Internationally, there is an increasing trend toward placing children in kinship vs. foster care.
Prior research suggests that children in kinship care fare better compared to children in …

Children in foster care (CFC) are at increased risk for negative developmental outcomes.
Given the potential influence of foster parents' parenting on the development of CFC, this …

Background Kinship care placements are increasing in many Western countries, however
families in kinship care are underserved partly due to the lack of evidence-based …

Of the substantial literature on interventions to improve the poor health of children in out of
home care, little focuses on lifestyle factors such as physical activity. This review identifies if …

While there have been ongoing calls to reform child welfare so that it better meets children's
and families' needs, to date there have been no comprehensive summaries of child welfare …

Background Although researchers have found an increased risk for psychopathology among
maltreated adolescents placed in out-of-home care, different trajectories of psychopathology …

Background Kinship foster caregivers often face serious challenges but lack adequate
parenting capacities and resources. The importance of parenting interventions for kinship …

African American caregivers providing informal kinship care are vulnerable to chronic stress.
Research has indicated stress increases individuals' risk for many adverse physical and …

Adolescents in contact with the child welfare services (CWS) are at increased risk of
experiencing negative life events (NLE) and mental health problems compared to the …

Although custodial grandchildren (CG) are likely to have more emotional and behavioral
problems than children in general, only a handful of studies involving nationally …