ArticleAmerican journal of community psychology2019
A Positive Youth Development Approach to Improving Mental Health Outcomes for Maltreated Children in Foster Care: Replication and Extension of an RCT of the Fostering Healthy Futures Program.
Article in American journal of community psychology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 15 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Interventions to Support Children's Recovery From Neglect-A Systematic Review.Child maltreatment · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Mental Health and Wellbeing Interventions for Children and Young People in Foster, Kinship, and Residential Care: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2024Pooled it
- Interventions targeting the mental health and wellbeing of care-experienced children and young people in higher-income countries: Evidence map and systematic review.Systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- A Meta-analysis of the Effects of Mentoring on Youth in Foster Care.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2021Pooled it
- Long-term impact of the Fostering Healthy Futures for Preteens program on suicide-related thoughts and behaviors for youth in out-of-home care: A randomized controlled trial.American journal of community psychology · 2024Trial
- Engagement in a Preventive Intervention for Preadolescent Children in Foster Care: Considerations for Intervention Design.Child psychiatry and human development · 2023Trial
- Mentoring Children in Foster Care: Examining Relationship Histories as Moderators of Intervention Impact on Children's Mental Health and Trauma Symptoms.American journal of community psychology · 2022Trial
- Fostering Healthy Futures Preventive Intervention for Children in Foster Care: Long-term Delinquency Outcomes from a Randomized Controlled Trial.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2021Trial
- Coping Strategies, ACEs, and Mental Health Among Adolescents with Child Welfare Involvement.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2026Article
- Association between parents' perceived social support and children's psychological adjustment: a cross-sectional study.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Evaluation of ANKOMMEN as a group intervention based on life story work for adolescents in residential care in Germany: a single-arm pilot study.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2024Article
- The Tutor of Resilience Program with Children Who Have Experienced Maltreatment: Mothers' Involvement Matters.Child psychiatry and human development · 2024Article
- Striving for safety, impact, and equity: A critical consideration of AJCP publications on formal youth mentoring programs.American journal of community psychology · 2023Review
- The Effectiveness of Psychological Interventions on the Impact of Trauma Exposure in Foster Care: A Meta-Analysis.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2023Article
- Unpacking Community-Based Youth Mentoring Relationships: An Integrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
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- Erratum issuedErratum.2022
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Abstract
Preventing the negative impact of maltreatment on children's mental health requires interventions to be contextually sensitive, grounded in theory and research, and effective in reaching and retaining children and families. This study replicates and extends previous findings of the Fostering Healthy Futures (FHF) program, a 30-week mentoring and skills group intervention for preadolescent maltreated children in foster care. Participants included 426 children recently placed in out-of-home care who were randomized to intervention or control conditions. Outcomes measured 6-10 months postintervention included a multi-informant (child, caregiver, teacher) index of mental health problems as well as measures of posttraumatic stress symptoms, dissociative symptoms, quality of life, and use of mental health services and psychotropic medications. There were high rates of program initiation, retention, and engagement; 95% of those randomized to FHF started the program, 92% completed it, and over 85% of the mentoring visits and skills groups were attended. The FHF program demonstrated significant impact in reducing mental health symptomatology, especially trauma symptoms, and mental health service utilization. These program effects were consistent across almost all subgroups, suggesting that FHF confers benefit for diverse children. Results indicate that positive youth development programming is highly acceptable to children and families and that it can positively impact trauma and its sequelae.
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