Child Care in Practice E-News February 2011
Cait Doherty Assistant Editor
Hello everyone,
Things have been very busy here at CCiP in February as final arrangements are made for the conference on March 4th. This event is now fully booked however the presentations will be available on the Child Care in Practice website in a few weeks for those of you who missed out on a place.
The first session of our 2011 Writers’ Workshop took place in February and feedback was very positive. Huge thanks must be extended to our brilliant hosts Brian Taylor and Stan Houston, who will be back to do the follow up session in May.
Our reviewers should note there are two papers in need of review at present, please contact me if you are interested in either one. There are also several reviews now overdue so please check the lists below in case there’s one you have forgotten about.
Until next month, best wishes,
Cait
Articles for review: (Three-week turnaround period)
These new articles are in need of review. If there is an article cited below which you wish to review please e-mail Cait at [email protected]
1) A descriptive study of the children’s nursing content in the Bachelor of Science Nursing Degree Programmes in Irish third level institutions.
Nurse education curricula are continually reviewed to ensure that the content remains applicable to contemporary healthcare developments. The student exiting the nurse education programmes has to be fit for purpose in today’s dynamic, challenging healthcare environment. This article reports the findings of a small descriptive study which investigated the children’s nursing content in the Bachelor of Science Nursing Degree Programmes in Irish third level institutions. Curricula for these programmes are guided and informed by An Bord Altranais (A.B.A.) which is the Irish Nursing Board and the European Directives. These guidelines and directives can be locally interpreted. All undergraduate programmes in each of the disciplines; midwifery, general (adult), learning disability and psychiatric nursing are required to include children’s nursing content in their curriculums. Students’ on these programmes must complete practice placements in children’s healthcare also. This study explored aspects in undergraduate programmes related to children’s nursing including curriculum content, its delivery, assessments and practice experiences. Data were collected by a specifically designed questionnaire which was based on the Requirements’ and Standards for Nurse Education Programmes (An Bord Altranais, 2005a). Ethical approval was provided by a University Ethics Committee. The response rate was 54% and data were analysed using SPSS version 16 and content analysis.
2) Child care and the working class: the case of construction workers from Chira Chas, Jharkhand
The study aims at examining the child care practices and issues as experienced by the low income construction workers from India. It is concerned with understanding varied aspects relating to problems that construction workers, as parents, face while upbringing their children in one of the small case construction companies of eastern India, from the state of Jharkhand. Qualitative methods have been used in order to collect the data based upon phenomenological principles. Ethnography and photo elicitation was used as a primary method of data collection. Apart from this, in-depth interviews were also conducted with the workers of the case construction company. Discussion with the participants led to the emergence of four themes. They were (a) Children left alone, (b) Playing at risky site areas, (c) Weak Health of children & (d) Working with parents. The research findings indicate that infants are taken by their parents to their place of work whereas children in between five to ten years had to be left alone on their own at home. It was also found that acute poverty was a major cause leading to the consumption of inadequate and low nutritional food, leading to weak health of the children. Based on the study findings, there is an imperative that the societal forerunners and philanthropists continue to use research findings to understand the child care practices amongst the low income workers and draft strategies accordingly, to improve the situation.
Reviews Outstanding
The reviews of the following articles are overdue. Please be aware that each article requires two reviews and that even if you know that you have returned your review, your colleague may not have. Please forward outstanding article reviews of the articles cited below to Cait at [email protected] as soon as possible.
Incredible Years parent training support for nursery staff working within a disadvantaged Flying Start area in Wales: A feasibility study Risks and supports that shape victimised British-Indian women's decisions to address domestic violence and to divorce. Intimate Partner Abuse: Current limitations and future directions Domestic Abuse and Child Contact: In the Best Interests of the Child? Child to Parent Violence – Challenging Perspectives on Family Violence From Tea and Sympathy to Optimal Matching of Need: Developing a Shared Vision for a Community Based Family Support Service Books for Review
If you or one of your colleagues would like to review one of the below books please contact Cait at [email protected]
Gender and Child Welfare in Society, Edited by Brid Featherstone, Carol-Ann Hooper, Jonathan Scourfield and Julie Taylor, Wiley-Blackwell
Happy Families, A Parents’ Guide to the non-violent resistance approach, Carmelite Avraham- Krehwinkel and David Aldridge, JKP
More Adoption Conversations, What, when and how to tell, Renee Wolfs, BAAF
Dale’s Tale, The story of how a family fought to adopt the little boy they had fostered, Helen Jayne, BAAF
Pathways to Permanence for Black, Asian and Mixed Ethnicity Children, Julie Selwyn, David Quinton, Perlita Harris, Dinithi Wijedasa, Shameem Nawaz and Marsha Wood, BAAF
Supporting Adopters, Jeanne Kaniuk, BAAF
Alphabet Kids, From ADD to Zellweger Syndrome, A guide to developmental, neurobiological and psychological disorders for parents and professionals, Robbie Woliver, JKP
Belonging and Permanence, Outcomes in long-term foster care and adoption, Nina Biehal, Sarah Ellison, Claire Baker and Ian Sinclair, BAAF
The Social Worker’s Guide to Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Steven Walker, JKP
Promoting Psychological Well-Being in Children with Acute and Chronic Illness, Melinda Edwards and Penny Titman, JKP
Helping Birth Families, Services, costs and outcomes, Elsbeth Neil, Jeanette Cossar, Paula Lorgelly and Julie Young, BAAF
Special Guardianship in Practice, Jim Wade, Jo Dixon and Andrew Richards, BAAF
Step by Step Help for Children with ADHD, A self-help manual for parents, Cathy Laver- Bradbury, Margaret Thompson, Anne Weeks, David Daley and Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke, JKP
Making Good Assessments, A Practical Resource Guide, Pat Beesley, BAAF
News/Updates
FULLY BOOKED Conference 2011: ‘Developments in Foster Care: When are Family and Kin the Best Option for Children?’ Friday 4th March 2011 (10.00am -16.30pm), Hilton Hotel, Dublin Airport
Child Care in Practice is hosting its annual conference in Dublin for the first time in 2011.
Keynote speakers include Dr Valerie O'Brien, researcher and lecturer at UCD with a special interest in kinship care Judge Gemma Loughran, Family Court Judge Mr Geoffrey Shannon, Solicitor and Special Rapporteur for Child Protection
This event is now fully booked. Presentations will be available online after the event for those of you who missed out on a place. Meetings
Please note the changes to times and dates of Editorial Board and Advisory Committee Meetings.
Editorial Board Meetings 2011
Wed March 9th @3.00 Wed June 8th @3.00
Editorial Advisory Committee Meetings 2011 (Board members are also expected to attend)
Wed March 9th @4.00 Wed June 8th @4.00
New Members
The Child Care in Practice group is currently trying to strengthen its peer review process and would actively welcome nominations to their body of reviewers. All nominations should be e-mailed to Cait at [email protected]