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{"title":"Food insecurity and mental health among children and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review","authors":"Ibrahim Kasujja ,&nbsp;Crick Lund ,&nbsp;Tatiana Taylor Salisbury","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108493","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108493","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Food insecurity and mental health conditions are important public health problems among children and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Many potential biological, psychological and social mechanisms may explain the association between food insecurity and mental health among children and adolescents. Experiences of food insecurity are known to affect an individual’s psychological state resulting in anxiety, isolation, stress, and sadness.</div></div><div><h3>Aims</h3><div>To systematically review the literature on the association between food insecurity and child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) and the impact of food insecurity reduction interventions on CAMH outcomes in SSA.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A systematic search of eight databases (APA PsycINFO, CINAHL, EconLit, Embase, MEDLINE, Scopus, PubMed and Cochrane Library) was conducted to identify relevant studies. Included studies were assessed for quality and correlations between food insecurity and CAMH reported.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>9547 published articles were retrieved during literature search. Seventeen observational studies met the inclusion criteria and were included in the review. No articles of intervention studies were identified. Positive significant associations were found between food insecurity and worse CAMH outcomes. Included articles of observational studies were of acceptable quality.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Experiencing food insecurity is associated with both internalising and externalizing problems among children and adolescents in SSA. While no interventions reducing food insecurity were found, there is a need to design and conduct intervention studies to assess the impact of such interventions on CAMH. Although cross-sectional evidence for the association between food insecurity and mental health conditions is well established, there is a need for longitudinal studies to assess the bi-directional, temporal associations, and unpack mechanisms through which food insecurity affects mental health (social causation) and through which mental health conditions affect food insecurity (social drift). Reducing food insecurity and improving CAMH is needed to break the cycle of food insecurity and to achieve the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"177 ","pages":"Article 108493"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144724919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The contribution of the social network of care leavers to a successful transition to adulthood: A realist review","authors":"Anna Raymaekers ,&nbsp;An Nuytiens ,&nbsp;Koen Hermans","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108496","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108496","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Transitioning to adulthood is challenging. For young people raised in youth care, this is even more difficult as they often have a limited social network. Existing research indicates that having a stable social network is crucial for youth leaving care in achieving a successful transition into adulthood. However, it remains unclear <em>how</em> the involvement of social networks in transitional programmes for care leavers leads to successful outcomes. To address this ‘how’ question, we conducted a realist review through a systematic search in five databases to find peer-reviewed studies (PubMed, Web of Science, SAGE Journals, ERIC, and ProQuest), and in Google Scholar to add also grey literature. This search resulted in 14 relevant studies. We applied a realist framework, more specifically the CIMO-framework to identify relevant mechanisms, and verified our results with different stakeholders.</div><div>We identified nine key mechanisms that underpin successful outcomes for care leavers in transitional programmes: emphasising strong relationships through natural mentoring, stability, building trust and confidence, addressing trauma awareness, ownership in decision-making, fostering a feeling of belonging, facilitating peer support, internalising social skills and enhancing positive self-identity. These mechanisms highlight the significance of time, trust, emotional support, and the interdependence framework in supporting care leavers. Ultimately, recognising the value of informal support figures and the importance of interdependence can significantly enhance the success of transitional programmes for care leavers as these support figures can help to navigate the challenges of emerging adulthood.