TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc28047 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/28047/ Y1 - 2017/10/24/ PB - Alcohol Action Ireland TI - Ireland thinks. EP - 42 p. AV - public ER - TY - RPRT N1 - Extracted and elaborated information from Cork Simon Community: Moving towards trauma informed care. a model of research and practice. By Dr. Sharon Lambert & Graham Gill-Emerson. 2017. ID - ndc27968 UR - https://www.corksimon.ie/what-we-do/campaigning/cork-simon-research/ Y1 - 2017/10// N2 - Cork Simon Community works with some of the most vulnerable and marginalised people. We operate a ?low threshold? service, meaning we accept and support people with multiple needs, chronic addictions and challenging behaviours. As a consequence we often work with people excluded from other services - people who have no-where else to turn. We work in solidarity with men and women over the age of 18 and each year support about 1,200 people on their pathway back to independent or supported living. Our door is always open and we support people for as long as they need us. ACE stands for Adverse Childhood Experiences. These traumatic events, experienced before the age of 18, have been shown to have long-term negative impacts on health and well-being. Children are especially sensitive to repeated trauma because their brains and bodies are just developing. High doses of adversity during childhood have been found to alter brain development as well as the immune system, with serious implications for later physical, mental and social health. ACE scores range from 0 to 10 and are assessed through a simple 10 question survey, with each question representing an area of trauma. Answering yes to a question counts as one ACE. 5 of the 10 types of childhood trauma measured through the ACE questionnaire are personal and five relate to other family members PB - Cork Simon Community TI - ACEs at Cork Simon: exploring the connection between early trauma and later negative life events among Cork Simon service users. AV - public EP - 17 p. ER - TY - GEN CY - London ID - ndc28013 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/28013/ A1 - Foster, Jon A1 - Bryant, Lucy A1 - Brown, Katherine Y1 - 2017/10// PB - Institute of Alcohol Studies, Alcohol and Families Alliance, and Alcohol Focus Scotland TI - ?Like sugar for adults? - the effect of non-dependent parental drinking on children & families. EP - 82 p. AV - none ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc28021 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/28021/ A1 - Smyth, Emer Y1 - 2017/10// N2 - Primary schools can influence young people?s later engagement with education in a number of ways. First, having a positive experience of primary school and good relations with teachers can enhance children?s engagement with school and thus provide a firm foundation for later engagement. Secondly, having a positive experience of school subjects such as Irish and Maths at primary level is likely to influence young people?s attitudes to these subjects in the longer term. Thirdly, acquiring key skills in the form of literacy and numeracy provides the bedrock for later engagement with the second-level curriculum. The analyses presented in this report show that all of these factors came into play in shaping young people?s engagement with school at the age of 13. Having had conduct difficulties at age nine was associated with the nature of interaction with teachers four years later. However, teacher-student interaction was more strongly related to current levels of misbehaviour, suggesting some changes in the nature of student behaviour over the transition period. The frequency of positive interaction with teachers was associated with fewer transition difficulties among young people, while frequent negative interaction was related to transition difficulties among the most disadvantaged groups. The study findings point to the importance of both primary and second-level experiences in shaping student perspectives and outcomes. Thus, even taking account of the profile of students, the individual primary and second-level school attended shape the nature of the transition and of skill development among young people. PB - Stationery Office VL - Report 5 SN - 978-1-4064-2969-5 TI - Growing up in Ireland: National longitudinal study of children. Off to a good start? Primary school experiences and the transition to second-level education. AV - public EP - 84 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc27918 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/27918/ Y1 - 2017/09// N2 - The Tusla ? Child and Family Agency was first established on the 1st January 2014 as the dedicated State Agency responsible for improving wellbeing and outcomes for children. Tusla?s remit includes a range of broad-based and targeted services, as follows: ? Child protection and welfare services, including family support services. ? Family