Barnevernbarnas helse

Kristofersen, Lars Bjarne

doi:10.7577/nibr/rapport/2005/12

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“…Norwegian national statistics comparing looked‐after children with their peers in the general population make sobering reading, showing that adults who were looked after as children have a lower standard of education, lower income, higher dependency on social welfare, shorter life expectancy and increased risk of suicide, substance abuse and criminal behaviour (Clausen & Kristofersen 2008). Studies from Norway (Kristofersen 2005; Clausen & Kristofersen 2008), Sweden (Vinnerljung & Ribe 2003; Vinnerljung et al . 2005) and the UK (Barth 1990; Stein 2006; McAuley & Davis 2009) all show a similar pattern.…”

Section: Health Of Looked‐after Childrenmentioning

confidence: 99%

Participation and health - a research review of child participation in planning and decision-making

Vis¹,

Strandbu²,

Holtan

et al. 2010

Child &Amp; Family Social Work

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Effective child participation in child protection proceedings has proved difficult to achieve in Norway. Although participation is in principle accepted as a human right and something of benefit to children, when children's health is at stake there is a tendency to view participation in decision‐making processes by children as potentially disruptive to their well‐being. The purpose of this study is to review the research evidence for effects, positive or negative, of participation on health outcomes for children in care. A scoping review of major health and social work research databases was undertaken. Searches in five databases yielded 1830 studies of which 21 were finally included in this review. Studies were included if a relationship between health and participation was evident from the data presented, even if this was not the main objective in the study at hand. We conclude that when participation is successful, it may have beneficial side effects. Chief among these are that participation may improve children's safety, increase the success of care arrangements and increase feelings of well‐being for children involved. Evidence for long‐term effects of successful or failed participation attempts on subsequent health outcomes is however largely absent.

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Section: Health Of Looked‐after Childrenmentioning

confidence: 99%

Participation and health - a research review of child participation in planning and decision-making

Vis¹,

Strandbu²,

Holtan

et al. 2010

Child &Amp; Family Social Work

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“…Scant data suggest that many care leavers have suffered parental death. A Norwegian study, that included 2400 children older youths (≥18 years) who had received child welfare interventions during 1990–2002 (mostly in‐home care), found that 6% in this age group had lost their mothers and 11% had lost their fathers at the end of year 2001 (Kristofersen 2005). Courtney et al.…”

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Foster children as young adults: many motherless, fatherless or orphaned: a Swedish national cohort study

Franzén

Vinnerljung

2006

Child & Family Social Work

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We examined prevalence of parental deaths among former out‐of‐home care youths at age 18 and 25, and odds of parental loss compared with peers from similar socio‐economic childhood backgrounds. The study utilized Swedish national register data for 12 entire birth cohorts (1972–1983), 35 550 former out‐of‐home care youths and 1 138 726 cohort peers without out‐of‐home care experiences. Logistic regression models were used to compute odds ratios for parental loss through death. It was especially common among former residents of long‐term out‐of‐home care to be motherless (11%), fatherless (11–13%) or orphaned (3–4%) at age 18, compared with non‐foster care peers (1%, 3% and 0.03%). Twenty‐six per cent had lost at least one parent (4% among non‐foster care peers). At age 25, the figures had increased considerably; 36% had lost at least one parent, compared with 7% in the majority population. Adjusted odds ratios for parental loss among long‐term care youth were strikingly high, particularly for having a deceased mother. In short‐term and intermediate care, most youths with deceased parents had suffered parental loss before entering foster care. For youth from long‐term care, parental death after start of placement was most common.

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“…1996; Takayama et al . 1998; Hill & Thomson 2003; Kristofersen 2005; Dixon 2008). In addition, children reported to be vulnerable may be exposed to risk factors and may have health problems at the time they get in contact with the social services (Dimigen et al .…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…1998; Hill & Thomson 2003; Sundell et al . 2004; Kristofersen 2005; Vinnerljung et al . 2006; Dixon 2008; National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen) 2000, 2006a, 2010a).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Vulnerable children's health as described in investigations of reported children

Hultman

Alm

Cederborg

et al. 2011

Child & Family Social Work

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This study explores whether the social services weigh in health aspects, and what these may be, when investigating reported children's life situation. Information about physical and psychological health aspects for 259 children in 272 investigations was included. Overall, information about children's health was limited. Problematic emotions were the most commonly reported health aspect in the investigations, whereas suicidal thoughts, self‐harm behaviour and gastrointestinal and renal diseases were mentioned least of all. A cluster analysis revealed that the low level of health information group included the largest sample of data and consisted of investigations with minimal information about children's health. The three other cluster groups, Neurological diseases and psychosomatic symptoms, Emotional health and Physical and psychological health and destructive behaviour, consisted of investigations conducted mostly according to the model called Children's Needs In Focus (BBIC, in Swedish, Barns Behov i Centrum). Although these investigations also produced limited information, they provided more than those assessed as having a low level of information about health aspects. The conclusion is that it is necessary to increase information about health aspects in investigations if social welfare systems are to be able to fulfil their ambition of supporting vulnerable children's need of health care.

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Barnevernbarnas helse

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Participation and health - a research review of child participation in planning and decision-making

Participation and health - a research review of child participation in planning and decision-making

Foster children as young adults: many motherless, fatherless or orphaned: a Swedish national cohort study

Vulnerable children's health as described in investigations of reported children

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