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"177 ","pages":"Article 108496"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144721548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Consensus statement on developmentally appropriate policy and practice for adolescents in foster care","authors":"M. Dozier ,&nbsp;J.G. Smetana ,&nbsp;J. Allen ,&nbsp;M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg ,&nbsp;A.D. Benner ,&nbsp;L.M. Burton ,&nbsp;N. Campione-Barr ,&nbsp;G. Carlo ,&nbsp;K.A. Dodge ,&nbsp;A. Fuligni ,&nbsp;A. Galvan ,&nbsp;K. Ginsburg ,&nbsp;W. Grolnick ,&nbsp;V.M. Murry ,&nbsp;S.D. Simpkins ,&nbsp;M.H.Van IJzendoorn ,&nbsp;C. Zeanah ,&nbsp;C. Shauffer","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108495","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108495","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Adolescence is a period of important neurobiological, social and cognitive changes. Under optimal conditions, adolescents are supported by parents who allow autonomy seeking while maintaining involvement and a strong relationship with their adolescent. Pubertal and neurobiological changes, alterations in adolescents’ sleep cycles, and changes in adolescents’ relationships with parents, peers, and schools (e.g., transitions to middle or high school), as well as increases in risk-taking are but a few of the changes that provide challenges to healthy adolescent development. These are exacerbated for adolescents in foster care who often experience changes in caregivers and transitions between neighborhoods and schools. The foster care system often fails to support navigating developmental challenges successfully. This consensus statement on youth in foster care makes a case for a developmentally informed system of care. Although we avoid making specific policy and practice recommendations, we identify general areas where research can inform change.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"178 ","pages":"Article 108495"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144829984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Maximising existing assets: the potential of Bayesian hierarchical approaches to improve the risk assessment process in youth justice","authors":"Helen Ruth Hodges","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108502","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108502","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Bayesian approaches provide a fresh lens to consider the interaction between various characteristics and circumstances of children who have offended, and their likelihood of committing further offences over time. This has been done here by revisiting data captured as part of the risk assessment process used until the mid-2010s across England and Wales to consider how the probability of further offending behaviour differs depending upon whether the child has a prior history of offending or not.</div><div>Whilst Asset has now been replaced by AssetPlus, the structure of the earlier risk assessment tool lends itself to mimicking rapid changes in the lives of some children and the evolving nature of youth offending. This has been done by treating the assessments conducted with 87 children in the formal youth justice system in a single Welsh local authority area whose supervision started in either 2012/13 or 2023/14 as a longitudinal dataset. The likelihood of further offending behaviour at different time points has then been estimated using additive binary logistical regression models based upon practitioner ratings for 12 domains of ‘risk’, along with a range of time-varying and non-time varying variables reflecting facets of their criminal career.</div><div>This study demonstrates the utility of conducting the analysis in a Bayesian framework. Notably it highlights the potential to incorporate new ideas be they emerging theoretical perspectives, interventions or additional variables into existing models to increase understandings of the complex relationship between ‘risk’ and ‘protective’ factors for different subgroups.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"177 ","pages":"Article 108502"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144757530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Deeply navigating among cross-cultural issues makes you a better expert","authors":"Annika Melinder ,&nbsp;Karine Bakke Lekva ,&nbsp;Hulda Rødder Fosse","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108501","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108501","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The European Court of Human Rights underscores the importance of cultural and ethnic aspects in experts’ evaluations of child protective services cases. However, little is known about whether the degree of justification of their conclusions and the quality of expert reports differ as a function of the case’s ethnicity. We explored whether experts who examine nonethnic Scandinavian (NES) vs. ethnic Scandinavian (ES) cases differ in terms of justifying their conclusions and producing high-quality reports. A total of 306 reports (n = 124 NES) were collected after reliability testing (α ≥ 0.81) and coded for ‘Justifying’ and ‘Quality’ variables. ANOVA did not show significant differences between the NES and ES groups in terms of justification (<em>p</em> = 0.84), but when the NES group was divided into yes/no regarding the discussion of ethnic issues, ANOVA showed that the discussed NES group was superior in terms of justification to the not discussed NES group (<em>p</em> = 0.01), but not compared to the ES group (<em>p</em> = 0.88). For the quality variables, no differences were detected between the NES and ES groups (<em>p</em> ≥ 0.08). When the discussed NES group was compared with the ES group, we found a difference in the ‘quality of evaluation’ between the discussed NES group and the not discussed NES group (<em>p</em> = 0.02). The rating scores of the experts’ conduct and behavior did not differ. Only experts who discussed ethnic issues in their work with NES cases had higher scores on the justification and quality measures. Examining NES cases without discussing issues of ethnicity might be a risk factor for worse justification and lower quality in experts’ reports in child protective services cases.