Parenting Council Research Clearinghouse: Library "E"
Early Childhood Centres and Family Resilience
Author:
Judith Duncan, Chris Bowden and Anne B Smith
Date:
2005
Publisher:
Ministry of Social Development
Location:
New Zealand
Abstract:
This report describes the main findings of the Early Childhood Centres and Family Resilience Study. The study examined whether early childhood centres were perceived by participants to have supported the development of family resilience and helped them cope with challenging and stressful times, and if so, how.
Engaging Māori whānau - Evaluation of a targeted parenting programme
Authors:
Heather Gifford and Gill Pirikahu
Date:
2008
Publisher:
Families Commission
Location:
New Zealand
Abstract:
This report describes the development, implementation and evaluation of a parenting programme that was developed as part of a wider tobacco reduction intervention, He Arorangi Whakamua.
In 2006 Whakauae Research Services (the research arm of Ngäti Hauiti) was successful in obtaining funding from the Families Commission to run and evaluate a parenting programme with He Arorangi Whakamua participants.
Escaping the debt trap - Experiences of New Zealand families accessing budgeting services
Date:
2009
Publisher:
Families Commission
Location:
New Zealand
Abstract:
This report identifies factors contributing to families being in problem debt, the impacts of such debt, and strategies used to get out of problem debt, including the role of Budgeting Services.
This research focused on family members' views on what had led to their problem debt situation, how it affected their family and what could help other families to get out of debt.
Equivocating Over the Care and Protection Continuum: An Exploration of Families Not Meeting the Threshold for Statutory Intervention
Authors:
Kathleen Manion and Jane Renwick
Date:
2008
Publisher:
Ministry of Social Development- Social Policy Journal of New Zealand
Location:
New Zealand
Abstract:
Child, Youth and Family (CYF) undertook a study of nearly a thousand case files to provide an informed perspective on why high numbers of cases that progressed to an investigation were closed after completion of that investigation with no further statutory intervention. One of the objectives of the survey was to examine social workers’ case notes in detail to learn what was occurring in these cases and determine whether it was possible to make any efficiencies. The study was designed to permit a content analysis of the case notes in a stratified sample of 2003/04 CYF clients who had the outcome “case closed post-investigation”. The researchers identified assessment outcomes for case closures. The data illustrated that a considerable number of families notified to CYF were of sufficient concern to warrant an investigation, but did not meet the threshold for statutory intervention. The data also provided evidence that the families in these cases were often experiencing various risks and stressors, and that while many of these families appear to be receiving a mixture of ad hoc and formal support services, many families and children have multiple engagements with CYF. The findings suggest that an optimal response requires the continued development and coordination of a range of services and agencies for referrals at the non-statutory end of the service continuum
Ethnic Identity and Exposure to Maltreatment in Childhood: Evidence from a New Zealand Birth Cohort
Author:
Dannette Marie, David M Fergusson and Joseph M. Boden
Date:
2009
Publisher:
Ministry of Social Development- Social Policy Journal of New Zealand
Location:
New Zealand
Abstract:
Exposure to maltreatment in childhood, including sexual abuse, severe physical punishment and inter-parental violence, is an issue of growing concern in New Zealand. The present study examined the associations between ethnic identity and exposure to childhood maltreatment among a longitudinal birth cohort of individuals born in Christchurch in 1977. Participants of Maori ethnicity reported higher rates of exposure to physical punishment and inter-parental violence, but did not report higher rates of exposure to sexual abuse. Control for a range of socio-economic and family functioning factors reduced the magnitude of the associations between ethnicity and both physical punishment and inter-parental violence, but did not fully account for the associations between ethnicity and maltreatment exposure. Furthermore, adjustment for variations in Maori cultural identity indicated that cohort members of sole Maori identity were at significantly increased risk of exposure to both physical punishment and inter-parental violence. It was concluded that Maori, and in particular those of sole Maori cultural identity, were at higher risk of exposure to physical punishment and inter-parental violence, and that the associations could not be fully explained by either socio-economic deprivation or exposure to family dysfunction in childhood.
Evaluating the Evidence: What works in supporting teenage parents
Authors:
Kirsten Asmussen and Katey Weizel
Date:
2009
Publisher:
The National Academy for Parenting Practitioners
Location:
UK
Abstract:
Using the Evaluating the Evidence Scale, a thorough literature search was conducted to identify robust studies evaluating the impact of interventions aimed at teenage mothers and their children. The search resulted in 134 interventions that fell broadly within one of two categories: interventions that improve outcomes for teenage mothers and interventions that improve outcomes for their children.
Evaluation of Parenting through Separation Programme
Author:
Jeremy Robertson and Jan Pryor
Date:
July 2009
Publisher:
Ministry of Justice
Location:
New Zealand
Abstract:
Parental separation is a common occurrence in New Zealand and other western countries. Research indicates that parental separation is often associated with negative outcomes for children and that parents can help to minimise the impact of separation on their children. Programmes have been developed for parents to assist them to help their children. These programmes aim to educate parents on the impact of separation on children, how to minimise parental conflict and how to make post-separation care arrangements that are in children’s best interests.
The Ministry of Justice has funded the development and provision of the Parenting Through Separation (PTS) programme for separating parents in New Zealand. This report presents an evaluation of the PTS programme.
Extended Services Evaluation - Reaching Disadvantaged Groups and Individuals: Thematic Review
Authors:
Colleen Cummings, Karen Laing, Karen Scott Liz Todd Alan Dyson & Lisa Jones
Date:
2010
Publisher:
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Location:
United Kingdom
Abstract:
The purpose of this review was to increase understanding of how schools in a range of circumstances were defining and responding to ‘disadvantage’ in their development of extended services. In particular, how they were targeting disadvantaged groups and encouraging take up of services.
