Standardized, trauma-informed pre-certification trainings for resource parents may influence placement stability and outcomes for children in foster care. Eight focus groups were conducted to elici...
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Pub Date : 2023-11-27DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2023.2278517
Emily Hindman, Ella Wiseman, Peter Hassmén
High child protection caseworker turnover diminishes care quality. While burnout is acknowledged, the impact of protective factors is unclear. This study examines caseworkers' burnout, individual r...
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Pub Date : 2023-11-15DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2023.2282536
Zeynep Turhan, Aslıhan Demir, Ferda Karadağ
The ability to identify and report child abuse and neglect at schools plays a significant role in protecting children and reducing the consequences of violence and abuse. This research examines how...
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Pub Date : 2023-11-09DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2023.2279226
Keunhye Park, Michelle R. Munson, Mark E. Courtney, Kierra Blair
ABSTRACTResearch shows that young people in foster care experience high levels of behavioral health problems that may lead to life obstacles, including legal system involvement (LSI) during the transition to adulthood. However, few longitudinal studies have examined LSI among foster youth from a behavioral health perspective during the transition to adulthood. To understand adolescent behavioral health conditions associated with adult LSI, we used longitudinal survey data of young people in foster care (n = 540) to compare the prevalence of different behavioral health disorders (age 17) between youth who later reported LSI and those who did not (ages 19–21). We also examined associations between adolescent behavioral health disorders and adult LSI, accounting for other covariates. We find that compared to those who did not, youth who reported later LSI in early adulthood had significantly higher rates of four behavioral health disorders at age 17: alcohol use, drug use, conduct disorder, and oppositional defiant disorder. Regression results showed drug use disorder at age 17 to be a particularly strong predictor of later LSI after accounting for other covariates. Many individuals experience various risk factors for LSI, including behavioral health needs. We discuss implications for practice, policy, and research in the child welfare context.KEYWORDS: Behavioral healthlegal system involvementtransition to adulthoodfoster carechild welfare AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to thank partners at the California Department of Social Services and CalYOUTH Study project funders—the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, the Reissa Foundation, the Walter S. Johnson Foundation, the Zellerbach Family Foundation, the William T. Grant Foundation, and the California Wellness Foundation—for the support for administrative data used in this study and commitment to policy evaluation and program development for youth.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Additional informationFundingThe findings reported herein were performed with the permission of the California Department of Social Services. The opinions and conclusions expressed herein are solely those of the author and should not be considered as representing the policy of the collaborating agency or any agency of the California government.Notes on contributorsKeunhye ParkKeunhye Park is an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University’s School of Social Work. Park’s research interests include child welfare services and policy, juvenile justice services and policy, educational experiences of marginalized youth, and the transition to adulthood among foster youth. Park’s work builds upon her field practice in public schools, juvenile detention centers, state departments of children and family services, and research institutes.Michelle R. MunsonMichelle Munson is a Professor at NYU Silver School of Social Work. She has professional interests in mental health services resear
