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Current status and prospects for improving decision making research in child protection: A commentary.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2015
Mindfulness-based parenting programmes for improving psychosocial outcomes in children from birth to age 18 and their parents
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 30-11-2016
Measuring Competence in Social Work: A Tribute to the Contributions of Marion Bogo
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 11-01-2023
Long Term Harm to Immigrant Infants and Children
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2018
The other kin: Setting the course for research, policy, and practice with siblings in foster care
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2005
From Evidence to Outcomes in Child Welfare
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 02-12-2013
Parenting Interventions for Indigenous Child Psychosocial Functioning: A Scoping Review
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 23-01-2017
Abstract: To scope evaluations of Indigenous parenting programs designed to improve child psychosocial outcomes. Electronic databases, gray literature, Indigenous websites and journals, and reference lists were searched. The search was restricted to high-income countries with a history of colonialism. Sixteen studies describing evaluations of 13 programs were found. Most were controlled studies from United States and Australia, targeting child social, emotional, behavioral and mental health outcomes, and these were delivered to groups of parents. Program content focused most often on child development and learning, child behavior management, and parent–child interactions. Some studies reported improvements in child and parent outcomes, though the majority used self-report measures and some were noncontrolled studies. This scoping review provides the first known map of evaluations of programs targeting parents of Indigenous children. There were few rigorous evaluations of effectiveness. A rigorous systematic review is needed to evaluate the strength and extent of these findings.
Permanent Care Orders in Victoria: A Thematic Analysis of Implementation Issues
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 22-05-2019
Trajectories of psychosocial functioning and attachment behaviors among children adopted in the Ontario child welfare system
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-02-2022
Age and other risk factors related to reentry to care from kin guardian homes
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2018
DOI: 10.1016/J.CHIABU.2018.02.024
Abstract: Although kinship guardianship is an increasingly important foster care exit pathway for children in the United States, research on the factors leading to kinship guardianship breakdown is lacking. This study examines the factors associated with guardianship breakdown for children who exited foster care to kinship guardianship in California between 2003 and 2010 (N = 18,831). Specifying time-dependent Cox relative risk models, children's age trajectories are directly accounted for in the analysis. This allows differentiation between duration dependence (i.e., time spent in guardianship) and children's development (expressed as age). Overall, 17.3% of children reentered care by 2017. Early adolescents, age 13-15 years (HR = 1.63, p < .001), and late adolescents, age 16-17 years (HR = 1.93, p < .001), had an increased hazard of reentry compared with children under the age of six. Children with a history of mental health concerns had more than twice the hazard of reentering than children without such a history (HR = 2.18, p < .001). Our findings indicate that transition to adolescence was associated with increased risk of reentry into care, highlighting the need for guardianship support services leading up to, and during, this child developmental stage.
Siblings in foster care
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2005
Intervening to improve outcomes for siblings in foster care: Conceptual, substantive, and methodological dimensions of a prevention science framework
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2014
Interventions that address institutional child maltreatment: An evidence and gap map
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 03-0055
DOI: 10.1002/CL2.1139
Abstract: Child maltreatment has serious short and long‐term negative impacts for those experiencing it. Child maltreatment occurring in institutional settings has recently received substantial attention. However, evidence about the effectiveness of interventions that prevent, disclose, respond to, or treat maltreatment that has occurred in these environments is fragmented and can be difficult to access. This evidence and gap map (EGM) collates this research evidence. It was developed as a resource for stakeholders operating in the child health, welfare and protection sectors, including practitioners, organisational leaders, policy developers and researchers, wanting to access high quality evidence on interventions addressing institutional child maltreatment. The objectives of this EGM were twofold: (a) To provide a structured and accessible collection of existing evidence from finalised and ongoing overviews of systematic reviews, systematic reviews and effectiveness studies of interventions addressing institutional child maltreatment—for those who work to fund, develop, implement and evaluate interventions aimed at ensuring children's safety in institutional settings (b) to identify gaps in the available evidence on interventions addressing institutional child maltreatment—thereby helping to inform the research agendas of funders and other organisations. A comprehensive search strategy identified relevant studies from published and grey literature, comprising: (1) 10 electronic academic databases (2) five trial and systematic review registries (3) nine organisational websites (4) websites and reference