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Interventions in Foster Family Care : A Systematic Review
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Malmö universitet, Odontologiska fakulteten (OD), 2020.
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Abstract
- Objective: Foster family care is associated with adverse short- and long-term consequences for the child. A systematic review was conducted on interventions for foster children and foster careers. Method: A comprehensive search process was used to find eligible interventions evaluated in randomized controlled trials or quasi-experimental studies. The quality of studies was assessed with GRADE, and effects were synthesized using meta-analytic methods. Results: In all, 28 publications of 18 interventions, including 5,357 children, were identified. Only three specific interventions had sufficient confidence of evidence. No study had examined tools for foster parent selection nor had evaluated preservice programs related to outcomes. Discussion: These analyses provide new insights and hope into the field of systematic interventions in foster care. The overall results indicate that it is possible to improve eight outcomes but cannot point out which programs are superior. Ethically, social care organizations should systematically collect knowledge about effects and side effects.
- Subjects :
- Socialt arbete
education.field_of_study
Social Work
Sociology and Political Science
Social work
05 social sciences
Population
education
Psychological intervention
Foster care
Nursing
050902 family studies
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
0509 other social sciences
Psychology
General Psychology
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
050104 developmental & child psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f4b588a66fc52f1d242b3178411beb55