Resource Centres and associated national programmes. ? Early Years services regulation and inspection. ? Educational welfare responsibilities, including statutory education welfare services, the ?School Completion Programme? and the ?Home School Community Liaison Scheme?. ? Alternative Care Services, including foster care, residential care, special care and aftercare ? Registration and inspection of non-statutory children?s residential centres. ? Domestic, sexual and gender-based violence services. ? Services related to the psychological welfare of children. ? Assessment, consultation, therapy and treatment services (ACTS). ? Adoption services, including information and tracing. This annual report is the second published under our Corporate Plan 2015-2017 which provides the overarching policy guidance and performance framework and a commitment by Tusla, to ensure that its priorities and outcomes for children and families are fully integrated with national priorities through its annual business planning process. Whilst 2016 presented ongoing challenges for the Agency, the 2016 annual report provides an overview of progress and achievements and highlights include: ? A 19% reduction, from December 2015, in the number of cases awaiting an allocated social worker, and a 20% reduction in the number of high priority cases awaiting allocation. ? The establishment of 75 child and family support networks as part of the prevention, partnership and family support programme. ? There were 432 new registrations/notifications of early years services representing a three-fold increase on 2015. ? Expanded educational welfare services worked with 3,751 new individual children in the academic year 2015/2016. ? The Tusla feedback and complaints policy ?Tell Us? went live in late 2016 PB - Tusla M1 - annual_report TI - Tusla annual report 2016. AV - public EP - 84 p. ER - TY - GEN CY - London ID - ndc27794 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/27794/ Y1 - 2017/08// N2 - This booklet is intended for use by anyone talking with young people about a parent or carer?s drug or alcohol use, to help them understand and come to terms with their situation. Professionals ? such as teachers, youth workers and health workers ? who may come into contact with young people who they know, or suspect, are affected by the drug and/ or alcohol use of one, or both, of their parents may find it particularly useful. It is intended to be a tool by which a young person can be encouraged to discuss their life and their feelings and be reassured that there are people who can help with their situation. It should not be seen as an assessment tool - nor as a substitute for professional intervention ? but as a source of support for the young person. Each page contains scenarios or prompts to help direct the young person to think about some of the issues they are facing, whilst the boxes across the bottom contain information and suggestions to help the adult reader facilitate the discussion. Section 1 ? For adults ? How to use this booklet ? What are drugs ? Effects on young people ? What a young person might be going through ? Assessing the risks ? What the law says ? The United Nations Convention on the ? Rights of the Child ? Resources Section 2 ? for 4-10 year olds ? All about drugs ? I feel... ? What?s going on? ? I feel better ? Mum and dad ? My life ? My future Section 3 ? for 11-15 year olds ? All about drugs ? I feel ****! ? What?s going on? ? Feeling better ? What mum and dad might be going through ? My life ? My future PB - Adfam TI - When parents take drugs. AV - public EP - 23 p. ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc27779 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/27779/ A1 - Lange, Shannon A1 - Probst, Charlotte A1 - Gmel, Gerrit TI - Global prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder among children and youth: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Y1 - 2017/08// N2 - Question: What is the prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder among children and youth in the general population? Findings: In this meta-analysis of 24 unique studies and 1416 unique children and youth with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, approximately 8 of 1000 in the general population had fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, and 1 of every 13 pregnant women who consumed alcohol during pregnancy delivered a child with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. The prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder was found to be notably higher among special populations. South Africa was estimated to have the highest prevalence of FASD at 111.1 per 1000 population (95% CI, 71.1-158.4 per 1000 population), followed by Croatia at 53.3 per 1000 population (95% CI, 30.9-81.2 per 1000 population) and Ireland at 47.5 per 1000 population (95% CI, 28.0-73.6 per 1000 population). Meaning: The prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder among children and youth in the general population exceeds 1% in 76 countries, which underscores the need for universal prevention initiatives targeting maternal alcohol consumption, screening protocols, and improved access to diagnostic services, especially in special populations. AV - none JF - JAMA Pediatrics VL - Early online ER - TY - GEN CY - London ID - ndc27554 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/27554/ Y1 - 2017/07// N2 - County lines is the UK police term for urban gangs supplying drugs to suburban areas and market and coastal towns using dedicated mobile phone lines or ?deal lines?. It involves child criminal exploitation (CCE) as gangs use children and vulnerable people to move drugs and money. Gangs establish a base in the market location, typically by taking over the homes of local vulnerable adults by force or coercion in a practice referred to as ?cuckooing?. County lines is a major, cross-cutting issue involving drugs, violence, gangs, safeguarding, criminal and sexual exploitation, modern slavery, and missing persons; and the response to tackle it involves the police, the National Crime Agency, a wide range of Government departments, local government agencies and VCS (voluntary and community sector) organisations. County lines activity and the associated violence, drug dealing and exploitation has a devastating impact on young people, vulnerable adults and local communities. This guidance is intended to explain the nature of this harm to enable practitioners to recognize its signs and respond appropriately so that potential victims get the support and help they need. PB - Home Office TI - Criminal exploitation of children and vulnerable adults: County Lines guidance. AV - public EP - 7 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc27391 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/27391/ Y1 - 2017/06// PB - National College of Ireland SN - 978-0-905957-36-4 TI - Building hope for a brighter future. Working with children and young people in Dublin?s North East Inner City to restore relationships and bring about lasting change in their communities. AV - public EP - 60 p. ER - TY - GEN CY - Innocenti, Florence ID - ndc27430 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/27430/ Y1 - 2017/06// PB - Unicef Office of Research TI - Building the future: children and the sustainable development goals in rich countries, Innocenti report card 14 EP - 58 p. AV - public ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc27365 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/27365/ A1 - Keane, Eimear A1 - Gavin, Aoife A1 - Perry, Catherine A1 - Molcho, Michal A1 - Kelly, Colette A1 - Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse Y1 - 2017/05// N2 - This report provides us with a very important picture of the trends in the health behaviours of school-aged children. It describes the self-reported health status for children in Ireland over time in relation to key indicators: health behaviours (eg smoking, alcohol, dieting fruit consumption, tooth brushing), health outcomes (eg feeling low, injuries, life satisfaction) and contexts of children?s lives (family, school, peers and locality). The various surveys that have taken place every four years from 1998 to 2014 mean that policymakers and researchers have access to key data to inform policy and service development. The data is also a key factor in designing policy for the prevention of poor health behaviours and for the promotion of healthy ones. This Trends Report helps policy-makers to future-proof the direction of national population health policy. The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Ireland study has been gathering and analysing data from school-aged children aged between 10 and 17 years over a period of 16 years. To date HBSC Ireland has collected data from 49,268 school-aged children. The most recent data collection occurred in 2014; it was the 5th national survey cycle of the study. The report is divided into three sections: health behaviours, health outcomes and contexts of children?s lives. PB - Department of Health and National University of Ireland, Galway SN - 978-1-908358-55-4 TI - Trends in health behaviours, health outcomes and contextual factors between 1998-2014: findings from the Irish health behaviour in school-aged children study. AV - public EP - 48 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc27362 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/27362/ A1 - Shannon, Geoffrey Y1 - 2017/05// N2 - In this audit, the Garda respondents? accounts of contemporary policing in Ireland highlights the increasingly diverse and demanding roles expected of members of An Garda Síochána, of which child protection is now firmly a part. Chapter 1: Introduction p.1 Chapter 2: The system p.14 Chapter 3: Review and analysis of pulse p.37 3.7 Grounds upon which section 12 was invoked p.61 3.7.1 