lists of inquiry reports associated with seven international inquiries into child abuse and (4) the lists of included studies within systematic reviews identified by the search strategy. Members of this EGM's Subject Matter Experts group were also invited to forward relevant unpublished studies or grey literature. The selection criteria were developed to identify finalised and ongoing overviews of reviews, systematic reviews and primary studies that reported on the effectiveness of interventions addressing child maltreatment (including sexual abuse, physical abuse, neglect and emotional abuse) within institutional settings. Eligible effectiveness study designs included: randomised controlled trials (RCTs), nonrandomised trials, controlled before‐and‐after studies and quasi‐experimental studies. Reviews were eligible if they reported a systematic literature search strategy. All screening, data extraction, coding and critical appraisals were undertaken by two or more reviewers working independently, with discrepancies resolved via consensus or by a third reviewer. The titles and abstracts of studies identified by the search strategy were screened, and each full text of potentially relevant studies was further assessed for inclusion. Key data were extracted from all included studies and reviews. This included information about: publication details (e.g., year, author, country), inclusion/exclusion criteria (for reviews), study design, institutional setting, target population, type of maltreatment, intervention type and outcomes. Critical appraisal of included systematic reviews was achieved using the AMSTAR 2 tool, and completed RCTs were assessed using the updated Cochrane Risk of Bias 2.0 tool. Number of studies The electronic database search yielded 6318 citations, and a further 2375 records were identified from additional sources. Following deduplication and title/abstract screening, 256 studies remained for full text review. A total of 73 eligible studies (reported across 84 publications) met the inclusion criteria, including: 11 systematic reviews (plus, one update) 62 primary studies (including, three protocols for primary studies). Study characteristics The studies were conducted across 18 countries, however more than half (52%) were undertaken in the United States. Overall, most studies evaluated curriculum‐based interventions delivered in educational settings, primarily aimed at the prevention of sexual abuse. Institutional setting: Most studies evaluated interventions in school or early learning environments ( n = 8 systematic reviews n = 58 primary studies). Far fewer studies examined other organisational settings. Out of home care (including foster care, residential care and orphanages), and social service organisations servicing children were minimally represented. No studies were identified where the primary setting was sports clubs, churches/religious organisations, summer/vacation c s, detention centres/juvenile justice settings, or primary/secondary health care facilities. Target population: Most interventions targeted children rather than adults ( n = 7 systematic reviews n = 47 primary studies) from the general population. Fewer studies included populations known to be at an increased risk, or those already exposed to maltreatment. Just over a third of the primary studies conducted an analysis to ascertain differences in the effect of an intervention between the genders. Intervention type: Prevention interventions were the most studied ( n = 5 systematic reviews n = 57 primary studies), with additional studies including prevention approaches alongside other intervention types. Fewer studies evaluated interventions targeting disclosure, institutional responses, or treatment interventions. Type of maltreatment: The vast majority of the studies assessed interventions solely addressing the sexual abuse of children ( n = 8 systematic reviews n = 45 primary studies). The remaining studies addressed other forms of maltreatment, including physical and emotional abuse, or neglect, either in combination or as a sole focus. Outcomes: Primary reported outcomes reflected the bias toward child targeted interventions. Outcome measures captured child wellbeing and knowledge outcomes, including measures of mental health, children's knowledge retention and/or self‐protective skills. Measures of maltreatment disclosure or maltreatment occurrence/reoccurrence were less common, and all other outcome categories included in the EGM were minimally or not reported. A third of studies reported on some measure of implementation. Study quality The overall quality of the studies was low to moderate. Most systematic reviews were low‐quality ( n = 10), with only one high quality review (and update) identified. Most completed RCTs had some concerns relating to the risk of bias ( n = 30), and the remainder were considered to be at a high risk of bias ( n = 19). This EGM has highlighted a substantial need for more high quality studies that evaluate interventions across a broader range of institutional contexts and maltreatment types. The current evidence base does not represent countries with large populations and the greatest incidence of child maltreatment. Few studies focussed on perpetrators or the organisational environment. Further evidence gaps were identified for interventions relating to disclosure, organisational responses and treatment, and few studies assessed interventions targeting perpetrators' maltreatment behaviours, reci ism or desistence. Future studies should also include measure of programme implementation.
Psychosocial Interventions for Parents with Incurable End‐Stage Cancer: A Rapid Evidence Assessment
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 10-2017
DOI: 10.1111/AP.12286
Introduction to the Special Issue on Child Welfare Literature Reviews: Literature Reviews, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses—How Can Child Welfare Administrators, Practitioners and Researchers Determine What We Know?
