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Objective To test the following hypotheses: (1) Children entering foster care report more depressive symptoms and have a higher prevalence of clinically significant depressive symptoms than children not in care. (2) Demographic and historical data can predict which children in foster care are at highest risk for depression. Design Cross-sectional study, including a comparison group. Setting Fos...

While widely regarded as problematic among child welfare professionals, the issue of foster parent retention has received limited academic attention. Even less is known about the state of foster parenting in Arkansas. In this exploratory study, the author conducted qualitative interviews with five child welfare workers to determine whether Arkansas experiences the same difficulty retaining fost...

Re-entry to foster care generally refers to circumstances in which children who have been discharged from foster care to be reunified with their family of origin, adopted, or provided kinship guardianship are returned to foster care. In the context of the federal performance measurement system, re-entry refers specifically to a return to foster care following an unsuccessful reunification. The ...

the present study investigates the antioxidant potential of the ethyl acetate fraction of the aerial parts eclipta alba l. hassk (eaea) which was widely used as hepatoprotective plant. eaea was orally administered at doses of 50, 100 and 200 mg/kg for 7 days in male charles foster rats. the extent of hepatoprotective potential of e . alba was studied by assessing the biochemical parameters like...

Effects of foster dams can be included in genetic evaluations using animal models with maternal effects in several ways. The alternatives discussed involve minor changes in computing strategies from strategies used with reduced animal models that predict breeding values for direct and maternal effects. The easiest alternative is to assign foster dams to groups by breed and time period and add e...

The present randomized controlled trial examined the effectiveness of Parent Management Training Oregon for foster parents with foster children (aged 4-12) with severe externalizing behavior problems in long-term foster care arrangements. Foster children's behavior problems are challenging for foster parents and increase the risk of placement breakdown. There is little evidence for the effectiv...