摘要研究表明,寄养家庭的青少年在向成年过渡过程中存在高水平的行为健康问题,这些问题可能导致生活障碍,包括法律系统介入(LSI)。然而,很少有纵向研究从行为健康的角度考察了青少年在过渡到成年期的LSI。为了了解与成人LSI相关的青少年行为健康状况,我们使用了寄养青少年的纵向调查数据(n = 540)来比较后来报告LSI的青少年和没有报告LSI的青少年(19-21岁)之间不同行为健康障碍的患病率(17岁)。我们还研究了青少年行为健康障碍和成人LSI之间的联系,并考虑了其他协变量。我们发现,与那些在成年早期报告较晚LSI的青少年相比,在17岁时出现四种行为健康障碍的比例明显更高:酒精使用、药物使用、行为障碍和对立违抗障碍。回归结果显示,在考虑了其他协变量后,17岁时的药物使用障碍是后期LSI的一个特别强的预测因子。许多人经历过各种各样的LSI风险因素,包括行为健康需求。我们讨论了在儿童福利背景下对实践、政策和研究的影响。关键词:作者要感谢加州社会服务部的合作伙伴和加州青年研究项目的资助者——康拉德·n·希尔顿基金会、瑞萨基金会、沃尔特·s·约翰逊基金会、泽勒巴赫家庭基金会、威廉·t·格兰特基金会、以及加州健康基金会,感谢他们对本研究中使用的行政数据的支持,以及对青少年政策评估和项目开发的承诺。披露声明作者未报告潜在的利益冲突。本文所报告的调查结果是在加州社会服务部的许可下进行的。此处表达的观点和结论仅代表作者的观点和结论,不应被视为代表合作机构或加州政府任何机构的政策。朴槿惠是密歇根州立大学社会工作学院的助理教授。她的研究兴趣包括儿童福利服务和政策、青少年司法服务和政策、边缘化青少年的教育经历以及寄养青少年向成年的过渡。Park的工作建立在她在公立学校、青少年拘留中心、国家儿童和家庭服务部门以及研究机构的实地实践基础上。Michelle Munson是纽约大学西尔弗社会工作学院的教授。她的专业兴趣是心理健康服务研究、干预开发和测试,她的工作主要集中在青少年和年轻人身上。Munson博士的研究旨在了解社会的结构条件和社会关系是如何通过语言和非语言交流来塑造年轻人寻求(或不寻求)专业心理健康服务的决定的。她的研究和奖学金也致力于为患有严重精神健康状况的青少年和年轻人开发、完善、调整和测试参与和治疗干预措施。Mark E. Courtney是芝加哥大学皇冠家庭社会工作、政策和实践学院的Samuel Deutsch名誉教授,也是加州大学伯克利分校加州儿童福利指标项目的杰出研究员,在那里他共同指导过渡年龄青年研究和评估中心(TAY-Hub)。他特别感兴趣的领域是儿童福利政策和服务,儿童福利服务与其他服务贫困家庭的机构之间的联系,边缘人群向成年期的过渡,以及社会工作的专业化。Kierra BlairKierra Crisswell是一名研究助理,获得芝加哥大学皇冠家庭社会工作、政策和实践学院的城市生活垃圾学位。
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ABSTRACTCamp-based reunification is a developmentally informed approach to strengthen the relationships of siblings in out-of-home care. Little is known about the collective impact of these programs, or if there is a benefit to multiple camp experiences. To address this, data were collected from 2,260 youth who were campers at one of 16 sibling reunification programs in the U.S. or Australia between 2013-2019. Increases in resilience, decreases in sibling support, and decreases in sibling conflict were observed among first-time campers. For repeat campers, changes to resilience were greatest during youths’ first year of camp. Recommendations for research and practice are provided.KEYWORDS: Child welfareinterventionpositive youth developmentsiblingsfoster care AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to acknowledge Camp To Belong for their support of this research.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Author contributionsJeffrey Waid & Armeda Wojciak are responsible for the study conception and design. Material preparation and data analysis were performed by Jeffrey Waid and Faith VanMeter. The first draft of the manuscript was written by all three authors. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.Data availability statementAll data generated from this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.Ethics approval and consent to participateInstitutional Review Board approval was provided by the University of Minnesota, study #1610E97742. Written informed consent was obtained from the youth participants’ legal guardians. Verbal assent was obtained from study participants.Additional informationFundingThe research reported in this publication was supported by grants from the University of Minnesota.Notes on contributorsJeffrey WaidJeffrey Waid is an Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. He is an intervention and services researcher whose scholarship focuses on the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect. Across projects, his work aims to improve the health and well-being of children and families and to elucidate the mechanisms underlying how interventions work, for whom, and under what conditions.Faith VanMeterFaith VanMeter