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 28-09-2017
Acting Like It Matters: A Scoping Review of Simulation in Child Welfare Training
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 2014
Bridge over troubled water: Using implementation science to facilitate effective services in child welfare
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2011
DOI: 10.1016/J.CHIABU.2011.07.001
Abstract: To maximize benefits to children and their families, effective practices need to be used competently in child welfare settings. Since the 1990s, researchers and policy makers have focused attention on empirically supported interventions (ESIs). Much less attention has been paid to what is needed to implement these in a range of real-world settings. Without proper implementation, which includes an evaluation strategy from feasibility to fidelity to on-going work on moderators and mediators of program effects, established effective programs can be rendered ineffective in practical application. The paper will touch on progress, to date, of implementation science, its application to child welfare programs and practices, and will highlight a set of practical strategies for implementing empirically supported interventions in child welfare.
Guidelines for Using Simulation for Online Teaching and Learning of Clinical Social Work Practice in the Time of COVID
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 03-05-2021
DOI: 10.1007/S10615-021-00807-X
Abstract: Due to COVID 19, Monash University’s Social Work Department moved all clinical practice skills teaching in the Master of Social Work (graduate entry level) fully online using synchronous audio-visual conferencing platform Zoom for the first time from March to June 2020. The innovations associated with this move included the development of clinical practice laboratories (CPLs) to prepare 154 students for a modified version of an Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE) and their first field education practicum. The use of simulated clients to facilitate experiential learning of active listening skills, rapport-building and empathic communication in this mode of delivery is described in detail to encourage overcoming previous issues in teaching clinical practice skills to students located at a distance from c us.
Decision-based models of the implementation of interventions in systems of healthcare: Implementation outcomes and intervention effectiveness in complex service environments
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 17-10-2019
Reflections on the teaching of evidence-based practice
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 12-06-2007
Abstract: As the process of evidence-based practice (EBP) gains a foothold in the curricula of schools of social work and the various helping professions, instructors have been encountering a unique set of challenges. On one hand, educators must develop new curricula to convey material that is often complex and is, even in its most advanced state, still in its infancy. On the other hand, instructors may find themselves in the awkward position of challenging traditional classroom material and entrenched practices. This article offers a supplement to EBP texts by practically discussing some of the philosophical tenets of EBP, suggesting steps to enhance the learning environment, offering instructional supports, and identifying a common set of pitfalls and some suggested solutions.
Data on children reentering foster care from kinship guardianship.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2018
Interventions to Mitigate Bias in Social Work Decision-Making: A Systematic Review
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 23-12-2018
Abstract: This systematic review synthesized evidence supporting interventions aimed at mitigating cognitive bias associated with the decision-making of social work professionals. A systematic search was conducted within 10 social services and health-care databases. Review authors independently screened studies in duplicate against prespecified inclusion criteria, and two review authors undertook data extraction and quality assessment. Four relevant studies were identified. Because these studies were too heterogeneous to conduct meta-analyses, results are reported narratively. Three studies focused on diagnostic decisions within mental health and one considered family reunification decisions. Two strategies were reportedly effective in mitigating error: a nomogram tool and a specially designed online training course. One study assessing a consider-the-opposite approach reported no effect on decision outcomes. Cognitive bias can impact the accuracy of clinical reasoning. This review highlights the need for research into cognitive bias mitigation within the context of social work practice decision-making.
Family Group Decision Making for children at risk of abuse and neglect
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 23-01-2017
The next step: Integrating actuarial risk assessment and clinical judgment into an evidence-based practice framework in CPS case management
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2005
When Policy Hits Practice – Learning from the Failed Implementation of MST-EA in Australia
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 20-06-2020
Implementation Science 3.0
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2020
Introduction to the Special Issue on Campbell Collaboration Systematic Reviews
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 08-2018
Making Sense of Meta-Analysis: A Critique of “Effectiveness of Long-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy”
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 10-11-2010
The Therapeutic Family Care Program: A 10-year community implementation of Treatment Foster Care in Ontario, Canada
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 10-01-2019
Abstract: The present study describes a community implementation of treatment foster care (TFC) for children and youth involved with child welfare in Ontario, Canada. There were two guiding research questions: (1) how are children and adolescents changing over the course of services and (2) how have the placements of children and adolescents changed over time? Clinical outcomes were tracked using the Assessment Checklist for Children (ACC) and Assessment Checklist for Adolescents (ACAs)—clinical tools that were specially designed to assess the functioning of young people in care. There were 1,068 ACCs on 518 children, and 559 ACAs on 222 adolescents. Each additional year of involvement with Therapeutic Family Care Program corresponded to additional improvement for both children, d = −.18 95% confidence interval (CI) = −.25 to −.12, and adolescents, d = −.11 95%CI = −.18 to −.03. Moderators and subdomains of clinical improvement were considered, though findings generally revealed significant improvement over time for most youngsters in most clinical areas. At the program level, there has been a significant increase in placement permanence across the last decade (i.e., greater prevalence of birth parent, adoption, and kinship care). In sum, this study illustrates an ex le of community implementation for TFC in a child welfare setting, which necessarily includes the systematic tracking of outcomes in the context of evidence-supported intervention.