Suspicion or concern that child is being abused or neglected p.63 3.7.2 Concern for child welfare (public safety) p.65 3.7.3 Suspected emotional abuse p.66 3.7.4 Suspected neglect p.66 3.7.5 Suspected physical abuse p.68 3.7.6 Suspected sexual abuse p.69 3.7.7 Child a danger to self/others p.70 3.7.8 Child under influence of drugs/alcohol p.71 3.7.9 Domestic violence p.71 3.7.10 Mental health issues within child p.72 3.7.11 Mental health issues within parent(s) p.73 3.7.12 Active substance abuse within parents leading to abuse or neglect p.75 3.7.13 Other p.79 3.7.14 No known reason for invocation of section 12 p.82 Chapter 4: Questionnaires reviewed p.112 Chapter 5: Interviews and focus groups reviewed p.154 Chapter 6: General discussion, conclusions and recommendations p.241 PB - An Garda Siochana M1 - government_publication TI - Audit of the exercise by An Garda Síochána of the provisions of Section 12 of the Child Care Act 1991. AV - public EP - 346 p. ER - TY - GEN CY - Southampton ID - ndc27520 UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK425633/ A1 - Sumnall, Harry A1 - Percy, Andrew A1 - Cole, Jon C A1 - Murphy, Lynn A1 - Foxcroft, David Y1 - 2017/04// N2 - BACKGROUND: Alcohol use in young people remains a public health concern, with adverse impacts on outcomes such as health, well-being, education and relationships. OBJECTIVES: To assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a combined classroom curriculum and parental intervention on self-reported alcohol use [heavy episodic drinking (HED)] and alcohol-related harms (indicators such as getting into fights after drinking, poorer school performance and trouble with friends and family). DESIGN: A two-arm, cluster randomised controlled trial with schools as the unit of randomisation. SETTING: A total of 105 post-primary schools in Northern Ireland (NI) and Glasgow/Inverclyde Educational Authority areas. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 12,738 male and female secondary school students (intervention delivered when students were in school year 9 in NI or S2 in Scotland in the academic year 2012?13 and aged 12?13 years) were randomised. Randomisation and baseline (T0) surveys took place when children were in school year 8 or S1. Schools were randomised (1?:?1) by an independent statistician to the Steps Towards Alcohol Misuse Prevention Programme (STAMPP) or to education as normal (EAN). All schools were stratified by free school meal provision. Schools in NI were also stratified by school type (male/female/coeducational). INTERVENTIONS: STAMPP combined a school-based alcohol harm reduction curriculum [an adapted version of the School Health and Alcohol Harm Reduction Project (SHAHRP)] and a brief parental intervention designed to support parents in setting family rules around drinking. The classroom component comprised two phases delivered over 2 years, and the parental component comprised a standardised presentation delivered by a trained facilitator at specially arranged parent evenings on school premises. This was followed up a few weeks later by an information leaflet mailed to all intervention pupils? parents highlighting the main points of the evening. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: (1) Self-reported HED (defined as self-reported consumption of ??6 units in a single episode in the previous 30 days for male students and ??4.5 units for female students) assessed at 33 months from baseline (T3); and (2) the number of self-reported harms (harms caused by own drinking) assessed at T3. DATA SOURCES: Self-completed pupil questionnaires. RESULTS: At final follow-up (T3), data were available for 5160 intervention and 5073 control pupils for the HED outcome, and for 5234 intervention and 5146 control pupils for the self-reported harms outcome. The intervention reduced self-reported HED compared with EAN (p?90?days). Age (0-4, 5-11, 12-15) and gender trends were established. Rates of concomitant prescriptions for antiepileptic, antipsychotics, antidepressants and psychostimulants were reported. European prescribing data were retrieved from the literature. RESULTS Rates decreased from 2002 (8.56/1000 GMS population: 95% CI 8.20 to 8.92) to 2011 (5.33/1000 GMS population: 95% CI 5.10 to 5.55). Of those children currently receiving a BZD prescription, 6% were prescribed BZD for >90?days. Rates were higher for boys in the 0-4 and 5-11 age ranges, whereas for girls they were higher in the 12-15 age groups. A substantial proportion of children receiving BZD drugs are also prescribed antiepileptic (27%), antidepressant (11%), antipsychotic (5%) and psychostimulant (2%) medicines. Prescribing rates follow a similar pattern to that in other European countries. CONCLUSIONS While BZD prescribing trends have decreased in recent years, this study shows that a significant proportion of the GMS children population are being prescribed BZD in the long term. This study highlights the need for guidelines for BZD prescribing in children in terms of clinical indication and responsibility, coprescribing, dosage and duration of treatment. JF - BMJ Open VL - 5 SN - 2044-6055 TI - Benzodiazepine prescribing in children under 15?years of age receiving free medical care on the General Medical Services scheme in Ireland. AV - none ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc23863 UR - http://fampra.