is a Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) state policy post-doctoral fellow. She recently received her doctorate in developmental psychology at the University of Minnesota Institute of Child Development. Broadly, Dr VanMeter’s primary research interest is families involved in the child welfare system. She ultimately hopes to inform practices and policies that contribute to the prevention of child abuse and neglect and the promotion of family wellbeing.Armeda Stevenson WojciakArmeda Stevenson Wojciak is Associate Professor and Director of the Couple and Family Therapy Program, Department of Family Social Sciences, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. Dr Wojciak maintains a robust rese
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Pub Date : 2023-10-11DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2023.2265873
Scott C. Leon, Nicole Hodgkinson, Jennifer Osborne, Nathan M. Lutz, Lauren A. Hindt
ABSTRACTLittle is known about the people who comprise the natural support networks of children in foster care and any barriers to their ability to provide social support. Based on interviews with the network members of 150 children entering foster care, four barriers (criminal history, child welfare history, domestic violence, and substance abuse) were submitted to a latent profile analysis. Two barrier profiles were identified: a lower-barrier profile (87%) and a higher-barrier profile (13%). These results suggest that barriers are common but not widespread across the networks of most children, with implications for what caseworkers can expect when working with families.KEYWORDS: foster carechild welfare systemkinship networkfictive kinsocial supportbarriers Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Additional informationNotes on contributorsScott C. LeonScott Leon is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at Loyola University Chicago, where he teaches and mentors in the undergraduate and graduate psychology programs. Dr. Leon earned his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Northwestern University Medical School in June, 2002. During his graduate studies, he developed research interests in mental health services evaluation. Dr. Leon’s published work has primarily focused on the mental health and placement outcomes of youth in the child welfare system.Nicole HodgkinsonNicole Hodgkinson graduated with his masters degree in Clinical Psychology with a Child Concentration from Loyola University Chicago in 2021. While in graduate school, she took a strengths-based lens to examine well-being of youth in the child welfare system and among LGBTQ people. Nicole worked with Dr. Scott Leon as part of the Promoting Adjustment in Children through Evaluation (PACE) lab and with Dr. Byron Brooks as part of the Resistance, Intersectionality, Stigma, and Engagement (RISE) Lab. Nicole’s clinical interests include supporting youth who have experienced traumatic events including loss and school-based interventions.Jennifer OsborneJenny Osborne is a 6th year graduate student in the doctoral program in clinical child psychology with a subspeciality in child-clinical subspeciality at Loyola University Chicago. She is currently completing a pre-doctoral internship at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan with an emphasis in pediatric neuropsychology. She also sees youth navigating new medical diagnoses and chronic pain as an outpatient mental health therapist and as a consultation liaison. At Loyola, she conducts research in collaboration with the Promoting Adjustment in Children through Evaluation (PACE) under the mentorship of Dr. Scott Leon. Her body of research includes identifying and bolstering sources of support for children in contact with the child welfare system, as well as examining multi-informant reporting among youth in care.Nathan M. LutzNathan Lutz is a T32 General Pediatrics Research Fellow at Cincinnati Childre