Is survival the fittest? A post hoc evaluation of event history estimations in an experimental design
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2006
Reliability and Predictive Validity of a Consensus-Based Risk Assessment Tool
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 05-09-2008
The Role of Systematic Reviews and the Campbell Collaboration in the Realization of Evidence-Informed Practice
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 03-12-2010
Stress responses and decision making in child protection workers faced with high conflict situations
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2012
DOI: 10.1016/J.CHIABU.2012.01.003
Abstract: The assessment of children at risk of abuse and neglect is a critical societal function performed by child protection workers in situations of acute stress and conflict. Despite efforts to improve the reliability of risk assessments through standardized measures, available tools continue to rely on subjective judgment. The goal of this study was to assess the stress responses of child protection workers and their assessments of risk in high conflict situations. Ninety-six child protection workers participated in 2 simulated scenarios, 1 non-confrontational and 1 confrontational. In each scenario, participants conducted a 15-minute interview with a mother played by a specially trained actor. Following the interview, the workers completed 2 risk assessment measures used in the field at the time of the study. Anxiety was measured by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory at baseline and immediately following the completion of each interview. Physiological stress as measured by salivary cortisol was obtained at baseline as well as 20 and 30 minutes after the start of each interview. Participants demonstrated significant stress responses during the 1st scenario, regardless of whether the interview was confrontational or not. During the second scenario, the participants did not exhibit significant cortisol responses, however the confrontational interview elicited greater subjective anxiety than the non-confrontational scenario. In the first scenario, in which the workers demonstrated greater stress responses, risk assessment scores were higher on one risk assessment tool for the confrontational scenario than for the non-confrontational scenario. The results suggest that stress responses in child protection workers appear to be influenced by the novelty of a situation and by a parent's demeanor during interviews. Some forms of risk assessment tools appear to be more strongly associated than other with the workers' subjective and physiological stress responses. This merits further research to determine which aspects of risk assessment tools are susceptible to the emotional elements of intake interviews.
First Search for Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars with Advanced LIGO
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 07-04-2017
Systematic Synthesis of Qualitative Research
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 25-01-2012
Psychometric evaluation of the self-efficacy questionnaire for children (SEQ-C): validation among Chinese children and adolescents
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 29-03-2023
Journal Watch: An Inter-University Collaborative Learning Partnership
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-2010
A Randomized Trial of Wraparound Facilitation Versus Usual Child Protection Services
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 10-09-2016
Abstract: To evaluate whether the addition of a wraparound facilitator to regular child protection services improved child and family functioning over 20 months. A single blind randomized controlled trial with concealment and stratification across three sites ( N = 135 eligible families with substantiated maltreatment). Based on 2 × 2 mixed analysis of variance and intention to treat, both groups improved in child impairments, d = −.60 [−.81, −.39], caregiver psychological distress, d = −.33 [−.52, −.13], and family resources, d = .44 [.27, .62]. No measurable benefit was associated with the intervention (e.g., child impairments, d = .14 [−.12, .52]). However, treatment fidelity analysis revealed that many components of wraparound were either missing or present in both groups. The presence of a facilitator alone did not appear to improve child or family functioning if the various components of wraparound were not adequately implemented.
