, Ngāti Maniapoto, Lashana Lewis, Ngāti Kahungunu Ki Te Reinga, Shayne Walker, Kai Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu, Hunia Te Urukaiata Mackay, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Rangitihi, Rongowhakaata, Daniel Anderson, Ngāti Maniapoto, Tainui, Eunice Amante, Susan P. Kemp
{"title":"Identifying key dimensions of indigenous led child welfare services: A qualitative literature review","authors":"Natalie Paki Paki, Taranaki, Paula Toko King, Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whātua, Waikato Tainui, Ngāti Maniapoto, Lashana Lewis, Ngāti Kahungunu Ki Te Reinga, Shayne Walker, Kai Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu, Hunia Te Urukaiata Mackay, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Rangitihi, Rongowhakaata, Daniel Anderson, Ngāti Maniapoto, Tainui, Eunice Amante, Susan P. Kemp","doi":"10.1111/cfs.13100","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cfs.13100","url":null,"abstract":"<p>National and state governments in settler colonial countries are increasingly committing to policies and practices aimed at strengthening Indigenous frameworks, programmes and leadership in child protection services. However, research-based information on Indigenous child welfare services and programmes is sparse. This qualitative literature review explores and documents key features of Indigenous child welfare and protection models and/or frameworks in an international context, with a specific focus on Indigenous children, young people, families, and communities. Twenty-four publications meeting the inclusion criteria were included in the analysis. Published frameworks, models, services, interventions and/or programmes within the broader area of child welfare and children protection that are Indigenous-designed and/or led or developed in partnership or collaboration with Indigenous peoples were identified. The review highlights 11 key dimensions that underpin the frameworks, models, services, interventions and/or programmes. Findings of the review also reveal commonalities across Indigenous cultures and contexts that from an Indigenous perspective are considered fundamental to supporting Indigenous children, young people and families involved with child protective services. Additionally, the findings point to the critical need for ongoing advocacy for Indigenous-designed and led services and programmes, including support for Indigenous research, evaluation and intellectual leadership.</p>","PeriodicalId":10025,"journal":{"name":"Child & Family Social Work","volume":"29 2","pages":"465-481"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cfs.13100","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135634197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Noortje M. Pannebakker PhD, Sijmen A. Reijneveld MD PhD, Mattijs E. Numans MD PhD, Paul L. Kocken PhD
{"title":"Parents' expected barriers to psychosocial care for children with complex problems","authors":"Noortje M. Pannebakker PhD, Sijmen A. Reijneveld MD PhD, Mattijs E. Numans MD PhD, Paul L. Kocken PhD","doi":"10.1111/cfs.13093","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cfs.13093","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background and objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Even though children with complex problems frequently need psychosocial care, two thirds does not receive treatment. Various barriers, particularly expectations of barriers, can hinder effective access of care. Our aim was to assess the practical barriers expected by parents, and the child, family and need factors associated with these expected barriers.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We sent web-based questionnaires to parents of a random sample of children known to have or be at risk of having complex problems (response = 77%). We used backward regression analyses to examine which factors were associated with expected barriers for children using psychosocial care, or no care at all.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Seventy-three percent of all parents expected practical barriers. Parents of children using psychosocial care expected more barriers than when using no care at all. For children who used no care, parents of girls expected more barriers (regression coefficient 0.54; 95%—confidence interval 0.16, 0.92) as did families having less social support (−0.30; −0.50, −0.11). When children used psychosocial care, parents expected more barriers when their child was of school-age (0.38; 0.01, 0.75), of non-western origin (vs. native) (0.52; 0.17, 0.88), when parents were older (i.e., 36+ years) (−0.77; −1.12, −0.42), experienced more adverse life events (0.29; 0.13, 0.45) or had less social support (−0.17; −0.34, 0.00).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Even when their child is already receiving treatment, parents continue to expect practical barriers to psychosocial care. Psychosocial care services and their gatekeepers should address these concerns. Access to psychosocial care can be improved by removing practical barriers, especially if children already receive psychosocial care, or when parents have a limited network or belong to an ethnic minority.