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"177 ","pages":"Article 108501"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144748875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Supplemental nutrition assistance program and parents’ time investments in children","authors":"Anika Schenck-Fontaine ,&nbsp;Afshin Zilanawala ,&nbsp;Almudena Sevilla","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108482","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108482","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>An emerging literature explores whether social policy programs have benefits to families and their children, above and beyond economic and human capital outcomes. We investigate whether the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), an anti-poverty program, is associated with the time that parents invest in their children. We assess the association between SNAP and parental time investments by leveraging the temporary expansion of SNAP benefits provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. Applying a difference-in-difference with Coarsened Exact Matching approach to data from the American Time Use Survey, we investigate whether increased SNAP benefit levels were associated with parental time investments in basic care, management, play, and teaching activities. We find that ARRA-induced increases in SNAP benefit levels were associated with a decreased probability of time spent on management activities and an increased probability of time spent on basic care among single parents. This suggests that SNAP benefit increases influence how parents allocate time to their children.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"177 ","pages":"Article 108482"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144748876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Resilience and mental health among children and youth with an immigrant background in Europe: A scoping review","authors":"Yonne Charlotte Tangelder ,&nbsp;Jennifer Drummond Johansen ,&nbsp;Dawit Shawel Abebe","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108499","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108499","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A significant and growing proportion of children and youth in Europe have an immigrant background and face increased mental health risks. Resilience is widely recognized as a dynamic process shaped by individual, relational, and contextual factors, yet this complexity is not always fully accounted for in study methodologies. This scoping review examines resilience and well-being in this population, focusing on how resilience is conceptualized and measured. A literature search across six databases identified studies published in peer-reviewed journals between 2012 and August 2023. Of 29,958 records screened, 16 studies met the inclusion criteria. We mapped how studies measured three dimensions of resilience research —risk exposure, promotive/protective processes, and outcomes—and categorized measured factors as individual, relational, or contextual. Considerable variation exists in how resilience is conceptualized and measured across studies, often relying on proxy measures and cross-sectional designs. Many studies categorize immigrant background as a risk factor without systematically measuring the nature and extent of stressors faced by these populations. Most studies focus on one or two resilience factor categories rather than a comprehensive approach. Findings indicate limited knowledge about well-being and resilience in second-generation immigrant adolescents in Europe, with mixed results on resilience, well-being, acculturation, integration, and socio-economic factors. Methodological challenges in resilience research on children and youth with an immigrant background hinder understanding of resilience mechanisms. This review highlights the need for longitudinal studies using standardized yet adaptable resilience measures to better capture resilience processes and inform strategies that promote well-being in this population.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"177 ","pages":"Article 108499"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144766918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Caregiver and child perceptions of play in a refugee context in Uganda","authors":"Sarah R. Meyer ,&nbsp;Roscoe Kasujja ,&nbsp;Sarah Namukwaya ,&nbsp;Nawaraj Upadhaya ,&nbsp;Eva S. Smallegange","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108451","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108451","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Play can strengthen child-caregiver relationships and mitigate toxic stress that refugee children experience. In this multi-method qualitative study, in-depth interviews, focus groups discussions, household observation and Photovoice methodologies were used to explore how children and caregivers describe and perceive play in refugee settings in Uganda. A total of n = 155 caregivers (60 men and 95 women, age range 19–76) and n = 75 children (33 boys and 42 girls, age range 8–14) participated in the study. Findings indicate that there are significant similarities between how children and caregivers perceive the important and role of play, as well as who can engage in play, yet there are barriers, including caregiver stress, which prevent and interrupt child-caregiver interactions in the context of play.