The assessment and management of risk in child welfare services
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2001
Confidence and Professional Judgment in Assessing Children’s Risk of Abuse
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 11-06-2010
Abstract: Objective: Child welfare agencies have moved toward standardized risk assessment measures to improve the reliability with which child’s risk of abuse is predicted. Nevertheless, these tools require a degree of subjective judgment. Research to date has not substantially investigated the influence of specific context and worker characteristics on professional judgment in the use of risk assessment measures. Method: This research utilized standardized patients performing in scenarios to depict typical child welfare cases. Ninety-six workers interviewed two ‘‘families,’’ completed risk assessment measures, and then participated in interviews regarding their subjective views of their decision making and performance. Results: There was considerable variability in risk appraisals. Confidence in risk assessment performance was related to age, acute level of stress, and the worker’s perceived ability to engage family members. Confidence in risk assessment was further related to case variables. Confidence was not related to level of risk assessed. Conclusion: The variation in risk assessment appraisals in this study, despite at times high rates of worker confidence in their appraisals, speaks to the need for ongoing consultation and increased decision support strategies even among highly skilled and trained workers.
The need for comprehensive risk management systems in child welfare
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2001
Proceedings of the 4th Biennial Conference of the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC) 2017: implementation mechanisms: what makes implementation work and why? part 2
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 03-2018
Child Welfare Research
Publisher: Oxford University PressNew York
Date: 05-2008
DOI: 10.1093/ACPROF:OSO/9780195304961.001.0001
Abstract: Research has already been a significant factor in child welfare policy in recent years, but this book demonstrates that it has taken a leading role in the field to spur and guide change. The chapters in this book assess the effect of research on the full spectrum of child welfare services. The book covers every base. The opening chapters situate child welfare research in the modern context they are followed by discussions of evidence-based practice in the field, arguably its most pressing concern now. Recent years have seen historic rises in the number of children adopted through public agencies and, accordingly, permanent placement and family ties are critical topics that occupy the book's core, along with chapters broaching the thorny questions that surround decision-making and risk assessment. The urgent need for a more effective use of research and evidence is highlighted again with looks at the future of child protection and how concrete data can influence policy and help children. Finally, in recognition of the growing importance of a global view, closing chapters address international issues in child welfare research, including an examination of policies from abroad and a multinational comparison of the economic challenges facing single mothers and their children.
Australian Hospital-Based Parenting Support for Adults with Incurable End-Stage Cancer: Parent Perspectives
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 12-02-2020
Family reunification for placed children in Québec, Canada: A longitudinal study
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2014
From Culture Clash to New Possibilities: A Harm Reduction Approach to Family Violence and Child Protection Services
Publisher: Portico
Date: 03-09-2007
Traumatic Brain Injury, Abuse, and Poor Sustained Attention in Youth and Young Adults Who Previously Experienced Foster Care
Publisher: Mary Ann Liebert Inc
Date: 2021
Double Jeopardy: Risk Assessment in the Context of Child Maltreatment and Domestic Violence
Publisher: Portico
Date: 06-09-2007
Child Maltreatment and Domestic Violence Editorial: Current State of Knowledge and Emerging Strategies for Policy and Practice
Publisher: Portico
Date: 22-09-2007
Increasing rigor and reducing bias in qualitative research: A document analysis of parliamentary debates using applied thematic analysis
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 10-07-2019
Telemonitoring in Long-COVID Patients—Preliminary Findings
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 26-04-2022
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the high usefulness of telemedicine. To date, no uniform recommendations or diagnostic protocols for long-COVID patients have been developed. This article presents the preliminary results of the examination of patients after SARS-CoV-2 infection who were provided with medical telemonitoring devices in order to oversee their pulmonological and cardiological health. Three cases have been analyzed. Each patient underwent a 10-day registration of basic vital signs, in three 15-min sessions daily: RR (respiratory rate), ECG (electrocardiogram), HR (pulse), SPO2 (saturation), body temperature and cough. Rule methods and machine learning were employed to automatically detect events. As a result, serious disorders of all the three patients were detected: cardiological and respiratory disorders that required extended diagnostics. Furthermore, average values of the selected parameters (RR, HR, SPO2) were calculated for every patient, including an indication of how often they exceeded the alarm thresholds. In conclusion, monitoring parameters in patients using telemedicine, especially in a time of limited access to the healthcare system, is a valuable clinical instrument. It enables medical professionals to recognize conditions which may endanger a patient’s health or life. Telemedicine provides a reliable assessment of a patient’s health status made over a distance, which can alleviate a patient’s stress caused by long-COVID syndrome. Telemedicine allows identification of disorders and performing further diagnosis, which is possible owing to the implementation of advanced analysis. Telemedicine, however, requires flexibility and the engagement of a multidisciplinary team, who will respond to patients’ problems on an ongoing basis.