摘要关于构成寄养儿童自然支持网络的人以及他们提供社会支持能力的任何障碍,人们知之甚少。根据对150名进入寄养家庭的儿童的网络成员的访谈,将4个障碍(犯罪史、儿童福利史、家庭暴力和药物滥用)提交给潜在特征分析。确定了两种屏障型:低屏障型(87%)和高屏障型(13%)。这些结果表明,障碍是常见的,但在大多数儿童的网络中并不普遍,这对社会工作者在与家庭合作时的期望有影响。关键词:寄养儿童福利制度亲属关系网络有效亲属社会支持障碍披露声明作者未报告潜在利益冲突。scott C. LeonScott Leon是芝加哥洛约拉大学临床心理学副教授,在那里他教授和指导本科生和研究生心理学课程。Leon博士于2002年6月获得西北大学医学院临床心理学博士学位。在研究生学习期间,他对心理健康服务评估产生了研究兴趣。利昂博士发表的作品主要集中在儿童福利系统中青少年的心理健康和安置结果。Nicole Hodgkinson于2021年毕业于芝加哥洛约拉大学(Loyola University Chicago),获得临床心理学硕士学位。在研究生院期间,她以优势为基础的视角研究了儿童福利系统和LGBTQ人群中青少年的福祉。妮可曾与斯科特·莱昂博士合作,作为通过评估促进儿童适应(PACE)实验室的一员,并与拜伦·布鲁克斯博士合作,作为抵抗、交叉性、耻辱和参与(RISE)实验室的一员。妮可的临床兴趣包括支持经历过创伤事件的青少年,包括损失和学校干预。詹妮弗·奥斯本珍妮·奥斯本是芝加哥洛约拉大学儿童临床亚专业临床儿童心理学博士课程的六年级研究生。她目前正在密歇根儿童医院完成博士前实习,重点是儿科神经心理学。作为门诊心理健康治疗师和咨询联络人,她还看到年轻人在新的医学诊断和慢性疼痛方面的表现。在洛约拉大学,她在斯科特·莱昂博士的指导下,与通过评估促进儿童调整(PACE)合作进行研究。她的研究包括确定和支持与儿童福利系统接触的儿童的支持来源,以及检查在照顾中的青少年的多线人报告。Nathan M. Lutz,辛辛那提儿童医院医学中心T32普通儿科研究员。他于2023年获得芝加哥洛约拉大学临床心理学博士学位,儿童临床亚专业。在他的时间在洛约拉,他进行了研究,旨在了解亲属参与儿童福利参与青年斯科特·莱昂的指导下,通过评估促进儿童调整(PACE)实验室的影响。他目前的研究重点是了解与有爱心的成年人建立积极的关系是如何保护儿童的,尤其是那些在儿童福利系统中的儿童。此外,他被认证为亲子互动治疗(PCIT)的机构内部培训师,并对继续发展,利用和改进基于证据的干预措施感兴趣,例如PCIT和以创伤为重点的认知行为治疗(TF-CBT),在他的职业生涯中。而在洛约拉,他还获得了应用统计学硕士学位,他继续努力了解如何利用先进的统计方法在研究和直接临床应用。Lauren a . HindtLauren Hindt于2021年在芝加哥洛约拉大学(Loyola University Chicago)获得儿童临床亚专业临床心理学博士学位。她的研究兴趣集中在儿童福利和父母监禁的背景下支持儿童。她目前主要作为儿童神经心理学家在临床实践中工作。
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Pub Date : 2023-10-10DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2023.2264800
Kenyon Lee Whitman, Matthew A. Ruderman, Vanessa Perez, Jill Waterman, Todd Franke, Audra K. Langley
ABSTRACTThe emergence of COVID-19 created a global health crisis and impacted children and families, disproportionately affecting minoritized communities. Simultaneously, protests and anti-racist uprisings against police violence occurred worldwide. This mixed method study examined how a group of racially diverse resource parents navigated these two pandemics. Resource parents (N = 527) in Los Angeles County were surveyed about concerns related to COVID-19, racial injustice, and the sociopolitical climate. Quantitative findings revealed that increased difficulty coping with COVID-19 was associated with the increased reported impact of events surrounding racial injustice. Qualitatively, resource parents expressed a concern for children and stress, anxiety, and fear.KEYWORDS: COVID-19racial injusticeresource parentschild welfaretransracial families Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Notes1. see Southern Poverty Law Center (2022) https://www.splcenter.org/20220309/year-hate-extremism-report-2021Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by the The Pritzker Foster Care Initiative.Notes on contributorsKenyon Lee WhitmanKenyon Lee Whitman, Ph.D. is an assistant professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has over 10 years of experience working in higher education, much of that time supporting foster youth. Most recently he was a UCLA Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow, and previously he directed the Office of Foster Youth Support Services at UC Riverside for six years. He received his PhD in Higher Education Administration and Policy at UC Riverside. Kenyon’s research is interdisciplinary, he focuses on underrepresented students in higher education, specifically, the racialized college-going experiences of foster youth. As a former foster youth, he understands first-hand the challenges foster youth face as they work toward earning a college degree. Kenyon also holds a B.S. and M.A. from Fresno State.Matthew A. RudermanMatthew Ruderman, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist who specializes in early childhood mental health, research and evaluation, bullying and victimization, preschool