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/04/21/fampra.cmv016.full?keytype=ref&ijkey=gzd12Q8WDsvoiOB IS - 3 A1 - Sinnott, Carol A1 - McHugh, Sheena A1 - Fitzgerald, Anthony P A1 - Bradley, Colin A1 - Kearney, Patricia M Y1 - 2015/// N2 - Background. To effectively meet the health care needs of multimorbid patients, the most important psychosocial factors associated with multimorbidity must be discerned. Our aim was to examine the association between self-reported adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and multimorbidity and the contribution of other social, behavioural and psychological factors to this relationship. Methods. We analysed cross-sectional data from the Mitchelstown study, a population-based cohort recruited from a large primary care centre. ACE was measured by self-report using the Centre for Disease Control ACE questionnaire. A 10-item questionnaire categorizes ACE into three groups that relate to: abuse (emotional, physical or sexual), neglect (emotional or physical) and household dysfunction (domestic abuse, parents divorced, parents in prison, parental addiction or parental mental illness). Results. Of 2047 participants, 45.3% (n = 927) reported multimorbidity. ACE was reported by 28.4% (n = 248) of multimorbid participants, 21% (n = 113) of single chronic disease participants and 16% (n = 83) of those without chronic disease. Conclusions. Multimorbidity is independently associated with a history of ACEs. These findings demonstrate the psychosocial complexity associated with multimorbidity and should be used to inform health care provision in this patient cohort. PB - Oxford JF - Family Practice VL - 32 TI - Psychosocial complexity in multimorbidity: the legacy of adverse childhood experiences. SP - 269 AV - none EP - 275 ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc24897 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/24897/ Y1 - 2015/// N2 - Following the enactment of the Child and Family Agency Act 2013, the Agency was established on 1st January 2014 and is responsible for improving wellbeing and outcomes for children. It represents the most comprehensive reform of services for the development, welfare and protection of children and the support of families ever undertaken in Ireland. PB - Tusla M1 - annual_report TI - Tusla annual report 2014. AV - public EP - 99 p. ER - TY - GEN CY - London ID - ndc24074 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/24074/ Y1 - 2014/11// N2 - Using visitors to enhance alcohol and drug education sessions is a common approach taken by many schools, with teachers feeling that people with direct experience can bring a valuable ?real life? element to lessons. Similarly, good practice guidance states that external contributors represent a key source of advice and support for schools in the delivery of alcohol and drug education. But whilst visitors can bring benefits if used properly, a lack of care and attention to good practice can result in sessions having limited, or even negative, outcomes. Although this document contains relevant learning on how schools can use any sort of visitor to enhance alcohol and drug education, it focuses particularly on contributions from families affected by substance use: for example, a parent whose child experienced problems with drugs or alcohol. This resource aims to: ?Help schools and families to accrue benefits and avoid mistakes in collaborating to deliver alcohol and drug education ?Ensure approaches are based on available evidence and good practice ?Make sessions as beneficial as possible for pupils, families and teachers. PB - Mentor ADEPSIS TI - Involving families affected by substance use in alcohol and drug education. AV - public EP - 19 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc23037 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/23037/ A1 - Watson, Dorothy A1 - Maitre, Bertrand A1 - Whelan, Christopher T A1 - Williams, James Y1 - 2014/11// N2 - This research report draws on the longitudinal Growing Up in Ireland study to examine change over time in the economic vulnerability of families and its consequences for the socio-emotional development of children. Economic vulnerability refers to an increased risk of multidimensional material disadvantage, involving a distinctive profile in relation to low income, household joblessness and economic stress. Socio-emotional development is measured using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). As well as examining the risk factors for economic vulnerability and socio-emotional problems, the report examines the factors associated with improved outcomes for children, enhancing their resilience. The report addresses the following research questions: 1. How did the economic vulnerability of families change as Ireland moved from boom to recession? 