Supervisors’ experiences in supervising higher education students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds during work-integrated learning of health and non-health courses
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 14-06-2021
PROTOCOL: Evidence and gap map protocol: Institutional responses to child maltreatment
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 09-2019
DOI: 10.1002/CL2.1039
Placement of children in out-of-home care in Québec, Canada: When and for whom initial out-of-home placement is most likely to occur
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2013
Child Welfare Research: An Introduction
Publisher: Oxford University PressNew York
Date: 05-2008
DOI: 10.1093/ACPROF:OSO/9780195304961.003.0024
Abstract: This introductory chapter begins with a discussion of developments in child welfare research over the past half-century. It then presents an overview of the six parts of the book: (1) child welfare research (2) evidence-based practice in child welfare (3) research on adoption, guardianship, and family ties (4) decision-making in child welfare (5) evidence-based child welfare policy and (6) international issues in child welfare research.
Closing Reflections: Future Research Directions and a New Paradigm
Publisher: Oxford University PressNew York
Date: 05-2008
DOI: 10.1093/ACPROF:OSO/9780195304961.003.0023
Abstract: This chapter presents some concluding thoughts and proposes future directions for a child welfare paradigm. It argues that the child protection paradigm is inadequate for contending with the problems facing today’s children and families. The sole focus on protection is too limiting in its vision and has frequently led to the wrong direction. What will be required in the years ahead is a new vision of child welfare that takes into account the major changes in family structure, employment, and social services — a view that both responds to maltreatment that has already occurred and that works to ensure opportunities for poor and disadvantaged children and their families.
Implementation frameworks in child, youth and family services – Results from a scoping review
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2017
Family Group Decision Making for children at risk of abuse and neglect
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Date: 08-07-2009
Using Methodological Search Filters to Facilitate Evidence-Based Social Work Practice
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 11-01-2011
The Influence of Clinicians' Previous Trauma Exposure on Their Assessment of Child Abuse Risk
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Date: 09-2010
Interventions to Mitigate Cognitive Biases in the Decision Making of Eye Care Professionals: A Systematic Review
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Date: 29-10-2019
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0000000000001445
Abstract: Cognitive biases, systematic errors in thinking that impact a person's choices and judgments, can influence decision making at various points during patient care provision. These biases can potentially result in misdiagnoses, delayed clinical care, and/or patient mismanagement. A range of interventions exists to mitigate cognitive biases. There is a need to understand the relative efficacy of these interventions within the context of eye care practice. The aim of this systematic review was to synthesize the evidence relating to interventions for mitigating cognitive biases associated with clinical decision making by eye care professionals. Electronic databases (including Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, Scopus, PsycINFO) were searched from inception to October 2017 for studies investigating interventions intended to mitigate cognitive biases in the clinical decision making of eye care professionals. This review was undertaken in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses reporting guidelines. To ensure inclusion of all relevant literature, a wide range of study designs was eligible for inclusion, such as randomized controlled trials, nonrandomized trials, interrupted time series and repeated measures, controlled before-after studies, and qualitative studies that were a component of any of these quantitative study designs. Two review authors independently screened titles, abstracts, and full-text articles in duplicate, applying a priori eligibility criteria. After screening 2759 nonduplicate records, including full-text screening of 201 articles, no relevant studies were identified. Given that cognitive biases can significantly impact the accuracy of clinical decision making and thus can have major effects on clinical care and patient health outcomes, the lack of studies identified in this systematic review indicates a critical need for research within the area of cognitive bias mitigation for decision making within eye care practice.
Juvenile Reentry and Aftercare Interventions: Is Mentoring a Promising Direction?
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 08-08-2014
DOI: 10.1080/10911359.2014.897115
Abstract: This study uses systematic review methods to investigate the use of mentoring programs to assist young people in successfully transitioning back into their communities following a juvenile correctional placement. Few studies were found that used comparison or control groups and measured reci ism outcomes. The results of the studies were mixed, with one study finding no differences between groups, and the other two studies finding some reci ism reductions among youth who received the intervention. However, the absence of detailed information on the interventions, weak research designs, and the ersity of the mentoring programs contributed to an overall dearth of knowledge about the effectiveness of these interventions in reducing reci ism.
