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Impact of child care arrangements on Australian children's cognitive outcome: moderation effects of parental factors
- Author:
- LEE Kyunghee
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Family Social Work, 21(2), 2016, p.176–187.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study examines the effects of child care arrangements on children's cognitive outcomes. It is a secondary analysis, using data on 5107 children born in 2004 and their families from Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Data were collected in 2004 (Wave One), in 2006 (Wave Two) and in 2008 (Wave Three). This study asks (i) Do children receiving non-parental child care have different cognitive developmental outcomes at ages 4–5, compared with those who never had non-parental child care during the first 3 years of life? Do parental factors affect these associations?; and (ii) among children with non-parental child care, do child care characteristics such as types of care, quantity, entry age and stability of child care affect child outcomes? Do parental factors affect child outcomes? The study's findings suggest that children in non-parental child care had higher Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test scores at age 5. Among children in non-parental child care arrangements, quantity and entry age of non-parental child care affected children's cognitive developmental outcomes. Along with child care arrangements, parental mental health was associated with children's cognitive outcomes. (Publisher abstract)
Entering out-of-home care during childhood: cumulative incidence study in Canada and Australia
- Author:
- O’DONNELL Melissa
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 59, 2016, pp.78-87.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Cumulative incidence provides a more accurate indicator than annual incidence rates of the number of children who experience out-of-home care during childhood. The study utilises a cohort of all children born in Western Australia (WA) 1994–2005 and Manitoba 1998–2008 using de-identified linked data. Life tables were used to calculate the age-specific cumulative incidence over time and for at-risk groups. Cox regression was used to compare risk factors for entry to care. Manitoba had a larger proportion of children entering care compared to WA (9.4% vs 1.5% by age 12). Over time children entered care at a younger age in both WA (HR = 1.5, CI:1.4–1.5) and Manitoba (HR = 1.5, CI:1.5–1.6). Similar factors were associated with earlier age care entries in both countries including: socioeconomic disadvantage, young maternal age, maternal hospital admissions for mental health issues, substance misuse and assault. Supplementary analysis for WA showed a time trend with young children (<3 years of age) who entered care spending an increasing proportion of their early years in care. Whilst Manitoba had a larger proportion of children entering care, over time in Western Australia children have been entering care at a younger age and spending more time in care. These latter factors contribute to an increased burden on the out-of-home care system. Manitoba had over five times greater cumulative incidence than WA, however risk factors for entry to out-of-home care were consistent in both countries. Knowledge of the risk factors for entry to out-of-home care can inform targeted support and prevention programmes. (Edited publisher abstract)
Wales children in need census, 2015
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Government. Knowledge and Analytical Services
- Publisher:
- WALES. Welsh Government. Knowledge and Analytical Services
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 34
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
An annual report presenting data on children in need, including information on disability and parenting capacity factors. The report reveals that there were 19,385 children in need included in the CIN census at 31 March 2015, which was a rate of 308 per 10,000 children aged under 18 years, and 95 who were unborn. More than a third (38 per cent) of referrals were from local authority departments and a further 33 per cent from the police and primary or community health services. Over one-fifth (21 per cent) of children in need had a disability. Parental substance misuse, domestic abuse and parental mental ill health capacity factors were each recorded for about a quarter of children in need. The attainment of children in need at each Key Stage assessment was much lower than the average for all pupils. (Edited publisher abstract)
Intergenerational pathways leading to foster care placement of foster care alumni's children
- Authors:
- JACKSON Lovie J., PECORA Peter J.
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Family Social Work, 20(1), 2015, pp.72-82.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study examined a path model that postulated intergenerational relationships between biological parent psychosocial functioning and foster care alumni mental health, economic status and social support; and from these to the likelihood of children of foster care alumni being placed in foster care. The sample included 742 adults who spent time in foster care as children with a private foster care agency and who reported having at least one biological child. A full pathway was found between poorer father's functioning to greater alumni depression, which was in turn associated with negative social support, and then a greater likelihood of child out-of-home placement. Other parent to alumni paths were that poorer father functioning was associated with alumni anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and poorer mother's mental health was associated with PTSD; however, anxiety and PTSD were not implicated as precursors of foster care placement of the child. Findings support the need for increased practice and policy support to address the mental health needs of parents of children in or at risk of foster care, as well as the children themselves, as family history may have a lasting influence on quality of life, even when children are raised apart from biological parents (Publisher abstract)
The impact of adverse experiences in the home on the health of children and young people, and inequalities in prevalence and effects
- Authors:
- ALLEN Matilda, DONKIN Angela
- Publisher:
- University College London. Institute of Health Equity
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 57
- Place of publication:
- London
This report examines these negative circumstances for children and young people aged 0 to 18 in England. What adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are, their health impacts, the likely pathways by which these health impacts occur, and reasons for action are presented in Part A of the report. In order to reduce the incidence of ACEs, it is necessary to act on their risk factors. These risk factors are presented in Part B of the report. There are clear inequalities in the prevalence of ACE and those who are exposed are more likely to be of a relatively low socioeconomic status, live in poverty or deprivation. Prevalence, plus variations by local area, age, time and country, are discussed in Part C. Adverse childhood experiences, including abuse, neglect and household adversity (parental substance misuse, mental ill health, incarceration or separation, living in care or the presence of domestic violence) increase the risk of ill health, particularly in the case of multiple ACEs. Evidence shows that tackling the prevalence of ACEs is needed to reduce injury and death during childhood, premature mortality and suicide, disease and illness, and mental illness – as well as reducing inequalities in these outcomes. Taking action could also reduce the high economic costs associated with ACEs and their impacts, and prevent the ‘transmission’ of adversity from parents to their children. (Edited publisher abstract)
Removing children from the care of adults with diagnosed mental illnesses - a clash of human rights?
- Author:
- PRIOR Pauline
- Journal article citation:
- European Journal of Social Work, 6(2), 2003, pp.179-190.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Health and social services providers throughout Europe are increasingly aware of the possibility of litigation from service users arising from the application of a human rights perspective to public service provision. Presents an analysis of ECHR cases related to breaches of human rights that occurred when children were taken into care from families in which one or both parents had a diagnosed mental illness. The issues raised by these cases include the following: how to ensure that the right to family life is protected for adults with mental illnesses: how to ensure access and opportunities for parents to continue bonding with children in care; and how to avoid damaging children while giving time for a proper assessment of the care situation.
When parents have a mental illness
- Author:
- ANYAEGBUNAM Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 13.12.01, 2001, pp.39-40.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Explains why child and adult services must collaborate if the care of children whose parents have mental health problems is to be improved.
'I was assessed as inadequate and as a problem'
- Author:
- SYMINGTON Karen
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, July 1994, p.13.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Outlines how social services' ignorance about her mental illness ended in her being isolated, unsupported and separated from her son.