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"177 ","pages":"Article 108451"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144724921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The impact of child maltreatment intervention on healthcare underutilization in at-risk young children: A quasi-experimental study in Taiwan","authors":"Wan-Ting Chen ,&nbsp;Tan-Wen Hsieh ,&nbsp;Jen-Huoy Tsay ,&nbsp;Su-Hui Chang ,&nbsp;Chuan-Yu Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108500","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108500","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Children from households at risk for maltreatment likely underutilize appropriate healthcare services, leading to unfavorable outcomes. Several programs have been implemented to reduce maltreatment, yet much less is known about whether such interventions may affect healthcare utilization in early childhood when unaddressed needs can exacerbate long-term health disparities. Based on administrative-linked data on child welfare and healthcare in Taiwan, this study examines whether targeted maltreatment prevention affects healthcare utilization among at-risk young children and investigates subgroup heterogeneity. We identified a cohort of 7,136 children aged 1–5 years old who received the High-Risk Family (HRF) program during 2012–2017; for comparison, 55,292 non-HRF children were sampled through the weighted propensity scores fine stratification approach. The weighted generalized linear models were used to estimate potential intervention-related differences in healthcare utilization. For at-risk young children, the average number of visits to outpatient care and the emergency room in the year before the HRF intervention was 17.1 and 0.91, respectively, compared to 20.4 and 0.70 in their non-HRF peers. The intervention-related differences in healthcare utilization were significantly manifested in outpatient care (adjusted β_wt, year 1 = 1.14, 95 % confidence interval [CI]: 0.74, 1.54; β_wt, year 2 = 1.94, 95 % CI: 1.48, 2.41). The observed increase in outpatient care utilization, which persisted for up to two years from the start, was especially prominent among preschoolers and near-poverty households. Our analyses indicated that maltreatment intervention-related beneficial effects on improving healthcare utilization among at-risk young children. Child protective services should collaborate and coordinate with medical providers at the system level to early identify and intervene in unfavorable health outcomes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"177 ","pages":"Article 108500"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144724922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"What are youth refuge practice models and how effective are they in improving outcomes for youth experiencing homelessness? A systematic narrative review","authors":"Anda Jaman ,&nbsp;Tatiana Corrales ,&nbsp;Rachael Green ,&nbsp;Emma Galvin ,&nbsp;Melissa Savaglio ,&nbsp;Claire Edmanson ,&nbsp;Helen Skouteris","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108487","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108487","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Youth homelessness is a global problem. Preventing youth homelessness has many individual and societal benefits. Internationally, a key response to youth homelessness is the provision of a standard youth refuge model which includes short-term accommodation staffed by support workers who provide case management and referrals, with other varying health, hygiene and crisis services attached. However, it is unclear what is offered within these settings, and whether youth refuge improves any outcomes for youth experiencing homelessness. Homelessness services have also been increasingly encouraged to embed trauma-informed or psychologically informed practice models into service delivery. Like broader evaluations of the standard model, little is currently known about the extent to which these practice models are being implemented, how they are implemented, and whether they improve outcomes beyond standard models. Therefore, this systematic narrative review aimed to: (1) identify what services youth refuges provide, and which practice models are used; and (2) examine how effective youth refuge practice models are in improving health, behavioural, psychosocial, and/or housing outcomes for youth experiencing homelessness. Database and grey literature searches identified ten articles to be included. Seven articles evaluated a standard refuge model, two included strengths-based practice models, and one included an empowerment philosophy. No practice model offered evidence of its efficacy above what was offered by the standard refuge model, and limited detail about implementation of any model was found. Two cohorts emerged within refuge: (1) a younger cohort who could reconcile with family with therapeutic intervention; and (2) an older cohort who needed other options. Generally, results demonstrated short- to medium-term improvements in all health, wellbeing, and housing outcomes, with most gains reported in vocational status and improved family relations. Housing stability was a key contributing factor for outcome achievement. Most studies were of low methodological quality hence more rigorous, standardised, mixed-methods research is needed before conclusions about the efficacy of youth refuge and any practice models can be made.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"177 ","pages":"Article 108487"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144704586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}