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":10025,"journal":{"name":"Child & Family Social Work","volume":"29 2","pages":"386-397"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cfs.13093","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135635205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is residential care a risk factor for teenage pregnancy? A study on the experiences of young women's discharge and transition from residential care in Trinidad and Tobago","authors":"Petra Roberts PhD, MSW","doi":"10.1111/cfs.13101","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cfs.13101","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Some English-speaking Caribbean nations continue to maintain large residential homes for children and youth who need out-of-home care. My doctoral study with alumni from a number of these homes reported that their overall experiences were positive. However, transition and discharge were less favourable, with women suffering more hardships than men. These hardships included homelessness, which often led to sexual exploitation for women. A number of young women became pregnant within a year of discharge from the home (which normally happened at the age of 16 or 18). An unplanned pregnancy can have immediate and lasting consequences for a young woman's health, education, and income-earning potential. It often alters the course of her entire life. This study provides information from a sample of 15 young adult women in Trinidad and Tobago on the risk factor of living in a residential care facility and unplanned teenage pregnancy. Recommendations are proposed to better prepare young women who grew up in residential care.</p>","PeriodicalId":10025,"journal":{"name":"Child & Family Social Work","volume":"29 2","pages":"482-489"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cfs.13101","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136135089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The politics of care and confinement: Disabled people's affective lives during COVID-19","authors":"Cliona Loughnane, Claire Edwards","doi":"10.1111/cfs.13099","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cfs.13099","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper explores the affective and material impacts of the reconfiguration of caring on disabled people's lives during the pandemic. We draw on a series of focus groups and interviews with a group of nine disabled people with mobility or sensory impairments, many of whom were politically active in the arena of disability rights and independent living. This work forms part of a wider project re-imagining care practices and policies. We reveal the interplay of emotion, affect and socio-material conditions in disabled people's pandemic lives and reflect on how pre-existing diminished care landscapes compounded COVID-19's impacts. With support services shuttered and people confined at home, many disabled people experienced a renewed dependence on family care or found their care needs reduced to functional tasks undertaken by rota-filling workers. We document participants' emotional experiences of loss, fear and anger deriving from changes in their one-to-one care interactions and arrangements but also wider societal narratives positioning disabled people as both vulnerable to, and carriers of, disease. Drawing together the crisis' affective and material effects, we demonstrate how disabled people politicized their affective experiences of anger and hope through online organizing to challenge the diminution of supports and demand affective justice from the care system.</p>","PeriodicalId":10025,"journal":{"name":"Child & Family Social Work","volume":"29 4","pages":"864-873"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cfs.13099","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136136354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Family leadership among Israeli families of children with disabilities during the 2019 coronavirus disease pandemic","authors":"Ayelet Gur, Tali-Noy Hindi, Lilach Krisi-Kadosh","doi":"10.1111/cfs.13102","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cfs.13102","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The objective of this study was to investigate family leadership in family centres for families of children with disabilities in Israel amid the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The study focuses on mapping family leadership activities within these family centres during the COVID-19 pandemic and explores potential associations between participation in family leadership groups and family outcomes. Thirty-five parents who were involved in family leadership groups and 42 parents of a control group completed an online survey. The survey included the Family Leadership Activity Measure, the Sense of Community Index, the Emergency Families Centre Services Index, the Sense of Sharing Index, the Brief Family Distress Scale and the Beach Center Family Quality of Life Scale. Significant differences were found among groups with regard to barriers to services usage, family centre services usage, family's satisfaction with services, sense of community with the family centre and sense of sharing. Parents who were involved in family leadership groups demonstrated favourable outcomes. No significant differences were found between the groups in family quality of life and distress. It is determined that in times of local or national crises, family leadership may promote more family-centred supports.</p>","PeriodicalId":10025,"journal":{"name":"Child & Family Social Work","volume":"29 2","pages":"490-500"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cfs.13102","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136311504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bridget Freisthler PhD, Christiana Kranich MSW, Jennifer Price Wolf PhD
