Health and Nutrition Programmes

Adequate health and nutrition is essential for the healthy development of children. Families affected by illness may not be able to work or provide proper care.  Children in these situations are at risk of dropping out of school in order to care for a sick adult and work in order to replace lost income.  If the caretaker dies from the illness, the child risks a number of negative outcomes including living on the street or being placed in institutional care.

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Junhan Cho, Dayoung Bae, Darcey D. Terris, Rachael E. Glisson, Anita Brown - Child & Family Social Work,

The current study examined family and community factors related to home visiting programme engagement in a sample of 1,024 mothers (primary caregivers, mean age 22.89 years) who participated in family support programmes funded through the US state of Georgia's Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting programme.

Jessica Serrano, Julia M. Crouch, Katie Albertson, Kym R. Ahrens - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study explored stakeholder perceptions of barriers and facilitators to conversations about sexual health between foster/kinship caregivers and youth in foster care, with the goal of developing a brief, scalable sexual health training for caregivers.

Helen-Louise Usher , Ryan Mills, Perrin Moss, Frank Tracey - International Journal of Integrated Care,

This presentation describes the progress of the "Children and Young People in Out-of-Home Care Innovation Fund Integrated Care " project currently being undertaken by Children's Health Queensland.

Rebecca R. Seltzer, Erin P. Williams, Pamela K. Donohue, Renee D. Boss - Children and Youth Services Review,

The authors of this study sought to better understand the potential strengths and challenges of medical foster care (MFC) as a placement setting for children with chronic critical illness (CCI).

Roy F. Oman, Sara K. Vesely, Jennifer Green, Kristen Clements-Nolle, Minggen Lu - American Journal of Public Health,

The objective of this study was to determine if the Power Through Choices (PTC) intervention can increase the use of birth control and reduce pregnancy among system-involved youths living in group care homes.

Marie Rauter, Anagha Jayakar, Tom Clemens, Zaharenia Galanos, Louise Newbery, Andrew Whelan - Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health,

The aim of this study was to compare the health of 4- to 6-year-old children in out-of-home care (OOHC) in Southern Tasmania, Australia with their peers.

Moira Szilagyi - Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk,

This paper reflects on: what’s better or not after 30 years; whether legislation and financing are aligned with child welfare’s goals of safety, permanency and well-being; and what remains to be done to improve the outcomes of children and youth in foster care or otherwise involved with child welfare.

Casey Family Programs,

The Community Opportunity Map is a tool that allows users to see localized indicators connected to community health and maltreatment prevention.

Thomas Saïas, Caroline Clavel, Romain Dugravier, Augusta Bonnard, Julie Bodard - Santé Publique,

This paper presents the results of a national survey describing Maternal and child protection services (“PMI”) home visitation services and their local implantation in France.

Fiona Cram, Min Vette, Moira Wilson, Rhema Vaithianathan, Tim Maloney, and Sarah Baird - New Zealand Council for Educational Research,

This article explores how an approach based on he awa whiria can work in practice in the examination of the efficacy for Māori whānau (families) of the government’s intensive home-visiting programme, Family Start.