OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Public Child Welfare is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Examining prevalence and predictors of food insecurity for transition-age youth transitioning out of foster care	13
Bridging justice expectations in child protection: media influence and societal bias	12
State investment in Title IV-E stipend programs and child length of stay in foster care: a national study	12
Improving foster carer recruitment in Victoria: a mixed-methods approach to support tailored recruitment efforts	12
Examining the use of foster care during emerging adulthood in the United States	7
Children removed for inadequate housing are less likely to be reunified than peers: analysis from AFCARS data	7
Experiences of perceived support post discharge among foster care alumni: differences among LGBTQ+ youth and youth of color	6
2022 Article of the Year	5
“Unfortunately what’s right isn’t always what’s best”: Exploring teacher and school staff experiences with mandated reporting	5
Sexual identity development and sexual well-being: differences between racial/ethnic minority and non-racial/ethnic minority former foster youth	5
CaseAIM: child welfare workers’ experiences using information and communication technology for case management services	4
Enhancing Behavioral Health Services for Child Welfare-Involved Parents: A Qualitative Study	4
Integrating trauma-informed practices in child welfare: a process study of graduate education	4
STRENGTHS-BASED CASE MANAGEMENT	4
Retrospective narratives of challenges experienced during adolescence and young adulthood after child welfare-involvement	4
Information needs of current and prospective foster caregivers: a content analysis of Reddit posts	4
Adoptive parents’ perspectives on adoption adjustment and post-adoption support	3
Understanding the roles and challenges of child protection employees in out-of-home care arrangements for children of minority and immigrant backgrounds in Rogaland, Norway	3
Association between child’s mental health and emotional maltreatment among children in out-of-home placement in Israel: importance of the child’s age, poverty, domestic violence and number of maltreat	3
An examination of child welfare agency models that serve immigrant children and families	3
Differences in developmental problems between victims of different types of child maltreatment	3
Child and state factors in positive permanency: a multi-level survival analysis	3
A principles-based approach to evaluating family engagement group strategies: Lessons from a IV-E Waiver Demonstration Project	3
Child maltreatment in Swiss welfare care until 1981: former caregivers’ perspectives on the welfare context	3
Youth engagement in permanency planning within tribal child welfare systems: a qualitative study of current practice	3

Children hospitalized for suspected maltreatment in Greece: who, why and what for?	3
Mandatory reporting of child abuse/neglect among substance use counselors	2
Qualitative exploration of child welfare workers’ decision-making experiences and perspectives on fairness	2
“Unachievable adulthood?!” – exploring family formation journeys of care leavers in China	2
Disentangling the impact of poverty threshold and material hardship on child maltreatment: a mediating role of parenting aggravation	2
Family poverty, family adversity, neglect, and entry into out-of-home care	2
Intersectionality and the Overrepresentation of Black Women, children, and families in the child welfare system: A scoping review	2
2020 Article of the Year	2
The caseworker as an external locus of hope for LGB youth in foster care	2
Supporting the educational success of children in foster care: the educational advocacy program	2
Sinking or swimming: perspectives of the children without placement crisis	2
Stakeholders’ Perspectives on Child Welfare and Court: Identifying Challenges and Implications to Move Social Work Practice Forward	2
Facilitators and barriers of using mental health services among children in foster care: insights from foster parents in a Southeastern state	2
To report or not report? How attitudes, values, and knowledge play a role in mandated reporting	2
Everyone benefits when there is another MSW in child welfare: exploring ways to support Title IV-E MSW student-employees	2
“Siblings must stick together”: Chilean parents’ perspectives on sibling group adoption and post-adoption contact	2
Impact of COVID-19 on child welfare practice and implications for future practice: perspectives from youth, family, frontline workers, and other professionals	2
Barriers to the involvement of extended family and fictive kin in the lives of children in foster care	2
Effectiveness of parent–infant psychotherapy for infant development, parenting, parental mental health, and the attachment relationship: a review of the literature	2
Foster parents’ need for greater information sharing when caring for children with prenatal substance exposure within child welfare	1
Do online parenting blogs discourage psychological maltreatment and corporal punishment?	1
Understanding the health and well-being of adults 10-15 years after adoption from the US foster care system	1
Exploring alternative care options for children in China: recent developments and challenges	1
Technology-Based Smoking Cessation for Youth Exiting Foster Care: A Pilot Randomized Trial	1
The problems of social preparedness of orphanage graduates in Kazakhstan	1
“Why is my skin so intimidating to you?”: Exploring social connectivity and racial identity of youth of color with foster care experience	1
Impact of COVID-19 on the educational experiences of youth in foster care: caseworker perspectives	1
Independent living skills program use and outcomes of youth in and aging out of foster care in Florida	1
Who are our caregivers? An assessment of the characteristics of foster parents at certain foster parenting milestones across two states	1
Economic impact of CarePortal donations in Glynn County, Georgia	1
A mixed methods study of how interprofessional communication relates to timely reunification in the U.S. child welfare system	1
Reverse visitation between former foster parents and adopted children	1
Evaluation of the Strong Foundations training for the child welfare supervisor	1
Foster caregivers in crisis: a comparison study of the perceptions of foster caregivers and child welfare workers	1
A comparison of video and live performance approaches in a school-based sexual abuse prevention program	1
A cross-country comparison of child welfare system between Korea and the United States	1
Assessing appeals against emergency placements in Norway: A balancing act	1
Estimating a national college enrollment rate for youth with foster care histories using the National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD): limitations of NYTD and a call to revise and relaunch	1
Utilizing focus groups to inform the development of a standardized pre-certification resource parent training curriculum	1
Exploring Organizational Learning, Risk, and Psychological Safety: Perspectives of Child Welfare Senior Leaders in Canada	1
Diagnostic disparities among maltreated youth in a child protective services agency	1
Court-level stakeholders’ reunification decisions and perceived role in parents’ readiness to support early emotional development post-abuse and/or neglect	1
Persistent racial disproportionality in investigated and substantiated child maltreatment reports: Trend analysis before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2019–2020)	1
Supervision in child welfare: Its importance to investigators and case managers	1
Experiences of Psychologists in Applying Mandatory Reporting in Ireland (Children First)	1
Attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of child welfare workers toward LGBTQ youth	1
Examining a decade of Title IV-E outcomes: a scoping review	1
Response to violence committed by children at welfare facilities: evidence from Japan	1
Interprofessional collaborations in child welfare: providers’ experiences	1
Behavioral health and legal system involvement among transition-age youth in foster care: a longitudinal analysis of youth in California	1

Community- and systems-level factors that contribute to foster care entry: Perspectives from child-serving professionals	1
Transformative lessons learned from COVID-19 to reimagine child welfare work	1