{"title":"Does parent report of child physical abuse and supervisory neglect differ by method of study recruitment or mode of survey administration?","authors":"Bridget Freisthler PhD, Christiana Kranich MSW, Jennifer Price Wolf PhD","doi":"10.1111/cfs.13097","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cfs.13097","url":null,"abstract":"<p>General population studies find that rates of child maltreatment are higher than those identified in the child welfare system. Some modes of administration may result in higher disclosure rates of child maltreatment by respondents. This study assesses differences in characteristics of parents who are recruited using telephone sampling techniques or via the internet and whether the survey was administered by telephone or the web. We have 1599 parent respondents recruited from listed samples and Craigslist advertisements. Surveys were administered via the telephone or online. Survey included measures of parenting behaviours, psychosocial characteristics and demographics for the parent, child and family. Data were analysed using logit multilevel models. We found no differences between mode of administration and our child maltreatment and parenting measures, including physical abuse, corporal punishment and supervisory neglect. Recruitment strategy was not related to leaving a child home alone and corporal punishment. However, we did find that parents recruited by Craigslist use physical abuse more frequently. That we found no difference in use of punitive and neglectful parenting practices by survey mode of administration and recruitment method provides some degree of confidence that survey methods other than random-digit-dialling telephone surveys may result in generalizable samples in this age of declining landline use.</p>","PeriodicalId":10025,"journal":{"name":"Child & Family Social Work","volume":"29 2","pages":"438-449"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cfs.13097","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136311697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
María Valero, Victoria Quesada, Josep Lluís Oliver, Joan Amer
{"title":"Efficacy of technology-based parenting programmes in reducing behaviour problems: An analysis of systematic reviews and meta-analyses","authors":"María Valero, Victoria Quesada, Josep Lluís Oliver, Joan Amer","doi":"10.1111/cfs.13098","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cfs.13098","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Recently, especially after the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, the shift towards technology-based non-face-to-face family prevention programmes to deal with problem behaviours has increased. Different systematic reviews and meta-analyses have explored the results of the virtual versions of the programmes. However, a global summary or systematized overview of the main conclusions and implications of the different reviews is needed to establish the scientific contributions of the new formats and to help the providers of the online programmes to know the components that work and to what extent. A lack of systematized information on the different delivery modes has also been detected. This study addresses these issues by systematically analysing existing reviews and meta-analyses, examining the reported outcomes and, when available, results related to delivery conditions and adherence variables. The analysis results suggest a reduction in children's problem behaviours and a consensus on the necessity of reporting on the parental stress variable. In conclusion, it highlights the need for more information on delivery conditions, given the structural change in how these programmes or interventions are provided, together with data on adherence and family variables (family relationships and interactions such as family communication and family resilience).</p>","PeriodicalId":10025,"journal":{"name":"Child & Family Social Work","volume":"29 2","pages":"450-464"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cfs.13098","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134973335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Helen McLaren, Emi Patmisari, Michelle Jones, Chris Skinner, Simone Mather
{"title":"Piloting the Mockingbird Family™ in Australia: Experiences of foster carers and agency workers","authors":"Helen McLaren, Emi Patmisari, Michelle Jones, Chris Skinner, Simone Mather","doi":"10.1111/cfs.13095","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cfs.13095","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Given that the number of children and young people needing care keeps rising and fewer people are becoming foster carers, efforts to support carers and workers in foster caring are essential. This paper considers the experiences of carers and foster care agency workers involved in Australia's piloting of the Mockingbird Family. With a view understanding experience, data were collected via focus groups with carers and agency workers (<i>n</i> = 20) involved in piloting, implementation and evaluation. Deductive analysis applied the theory of experience to generate understanding of experience, as both intrinsic and extrinsic dimensions to capture strengths in the Mockingbird Family's foster caring networks. These dimensions of experience included collective passions of carers and workers; experiential change over time; collective experiences as a moving force; and experiences as transformational. Understanding of experience associated with the perceived strengths of the Mockingbird Family, including strategies to promote strong professional relationships between carers and workers, is an important element in strengthening environments of children and young people in care. Safe and stable environments are crucial for wellbeing.</p>","PeriodicalId":10025,"journal":{"name":"Child & Family Social Work","volume":"29 2","pages":"411-421"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cfs.13095","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135265947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}