Does differential response make a difference: examining domestic violence cases in child protection services
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 16-01-2013
DOI: 10.1111/CFS.12058
Risk, Resilience and Outcomes: Special Issue
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 20-07-2011
Changing considerations of matching foster carers and children: A scoping review of the research and evidence
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2020
Pathways of Children Reported for Domestic and Family Violence to Australian Child Protection
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 23-06-2019
School-Based Education Programs for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse: A Cochrane Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 21-12-2018
Family group decision‐making for children at risk of abuse or neglect: A systematic review
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 12-07-2020
DOI: 10.1002/CL2.1088
Abstract: Capturing the scale of child maltreatment is difficult, but few would argue that it is anything less than a global problem which can affect victims’ health and well‐being throughout their life. Systems of detection, investigation and intervention for maltreated children are the subject of continued review and debate. To assess the effectiveness of the formal use of family group decision‐making (FGDM) in terms of child safety, permanence (of child's living situation), child and family well‐being, and client satisfaction with the decision‐making process. Both published and unpublished manuscripts were considered eligible for this review. Library staff from Scholarly Information (Brownless Biomedical Library) University of Melbourne, conducted 14 systematic bibliographic searches. Reviewers also checked the reference lists of all relevant articles obtained, and reference lists from previously published reviews. Researchers also hand‐searched 10 relevant journals. Study s les of children and young people, aged 0–18 years, who have been the subject of a child maltreatment investigation, were eligible for this review. Studies had to have used random assignment to create treatment and control groups or, parallel cohorts in which groups were assessed at the same point in time. Any form of FGDM, used in the course of a child maltreatment investigation or service, was considered an eligible intervention if it involved: a concerted effort to convene family, extended family, and community members and professionals and involved a planned meeting with the intention of working collaboratively to develop a plan for the safety well‐being of children with a focus on family‐centred decision‐making. Two review authors independently extracted the necessary data from each study report, using the software application Covidence. Covidence highlighted discrepancies between data extracted by separate reviewers, further analysis was conducted until a consensus was reached on what data were to be included in the review. Two authors also independently conducted analyses of study bias. Eighteen eligible study reports were found, providing findings from 15 studies, involving 18 study s les. Four were randomised controlled trials (RCTs N = 941) the remainder employed quasi‐experimental designs with parallel cohorts. Three of the quasi‐experimental studies used prospective evaluations of nonrandomly assigned comparison groups ( N = 4,368) the rest analysed pre‐existing survey data, child protection case files or court data ( N = 91,786). The total number of children studied was 97,095. The longest postintervention follow‐up period was 3 years. Only four studies were conducted outside the United States two in Canada and one in Sweden and one in the Netherlands. The review authors judged there to be a moderate or high risk of bias, in most of the bias categories considered. Only one study referenced a study protocol. Eleven of the fifteen studies were found to have a high likelihood of selection bias (73%). Baseline imbalance bias was deemed to be unlikely in just two studies, and highly likely in nine (60%). Confounding variables were judged to be highly likely in four studies (27%), and contamination bias was judged highly likely in five studies (33%). Researcher allegiance was rated as a high risk in three studies (20%) where the authors argued for the benefits of FGDM within the article, but without supporting references to an appropriate evidence base. Bias from differential diagnostic activity, and funding source bias, were less evident across the evidence reviewed. This review combines findings for eight FGDM outcome measures. Findings from RCTs were available for four outcomes, but none of these, combined in meta‐analysis or otherwise, were statistically significant. Combining findings from the quasi‐experimental studies provided one statistically significant finding, for the reunification of families, favouring FGDM. Ten effect sizes, from nine quasi‐experimental studies, were synthesised to examine effects on the reunification of children with their family or the effect on maintaining in‐home care in short, the effect FGDM has on keeping families together. There was a high level of heterogeneity between the studies ( I 2 = 92%). The overall effect, based on the combination of these studies was positive, small, but statistically significant: odds ratio (OR), 1.69 (confidence interval [CI], 1.03, 2.78). Holinshead's (2017) RCT also measured the maintenance on in‐home care and reported a similar result: OR, 1.54 (CI, −0.19, 0.66) not statistically significant. The overall effect for continued maltreatment from meta‐analysis of five quasi‐experimental studies, favoured the FGDM group, but was not statistically significant: OR, 0.73 (CI, 0.48, 1.11). The overall combined effect for continued maltreatment, reported in RCTs, favoured the control group. But it was not statistically significant: OR, 1.29 (CI, 0.85, 1.98). Five effect sizes, from nonrandomised studies, were synthesised to examine the effect of FGDM on the number of kinship placements. The overall positive effect based on the combination of these studies was negligible: OR, 1.31 (CI, 0.94, 1.82). Meta‐analysis was not possible with other outcomes. FGDM's role in expediting case processing and case closures was investigated in six studies, three of which reported findings favouring FGDM, and three which favoured the comparison group. Children's placement stability was reported in two studies: an RCT's findings favoured the control, while a quasi‐experimental study's findings favoured FGDM. Three studies reported findings for service user satisfaction: one had only 30 participants, one reported a statistically significant positive effect for FGDM, the other found no difference between FGDM and a control. Engagement with support services was reported in two studies neither reported statistically significant findings. The current evidence base, in this field, is insufficient to draw conclusions about the effectiveness of FGDM. These models of child protection decision‐making may help bring about better outcomes for children at risk, or they may increase the risk of further maltreatment. Further research of rigour, designed to avoid the potential biases of previous evaluations, is needed.