mental health consultation, and trauma-informed care. He received his doctorate in Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Dr. Ruderman completed his doctoral internship at St. John's Child and Family Development Center and his postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA TIES for Families. Before rejoining the TIES staff, he served as staff psychologist, supervisor, and trainer at a community mental health clinic. Dr. Ruderman is the recipient of Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars fellowship focusing on addressing health disparities, health inequities, and building a culture of health.Vanessa PerezVanessa Perez graduated from UCLA in 2020 with a major in Psychology and a minor in Applied Developmental Psychology. While at UCLA, she worked as a research assistant in the C
摘要COVID-19的出现造成了全球健康危机,影响了儿童和家庭,对少数族裔社区的影响尤为严重。与此同时,世界各地发生了反对警察暴力的抗议和反种族主义起义。这项混合方法研究考察了一组不同种族的父母如何应对这两种流行病。对洛杉矶县的资源父母(N = 527)进行了有关COVID-19、种族不公正和社会政治气候的调查。定量调查结果显示,应对COVID-19的难度增加与报道的种族不公正事件的影响增加有关。从质量上讲,资源型父母表达了对孩子的关注、压力、焦虑和恐惧。关键词:covid -19种族不公正资源父母子女福利跨种族家庭披露声明作者未报告潜在利益冲突。见南方贫困法律中心(2022)https://www.splcenter.org/20220309/year-hate-extremism-report-2021Additional信息经费本工作得到普利兹克寄养倡议的支持。作者简介:凯尼恩·李·惠特曼凯尼恩·李·惠特曼博士,拉斯维加斯内华达大学助理教授。他在高等教育领域有超过10年的工作经验,大部分时间都在支持寄养青年。最近,他是加州大学洛杉矶分校校长的博士后研究员,在此之前,他曾在加州大学河滨分校领导了六年的寄养青年支持服务办公室。他在加州大学河滨分校获得高等教育管理和政策博士学位。凯尼恩的研究是跨学科的,他专注于高等教育中代表性不足的学生,特别是寄养青年的种族化大学经历。作为一名前寄养青年,他对寄养青年在努力获得大学学位时所面临的挑战有第一手的了解。凯尼恩还拥有弗雷斯诺州立大学的学士学位和硕士学位。Matthew a . Ruderman博士是一名临床心理学家,专门研究儿童早期心理健康、研究和评估、欺凌和受害、学前心理健康咨询和创伤知情护理。他在加州大学圣巴巴拉分校获得咨询、临床和学校心理学博士学位。Ruderman博士在圣约翰儿童和家庭发展中心完成了博士实习,并在加州大学洛杉矶分校家庭关系学院完成了博士后研究。在重新加入TIES工作人员之前,他曾在一家社区精神卫生诊所担任工作心理学家、主管和培训师。Ruderman博士是Robert Wood Johnson临床学者奖学金的获得者,专注于解决健康差异、健康不平等和建立健康文化。Vanessa Perez于2020年毕业于加州大学洛杉矶分校,主修心理学,辅修应用发展心理学。在加州大学洛杉矶分校期间,她在布鲁斯·乔皮塔博士领导的儿童第一实验室担任研究助理。作为一名研究助理,她研究了旨在提高客户参与精神卫生服务的不同干预措施,并协助探索拉丁裔社区的服务公平性。瓦妮莎还进行了一个独立的研究项目,检查治疗过程中生活压力源的可寻址性是否因客户被分配到何种治疗方案而有所不同,以及生活压力源的可寻址性是否预示着提供者在披露生活压力源的治疗过程中使用的结构化活动。凡妮莎计划在2022年申请临床心理学的研究生课程。她特别感兴趣的是探索以社区为基础的诊所的循证治疗的有效性和可及性,以帮助服务受创伤影响的文化和社会经济不同的青年。吉尔·沃特曼博士是1995年收养关系(现为加州大学洛杉矶分校家庭关系)的最初开发者之一,目前是婴儿心理健康副主任,以及心理学实习生和博士后研究员的导师。她是加州大学洛杉矶分校心理学系的兼职名誉教授,也是加州大学洛杉矶分校心理诊所的前任协调员,该诊所是加州大学洛杉矶分校排名第一的临床心理学博士课程的培训诊所。沃特曼博士的研究包括对从寄养家庭收养的儿童及其家庭(许多现在是青少年和年轻人)的长期随访,以及对与希望收养他们的寄养父母一起安置的产前暴露婴儿的评估、治疗和随访,以及对收养特异性治疗的评估。沃特曼博士是3本关于儿童创伤方面的书籍和许多文章的作者,也是《收养特定治疗:帮助收养儿童及其家庭茁壮成长指南》的主要作者,该指南于2018年由美国心理协会图书出版。
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Pub Date : 2023-10-09DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2023.2264806
Jeanna T. Pixley
ABSTRACTJBI protocol for umbrella reviews was applied in the narrative synthesis of data from four systematic reviews and one meta-analysis through an intersectionality lens to isolate empirical evidence specifically related to foster parents and placement stability. Twelve of sixteen foster parent factors identified as associated with placement stability are related to social-emotional competencies (SEC). Recommendations include further exploration of the connection between SEC of foster parents and placement stability, more research regarding foster parent emotional health, and increased focus on intersectionality of variables related to placement types and outcome.KEYWORDS: Foster parentsystematic reviewplacement stabilityintersectionalityfoster care Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Data availability statementNo original data was collected in this literature review and narrative synthesis. Data was synthesized from systematic reviews included in this umbrella review. Data can be obtained from original sources as made available by original source authors.Additional informationFundingThere is no funding for this research.Notes on contributorsJeanna T. PixleyJeanna T. Pixley is currently a Doctor of Social Work candidate at the University of Alabama.
