Oxford University Press eBooks,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 405 - 418
Published: Dec. 13, 2022
Abstract
This
chapter
offers
an
overview
of
developments
in
policy,
practice
and
research
since
the
advent
what
was
described
as
Victoria’s
“new
era”
therapeutic
residential
care
a
decade
ago.
Not
all
have
been
positive.
However,
advances
clearly
made
policy
development.
Raising
leaving
age
Victoria
is
one
most
important
because
it
has
capacity
to
much
improve
post-care
education
training
outcomes.
Reducing
size
homes
better
meet
individual
need
facilitate
best
possible
matching
young
people
another
welcome
Practice
improvements
such
higher
staff
benchmarks
more
intensive
responses
families
are
also
noteworthy.
Perhaps
gradual
reframing
Victorian
opportunity
for
hope,
healing,
moving
forward;
too
often
deemed
“last
resort,”
signaling
person’s
arrival
at
“end
line”
after
dispiriting
out-of-home-care
journey.
Children and Youth Services Review,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
153, P. 107090 - 107090
Published: July 13, 2023
Children
with
neurodevelopmental
disorders
are
currently
overrepresented
in
the
out-of-home-care
(OOHC)
system.
This
overrepresentation
has
created
an
increasing
need
for
staff
and
carers
to
be
equipped
handle
complexities
these
conditions
entail.
The
aim
of
current
study
was
gather
information
understand
service
needs,
practices,
knowledge
within
a
private
provider
OOHC
services
Queensland.
included
identifying
barriers
implementation
Australian
National
Clinical
Assessment
Framework,
which
aims
facilitate
appropriate
screening,
assessment
intervention
provision
children
young
people
OOHC.
Twenty-five
15
caregivers
participated
online
survey.
Results
demonstrated
that
both
felt
they
needed
additional
training
understanding
supporting
identified
number
accessing
services.
Barriers
included:
insufficient
access
(i.e.,
lack
training,
health
records
missing
or
incomplete
pre-placement
consultation)
available
resources
(extensive
wait
times
due
reliance
on
public
system
red
tape
systemic
issues).
results
also
highlighted
level
unmet
physical,
developmental
psychological
needs
care,
third
reporting
concerns.
Overall,
provides
critical
recommendations
future
strategies
interventions
better
meet
Queensland
Children,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
8(4), P. 284 - 284
Published: April 7, 2021
Parental
substance
misuse
and
mental
health
issues
are
major
factors
associated
with
infant
placement
into
out-of-home
care.
Such
placements
may
result
in
disruption
and/or
cessation
of
breastfeeding.
Provision
breastmilk
to
infants
care
(OOHC)
is
desirable
terms
development,
also
supporting
maternal
caregiving.
However,
little
known
about
how
breastfeeding
supported
for
This
study
used
an
online
survey
explore
the
facilitation
context
OOHC
foster
carers’
management
expressed
(EBM).
Foster
carers
were
generally
open
idea
their
receiving
EBM
from
mothers.
majority
respondents
concern
regarding
safety
consumption
due
possibility
harmful
substances
milk.
Concerns
handling
prevalent.
These
concerns
caused
discard
EBM.
Findings
suggest
lack
knowledge
related
use
breastmilk.
Better
integration
between
social
service
systems,
where
voices
mothers,
child
protection
workers
heard,
necessary
develop
solutions
enabling
living
access
mother’s
Early Intervention in Psychiatry,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
15(6), P. 1768 - 1776
Published: Jan. 21, 2021
Abstract
Background
Young
people
who
grow
up
in
out
of
home
care
have
higher
risk
poor
mental
health
outcomes
than
peers
with
their
family‐of‐origin.
Interagency
collaboration
is
an
important
service‐level
intervention
to
improve
access
healthcare.
However,
few
descriptions
provide
guidance
about
between
individual
practitioners.
Aim
This
substudy
aimed
contribute
a
larger
study—the
Ripple
project—through
exploring
the
experiences
practitioners
working
across
child
welfare
and
services
regarding
young
people;
identify
practices
that
might
enhance
collaborative
work
outcomes.
Methods
Practitioners
from
were
purposively
sampled
participated
focus
groups.
Recordings
transcriptions
groups
analysed
themes
within
A
cross‐sector
expert
advisory
group
was
involved
this
work.
Results
Focus
convened
43
We
identified
four
during
analysis,
these
were:
shared
understanding
history
context
problems;
specific
skills
practices;
self‐awareness
workers
carers;
involving
supporting
carers.
Conclusions
number
lead
enhanced
agencies
interdisciplinary
teams.
Supporting
adopt
assist
interagency
working.
BMJ Open,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
13(10), P. e075093 - e075093
Published: Oct. 1, 2023
Life
Story
Work
(LSW)
is
used
to
promote
the
mental
health
and
well-being
of
children
adolescents
living
in
out-of-home
care.
LSW
should
be
offered
all
but
conventionally
delivered
high-intensity
ways.
Low-intensity
approaches
are
more
accessible
there
significant
variation
little
guidance
for
supporting
adolescents.
We
aimed
create
Adolescent-Focused
Low-Intensity
LSW.