From evolving discourses to new practice approaches in domestic violence and child protective services
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2008
The Ties That Bind: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Siblings in Foster Care
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 28-07-2003
Toward evidence-informed policy and practice in child welfare
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 15-12-2010
Abstract: Drawing on the authors’ experience in the international C bell Collaboration, this essay presents a principled and pragmatic approach to evidence-informed decisions about child welfare. This approach takes into account the growing body of empirical evidence on the reliability and validity of various methods of research synthesis. It also considers wide variations in the cultural, economic, and political contexts in which policy and practice decisions are made—and the contexts in which children live and die. This essay illustrates the use of C bell and Cochrane systematic reviews to inform child welfare decisions in the erse contexts that exist around the globe.
Problem-solving interventions and depression among adolescents and young adults: A systematic review of the effectiveness of problem-solving interventions in preventing or treating depression among 13
Publisher: Center for Open Science
Date: 13-09-2021
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School-based education programmes for the prevention of child sexual abuse
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 16-04-2015
Is it that we are afraid to ask? A scoping review about sons and daughters of foster parents
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2014
Operationalizing Evidence-Based Practice
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 05-2007
Abstract: Although evidence-based practice (EBP) has received increasing attention in social work in the past few years, there has been limited success in moving from academic discussion to engaging social workers in the process of implementing EBP in practice. This article describes the challenges, successes, and future aims in the process of developing a university-based institute for evidence-based social work. Aspects of the development include attempting to address concerns and critiques through developing an inclusive model of EBP engaging community agency partners as active participants in the process developing collaborative research projects with community partners to further the research evidence available for practice conducting systematic reviews finding means of disseminating review and research findings broadly in order to effect social policy revisions and lead to the development of effective programs and practices and training agency personnel and social work students in the process of EBP and conducting practice evaluation research.
Health policy and system support to optimise community health worker programmes: an abridged WHO guideline.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2018
The stability of child protection placements in Québec, Canada
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2014
The ties that bind II: Reunification for siblings in out-of-home care using a statistical technique for examining non-independent observations
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2005
Methodological pluralism in the age of evidence-informed practice and policy
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 19-02-2014
Abstract: The use of evidence in practice and policy in public health and social services is a tricky endeavour. While virtually every practitioner, manager, or policy maker would agree that evidence should be used, there is disagreement about the nature of evidence and which evidence should be used, how, when, in what circumstances, and for whom. Within these disagreements, however, can be found some essential truths: (1) scientific knowledge evolves over time (2) different types of evidence are needed for different purposes (3) evidence has a range of quality (4) synthesising multiple forms of evidence is difficult and inevitably includes some level of subjectivity and (5) effective implementation of evidence is as important as the decision to use evidence in the first place. This paper will discuss the use of evidence in practice in what is arguably the most complex helping environment – social services – detailing the emergence and evolution of evidence-informed practice, dispelling some myths about its structure and application, and linking it to the broader origins and structure of the social and governmental systems in which it operates. Using this expanded view, the paper will then describe some useful approaches for incorporating these larger considerations into the use of evidence in practice.
Informing Permanent Care Discourses: A Thematic Analysis of Parliamentary Debates in Victoria
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 14-03-2018
DOI: 10.1093/BJSW/BCY012
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