摘要本研究采用jbi方案对四项系统综述和一项荟萃分析的数据进行叙事综合,通过交叉性视角分离寄养父母和安置稳定性相关的经验证据。与安置稳定性相关的16个养父母因素中有12个与社会情感能力(SEC)有关。建议包括进一步探索寄养父母的安全感与安置稳定性之间的联系,更多地研究寄养父母的情绪健康,以及更多地关注与安置类型和结果相关的变量的交叉性。关键词:寄养父母系统评价安置稳定性交叉性寄养披露声明作者未报告潜在利益冲突。资料可得性声明在本文献综述和叙述综合中未收集到原始资料。数据综合了本综述中包含的系统综述。数据可以从原始来源作者提供的原始来源获得。本研究没有资金支持。作者简介jeanna T. Pixley目前是阿拉巴马大学社会工作博士候选人。
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Pub Date : 2023-10-06DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2023.2264819
Jinyung Kim, Yoonzie Chung, Haksoon Ahn
ABSTRACTPoverty has long been indicated as a risk factor for child maltreatment. This review aims to synthesize the existing literature regarding the relationship between income-level poverty and child maltreatment in the United States. Of the 27 studies included, approximately 40% measured poverty using only income indicators, and 71% measured child maltreatment using administrative data. While the type of child maltreatment varied across studies, the associations generally revealed that higher income decreased the risk of child maltreatment, or families living in poverty had a higher risk of child maltreatment. The current study proposed several child welfare-related implications based on the findings.KEYWORDS: Povertychild maltreatmentsystematic reviewincomewelfare benefit Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1. Because some studies used more than two indicators to measure child maltreatment, the total n and estimated percentage may not equal the total number of records screened for analysis (N = 27).2. Most studies reported more than one finding, so the total n and percentage may not be summed to 27 and exceed 100%.Additional informationNotes on contributorsJinyung KimJinyung Kim is a Postdoctoral Fellow with the University of Maryland, School of Social Work. Jinyung is currently part of the Child Welfare Accountability Act project led by Dr. Haksoon Ahn, which includes Child and Family Services Review, Integrated Practice Model, and Continuous Quality Improvement. Her research interests are two-fold, public health in social work and child welfare, including safety, well-being, and permanency. Her research interests range from substance use, cyberbullying, child maltreatment, and child protective services using both quantitative and qualitative research methods. Jinyung received her MA and PhD in social work and BA in international studies at Ewha Womans University, South Korea.Yoonzie ChungYoonzie is a doctoral student at the University of Maryland, School of Social Work. Prior to joining her PhD program, Yoonzie worked as an assistant manager at SK Energy, Korea for 6 years as responsible as a project leader for a donation program targeting 4,000 Community Child Centers for children from low-income households. Her research interests focus on child maltreatment prevention with an emphasis on neighborhood. Her research interests include parenting, low-income households, poverty/inequality, and policy effects on child wellbeing. Yoonzie received her MSW from Ohio State University and BA in Economics at Ewha Womans University, South Korea.Haksoon AhnHaksoon Ahn is an Associate Professor with the University of Maryland, School of Social Work. Her research interests include child and family welfare and advanced quantitative analysis utilizing large-scale datasets. As a principal investigator, Haksoon has been leading a range of research projects funded by the Maryland Department of Human Resourc
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Pub Date : 2023-10-05DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2023.2264801