Realist
review.
MEDLINE,
Embase,
PsycINFO,
Sociology
Collection
(ProQuest),
CINAHL,
CDAS,
Web
Science
(SCIE,
SSCI),
Social
Care
Online
grey
literature
sources.
Searches
were
performed
between
December
2021
March
2022.
Documents
on
care,
and/or
low-intensity
interventions
improve
included.
focusing
parenting
style
contact
with
birth
family
excluded.
analysed
using
a
realist
logic
analysis.
In
consultation
Content
Expert
Groups
(comprising
professionals
care
leavers),
we
developed
an
initial
programme
theory.
Data
relating
challenging
theory
extracted
context-mechanism-outcome-configurations
developed,
critiqued
refined
iterative
fashion.
Interpretations
drawn
from
enhance
75
documents
contributed
Generally,
studies
small-scale
lacked
in-depth
methods
evaluation
descriptions.
Findings
indicated
important
factors
contribute
development
high-quality
person-centred,
begin
now,
involve
co-construction,
record
everyday
positive
life
events
supported
by
trained
carer(s).
Context-mechanism-outcome-configurations
these
themes
reported.
Using
this
knowledge
practice
support
social
deliver
better
quality
consistently.
To
address
gaps
our
about
impact
LSW,
further
primary
research
needed
strengthen
understandings
how
intervention
works
(or
not)
different
contexts.
CRD42021279816.
Oxford University Press eBooks,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 339 - 355
Published: Dec. 13, 2022
Abstract
This
chapter
presents
an
overview
of
Australian
efforts
to
reform
the
residential
care
sector.
Concerns
are
forced
removal
Indigenous
children
and
others
from
disadvantaged
families
as
well
abuse
neglect
in
settings
lack
documentation
efficacy.
Current
goals
include
preventing
behavioral
contagion
some
building
a
trauma-informed
approach
into
care.
Promising
program
initiatives
identified,
is
national
leadership
for
improving
The
concludes
with
matrix
used
throughout
book,
which
provides
information
on
current
policy
context,
key
trends
initiatives,
characteristics
youth
served,
preparation
personnel,
promising
programmatic
innovations,
present
strengths
challenges.
Research Square (Research Square),
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Oct. 18, 2021
Abstract
Background
Environmental
health
promotion
interventions
may
reduce
endocrine
disruptor
(ED)
exposure.
PREVED
(PREgnancy,
preVention,
Endocrine
Disruptors)
project
was
developed
to
improve
knowledge,
enhance
risk
perception
and
change
exposure
behavior.
Our
objective
present
the
phases
of
using
RE-AIM
method.
Methods
intervention
consisted
3
workshops
during
pregnancy.
Reach,
adoption,
implementation
were
assessed
with
qualitative
studies.
Efficacy
study
a
three-arm
randomized
controlled
trial
(RCT)
on
268
pregnant
women:
i)
control
group
(leaflet)
ii)
in
neutral
location
iii)
contextualized
location.
The
main
outcome
percentage
evolution
participants
who
reported
consuming
canned
food.
Secondary
outcomes
psycho-social
scores,
ED
presence
urine
colostrum.
Results
adoption
centered
upper-privileged
women,
but
assessment
showed
that
key
features
(highly
practical
intervention)
seemed
be
carried
out
had
initiated
some
behavior
changes.
A
total
women
participated
230
(control
group:
86
groups:
172).
We
found
no
significant
differences
consumption
food
having
decrease
bisphenol
or
parabens
urine,
we
increase
score
overall
psychosocial
groups
(respectively:
+15.73
versus
+21.03
intervention,
p=0.003
+12.39
+16.20,
p=0.02).
difference
butylparaben
detection
between
(13%
3%,
p=0.03).
Conclusion
is
first
research
dedicated
perinatal
environmental
education
France.
By
sharing
know-how/experience
positive
non-alarmist
approach,
it
improved
perception,
which
aiming
Including
precarious
situations
stay
major
issue.
Trial
registration
number:
Retrospectively
registered
31
July
2017
(when
participant
enrolled
this
non-drug
ClinicalTrials.gov
therapeutic
trials):
NCT03233984
-
URL:
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03233984
Oxford University Press eBooks,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 405 - 418
Published: Dec. 13, 2022
Abstract
This
chapter
offers
an
overview
of
developments
in
policy,
practice
and
research
since
the
advent
what
was
described
as
Victoria’s
“new
era”
therapeutic
residential
care
a
decade
ago.
Not
all
have
been
positive.
However,
advances
clearly
made
policy
development.
Raising
leaving
age
Victoria
is
one
most
important
because
it
has
capacity
to
much
improve
post-care
education
training
outcomes.
Reducing
size
homes
better
meet
individual
need
facilitate
best
possible
matching
young
people
another
welcome
Practice
improvements
such
higher
staff
benchmarks
more
intensive
responses
families
are
also
noteworthy.
Perhaps
gradual
reframing
Victorian
opportunity
for
hope,
healing,
moving
forward;
too
often
deemed
“last
resort,”
signaling
person’s
arrival
at
“end
line”
after
dispiriting
out-of-home-care
journey.
