Ecology of Common Care

Wendt, Wolf Rainer

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-65699-7

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“…To address these gaps, researchers propose socio-ecological and ecosocial frameworks that consider multiple levels of influence on carer health and well-being (Schölmerich & Kawachi, 2016). According to Wendt's (2021) ecosocial framework, carers' ProQOL or well-being is influenced not only by individual and environmental factors but also by the interactions between them. This means that research seeking understanding of, and interventions to support, carers must consider broader institutions and structures in which they are embedded, as well as their unique beliefs and practices.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Disagreement was discussed until a consensus was achieved. Code and theme development was guided by ecosocial model to emphasize relationships between human condition and the settings in which individual and collective action takes place (Wendt, 2021). The ecosocial model appreciated the complex interplay between multifaceted conditions affecting ProQOL or its related concepts and interventions associated with the caring role.…”

Section: Data Synthesismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The ecosocial model appreciated the complex interplay between multifaceted conditions affecting ProQOL or its related concepts and interventions associated with the caring role. It consists of three nested layers: the individual which focuses on personal action frameworks like carer's interpersonal relationships, roles, and activities; the relational which addresses interconnections and links between ProQOL or its related concepts and individuals' immediate settings including funding agencies, service providers, and foster care agencies and serves as a platform for stakeholders to work together; and the sociopolitical which centers on political decision-making and assists in identifying connections between ProQOL or its related concepts and interventions and policy, structures, and bureaucracy such as foster care system (Wendt, 2021). The model provided a comprehensive framework to organize different factors associated with ProQOL and its related concepts as well as the interventions to improve them in a systematic way, enabling observation of the system influences across determinant-and intervention-related study foci across the three countries.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A scoping review which typically aims to identify the types of available evidence in a given field, identify key characteristics or factors related to a concept, and identify and analyze knowledge gaps (Munn et al, 2018) is therefore employed. We applied Wendt's (2021) multilevel ecosocial approach to examine the interrelationship between private spheres and societal and governmental processes and carer ProQOL in the context of the interrelated dynamic systems. We limited the review to relevant literature from Australia, United Kingdom, and United States on the determinants of ProQOL and its related concepts as well as the interventions aimed to improve these for foster and kinship carers from 2012 to 2022.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Professional Quality of Life of Foster and Kinship Carers in Australia, United Kingdom, and the United States: A Scoping Review

McLaren,

Patmisari,

Huang

2023

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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Professional quality of life (ProQOL) refers to workers’ subjective feelings associated with work involved in helping others who have experienced trauma. It consists of positive and negative aspects, that is, subscales of compassion satisfaction, and burnout and secondary traumatic stress. Foster and kinship caring inherently involves risks associated with exposure to the trauma responses of children in their care. This exposure can lead to poor ProQOL, carer attrition, and placement instability. While limited studies specifically explore ProQOL of carers, many studies have examined factors and interventions related to ProQOL. However, there is a lack of synthesis of these studies. To fill such a research gap, we undertook a scoping review of 70 empirical studies from Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, published from 2012 to 2022 reporting on ProQOL, and its related factors and concepts. We applied a multilevel ecosocial construct to examine complex interrelationships between private and governance settings to better understand factors related to ProQOL of carers and interventions aimed to improve it in these dynamic systems. In our review, some studies showed positive outcomes for carers, such as reduced stress or burnout associated with training. However, there was insufficient attention to factors associated with ProQOL at relational and sociopolitical levels. It is crucial to improve carers’ ProQOL or well-being to ensure their retention and placement stability. Long-term systemic improvements require interventions across different levels of the system.

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Section: Data Synthesismentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Data Synthesismentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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