Mary C Acri, Jennifer Joseph, Glenn Saxe
ABSTRACTIntroduction The child welfare system’s method of service delivery shifted abruptly during the pandemic to a telehealth modality. The perceived impact of this change upon service delivery is largely unknown, however. The purpose of this study was to describe how a large child welfare agency shifted to telehealth delivery, including investigating barriers and innovative strategies that were undertaken to resolve obstacles and enhance engagement and the provision of services.Method In September, 2020, direct service providers, supervisors and clinic directors at a large, Southeastern child welfare agency completed a survey that tapped into the perceived impact of telehealth on service delivery, and barriers and benefits of telehealth delivery. Twenty-six (n = 26) individuals completed the survey.Results Over half of participants reported an improvement in service delivery through the use of telehealth, and most saw it as being beneficial to both families and staff. Few participants believed that services were negatively impeded by telehealth.The main barrier to telehealth delivery was technology access and navigation (both on the part of families and staff).Discussion Telehealth was largely perceived as a facilitator to child welfare service delivery; implications and use of remote platforms are discussed.KEYWORDS: Child welfare systeCOVID-19service delivery during the pandemicperceived barriers and facilitators to telehealthImpact of telehealth on service provision Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationNotes on contributorsMary C AcriMary C. Acri, PhD is a mental health services researcher and Research Associate Professor within the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at New York University Langone Health. Dr. Acri’s research focuses on reducing mental health disparities through testing innovative interventions to facilitate detection and access to treatment as well as implementation factors that impede and facilitate the adoption and sustained utilization of evidence-based interventions in naturalistic settings.Jennifer JosephJennifer Joseph, MPA, is a Program Coordinator at New York University Langone Health within the Center for Child Welfare Practice Innovation.Glenn SaxeGlenn Saxe, MD, is a professor within the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at NYU Langone Health, Director of the Center for Child Welfare Practice Innovation, and Director of the Trauma Systems Therapy Training Center. Dr. Saxe’s research focuses on the emotional, behavioral, and developmental consequences of traumatic events in children. Dr. Saxe developed Trauma Systems Therapy (TST) with colleagues, an intervention for children with traumatic stress who live in enviornments with ongoing stressors.
在大流行期间,儿童福利系统的服务提供方式突然转变为远程医疗模式。然而,这种变化对服务提供的影响在很大程度上是未知的。本研究的目的是描述一家大型儿童福利机构如何转向远程保健服务,包括调查障碍和为解决障碍、加强参与和提供服务而采取的创新战略。方法2020年9月,东南部一家大型儿童福利机构的直接服务提供者、主管和诊所主任完成了一项调查,调查了远程医疗对服务提供的影响,以及远程医疗提供的障碍和好处。26人(n = 26)完成了调查。结果半数以上的与会者报告说,通过使用远程保健改善了服务的提供,大多数与会者认为这对家庭和工作人员都有利。很少有与会者认为,远程保健对服务造成了负面阻碍。远程保健服务的主要障碍是技术获取和导航(家庭和工作人员都是如此)。远程保健在很大程度上被视为促进儿童福利服务的提供;讨论了远程平台的含义和使用。关键词:儿童福利制度covid -19大流行期间的服务提供感知远程医疗的障碍和促进因素远程医疗对服务提供的影响披露声明作者未报告潜在的利益冲突。作者简介:mary C. Acri博士是纽约大学朗格尼健康中心儿童和青少年精神病学系的一名心理健康服务研究员和研究副教授。Acri博士的研究重点是通过测试创新干预措施来减少心理健康差距,以促进检测和获得治疗,以及阻碍和促进在自然环境中采用和持续利用循证干预措施的实施因素。詹妮弗·约瑟夫詹妮弗·约瑟夫,MPA,是纽约大学朗格尼健康中心儿童福利实践创新的项目协调员。Glenn saxen,医学博士,纽约大学朗格尼健康中心儿童和青少年精神病学系教授,儿童福利实践创新中心主任,创伤系统治疗培训中心主任。萨克斯博士的研究重点是儿童创伤性事件的情感、行为和发展后果。Saxe博士与同事一起开发了创伤系统疗法(TST),这是一种针对生活在持续压力源环境中的创伤性压力儿童的干预方法。
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