scholarly journals Sex differences in psychological distress, behavioural and emotional problems, and substance use in young people in out‐of‐home care

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 325-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue M. Cotton ◽  
Simon Rice ◽  
Kristen Moeller‐Saxone ◽  
Anne Magnus ◽  
Carol Harvey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Young People ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Emotional Problems ◽  
Out Of Home Care ◽  
Behavioural And Emotional Problems

Behavioural and emotional problems of children by type of out-of-home care in Croatia

2005 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 163-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Ajduković ◽  
Branka Sladović Franz
Keyword(s):  
Home Care ◽  
Emotional Problems ◽  
Out Of Home Care ◽  
Behavioural And Emotional Problems

Out-of-Home Care As an Institutional Risk Environment for Volatile Substance Use

2012 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah MacLean
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Young People ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Familial Risk ◽  
Volatile Substance ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Risk Environment ◽  
Out Of Home Care ◽  
Institutional Risk

The exploratory study of meanings of volatile substance use (VSU) on which this article draws (involving 28 young people living in Melbourne, Victoria, Australa, aged from 13 to 24 years, each with experience of VSU, and 14 expert workers) was not designed to investigate any relationship between VSU and living in out-of-home care while subject to protective orders. However, when asked about their lives at the time they commenced or intensified VSU, 8 participants were adamant that living in out-of-home care was a significant factor. Two narratives reiterated by these young people are identified in the article: first that VSU is part of life in out-of-home care, and second that VSU ceases to be appropriate after leaving care. Young people who are living in out-of-home care report substantially higher levels of VSU than occur across the general population. This article shows how narrative accounts (even when expressed by small numbers of participants) provide insight into how VSU and other drug use may become embedded in particular institutional settings through assuming meanings and utility for users that are specific to these environments. While previous literature on the aetiology of VSU generally emphasises individual or familial risk factors, this article argues that out-of-home care may function, at least in some instances, as an institutional ‘risk environment’ for VSU and that this should be further explored through future research. Adjusting models of care may offer new strategies for responding to this form of drug use.

Young people transitioning from out-of-home care and problematic substance use The views of young people and workers in Victoria

2010 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 23-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Baidawi ◽  
Philip Mendes
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Young People ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Out Of Home Care ◽  
Problematic Substance Use ◽  
Problematic Substance ◽  
Research Findings

Existing research findings indicate that young people from state care backgrounds experience higher rates of substance use and misuse than the general population. This study explored the nature of this relationship via semi-structured, qualitative interviews with four young people who had recently transitioned from state care and three workers in the out-of-home care field, plus a focus group with seven out-of-home care and leaving care workers. The findings suggest that a range of individual, interpersonal and systematic factors contribute to problematic substance use. They include the use of self-medication to address past and present trauma, a lack of meaningful and stable relationships, and state care policies and practices that lead to young people experiencing premature and unplanned exits from state care. Some significant implications for policy and practice are identified.

Adolescent Girls in Out-of-Home Care: Associations Between Substance Use and Sexual Risk Behavior

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 409-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl L. Somers ◽  
Angelique Day ◽  
Leann Decker ◽  
Aamena B. Saleh ◽  
Beverly A. Baroni
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Risk Behavior ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Sexual Risk Behavior ◽  
Out Of Home Care

Young People Leaving State Out-of-home Care: Australian Policy and Practice

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 419-421
Author(s):  
Steve Mack
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Out Of Home Care

What Does International Research Identify as the Best Practice Housing Pathways for Young People Transitioning from Out of Home Care?

2021 ◽  
pp. 234930032110643
Author(s):  
Jacinta Chavulak ◽  
Philip Mendes
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Transition Planning ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Out Of Home Care ◽  
Extended Care ◽  
Care Leavers ◽  
Housing Pathways

Young people transitioning from out-of-home care (often called care leavers) are globally a disadvantaged group who can be particularly vulnerable to experiences of housing instability and homelessness. This article presents a scoping review of international scholarly literature pertaining to housing pathways for care leavers from 2015–2020. The 15 publications identified were analysed according to location, methodology, sample accessed, key findings regarding housing pathways and outcomes, and recommendations for policy and practice reform. Our findings suggest that good transition planning, continuing support from responsible adults, the availability of safe and affordable housing and extended care till at least 21 years should enable more positive housing transitions.

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