Child Welfare Research

We highlight how electronic health-care records can help identify quality preventive health measures for children in foster care and an article stressing the importance of taking a broad-scale approach to understanding the needs of children in foster care.

• Study Eyes Use of Electronic Health Records to Test Preventive Measures for Kids in Foster Care
• Shifting the Focus of Foster Care Research From Problems to Needs

Strategies and Tools for Practice

This section of CBX offers publications, articles, reports, toolkits, and other resources that provide either evidence-based strategies or other concrete help to child welfare and related professionals.

• Guidelines Regarding Munchausen by Proxy
• Choosing the Right Solution: Finding, Adapting, or Designing an Intervention to Improve Outcomes for Children and Families

Resources

This section of CBX provides a quick list of interesting resources, such as websites, videos, journals, funding or scholarship opportunities, or other materials that can be used in the field or with families.

• Five for Families Campaign Aims to Build Family Strengths, Awareness

• Reentry Starts Here: A Guide for Youth in Long-Term Juvenile Corrections and Treatment Programs

Training and Conferences

• Evidence-Building Strategies in Child Welfare
• Conferences