2. Which families are most at risk of economic vulnerability? Does this differ between the ?98 Cohort and the ?08 Cohort? 3. What is the relationship between family economic vulnerability and the child?s socio-emotional well-being? Does the relationship differ depending on whether the economic vulnerability is persistent or transient? 4. Are there factors which appear to protect children from the impact of economic vulnerability on socio-emotional development? PB - Department of Children and Youth Affairs SN - 978-1-4064-2844-5 M1 - other TI - Dynamics of child economic vulnerability and socio-emotional development: an analysis of the first two waves of the growing up in Ireland study. AV - public EP - 89 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc22863 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/22863/ A1 - Coulter, Carol Y1 - 2014/10// N2 - This is the second Interim Report of the Child Care Law Reporting Project, updating the overview of the reports published on the website and publishing the results of the data collected since the first Interim Report, that is, between September 2013 and mid-July 2014. During that time we attended child care proceedings in 29 courts, presided over by different judges. We recorded data from 486 cases, involving 864 children. We published four further volumes of reports on child care proceedings, bringing to 160 the total number of reports on the website. The first Interim Report, which can be found on www.childlawproject.ie, outlined the legislative framework and background to the project, so this is not necessary again. The third and final report of this phase of the project, based on our first three years? work, will be published next year and will contain conclusions and recommendations drawn from all the reports published and the data collected in that time. Our methodology is based on attendance at child care proceedings, reporting the main cases heard and collecting data on all cases dealt with in court, including those disposed of briefly. It does not include structured interviews with participants ? judges, social workers, parents, etc. While we have had a number of informal discussions with members of the judiciary, the legal representatives of both the Child and Family Agency and parents, guardians ad litem and others, they do not form part of the reports and nothing discussed in any informal setting is published in any form. Rather they inform the context in which the reports are written and the data is analysed. Therefore the essential work of the project is attending court, writing reports for the Publications section of the website and collecting data on data sheets which is then analysed and published in these reports. That can be found in Appendix II of this report, and we publish a commentary on these results in Chapter I. The main issues that emerge from the reported cases are examined in Chapter 2. We publish some interim observations and suggestions for improvements in child care proceedings in Chapter 3, but our final recommendations will not come until next year. We used the Courts Service statistics for child care applications as a guide in the allocation of our reporting resources to courts, seeking to report from them according to the volume they dealt with. We are also grateful to the Child and Family Agency for providing us with the statistics of Arthur Cox Consultancy Services on the applications obtained by solicitors acting for the CFA around the country, which provided a second source for the volumes of cases dealt with according to geographical area. Both of these sources showed that approximately one third of all applications were sought and obtained in Dublin. However, the statistics from Arthur Cox, and other data from the Child and Family Agency, are based on former HSE regions, which do not accord with District Court areas. This makes direct comparisons difficult outside of Dublin. Our statistics in our first year of operation, which covered the eight months from December 2012 until July 2013, were heavily weighted in favour of Dublin, the location of 80 per cent of the cases we attended. We sought to correct this in the current year, and we succeeded, with Dublin accounting for only 34.8 per cent of this year?s cases. The remaining 65.2 per cent of cases were spread over 29 District Courts and 35 judges, including a number of ?moveable? judges, who are not tied to a specific District. We are therefore satisfied that this year?s statistics are more representative of national trends than last year?s.... PB - Child Care Law Reporting Project M1 - other TI - Child Care Law Reporting Project: second interim report. AV - public EP - 74 p. ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc22923 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/22923/ A1 - Curtin, Margaret Y1 - 2014/10// PB - Health Research Board JF - Drugnet Ireland VL - Issue 51, Autumn 2014 TI - Supporting children in families experiencing mental health difficulties. SP - 21 AV - public EP - 22 ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc22906 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/22906/ A1 - Keane, Martin Y1 - 2014/10// PB - Health Research Board JF - Drugnet Ireland VL - Issue 51, Autumn 2014 TI - National policy framework for children and young people. SP - 5 AV - public EP - 6 ER - TY - GEN CY - London ID - ndc24069 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/24069/ Y1 - 2014/09// N2 - This briefing paper is aimed at informing teachers and practitioners involved in the delivery of alcohol and drug education and prevention. In the paper we set out the importance of Early Intervention as a preventative measure that offers children and young people the necessary social and emotional skills to help them make more positive and informed life choices. PB - Mentor ADEPSIS TI - Early intervention and prevention. AV - public EP - 7 p. ER - TY - GEN CY - London ID - ndc22757 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/22757/ Y1 - 2014/09// N2 - Summary 1. Resilience is the capacity to bounce back from adversity. Protective factors increase resilience, whereas risk factors increase vulnerability. Resilient individuals, families and communities are more able to deal with difficulties and adversities than those with less resilience. 2. Those who are resilient do well despite adversity, although it does not imply that those who are resilient are unharmed ? they often have poorer outcomes than those who have low-risk background but less resilience. This applies to health outcomes and affects success in a range of areas of life across the life course. Evidence shows that resilience could contribute to healthy behaviours, higher qualifications and skills, better employment, better mental well-being, and a quicker or more successful recovery from illness. 3. Resilience is not an innate feature of some people?s personalities. Resilience and adversity are distributed unequally across the population, and are related to broader socio-economic inequalities which have common causes ? the inequities in power, money and resources that shape the conditions in which people live and their opportunities, experiences and relationships. 4. Those who face the most adversity are least likely to have the resources necessary to build resilience. This ?double burden? means that inequalities in resilience are likely to contribute to health inequalities. 5. Schools have a key opportunity to build resilience among children and young people, and there is a range of ways in which local authorities can support and encourage schools to take action. 6. Actions to increase resilience can be targeted at different levels - they can aim to increase achievements of pupils; to support them through transitions and encourage healthy behaviours; to promote better interpersonal relationships between people ? particularly parents or carers and children; and to create more supportive, cohesive schools that support both pupils and the wider community. PB - Public Health England TI - Building children and young people?s resilience in schools. AV - public EP - 10 p. ER - TY - GEN CY - London ID - ndc22462 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/22462/ A1 - McNeish, Di A1 - Scott, Sara Y1 - 2014/08// N2 - The purpose of this review is to inform a new cross-sector strategic alliance focused on women and girls with complex needs. It reviews the evidence base for the underlying hypotheses of the initiative: ? There are groups of women and girls with similar clusters of extreme vulnerabilities in very damaging circumstances and systems. ? For some women the trajectories towards these highly damaging outcomes appear to be driven by unaddressed or unresolved trauma (defined broadly to include abuse, neglect, exploitation and disrupted attachment). Other risk factors, such as personality type, genetics and family history, may also play a role. ? Girls may begin to exhibit the behavioural manifestations of this early experience in different ways from boys in adolescence (which is also when service responses begin to differ). ? Some women have been failed as children and as adults by the services meant to protect them, to support their resilience and to assist their recovery. ? There are opportunities to address these issues and support women and girls by taking a ?life course? approach, looking holistically at a structural, social and cultural context. The review is based on a search of a broad range of evidence sources including: published research, theoretical literature, data available on UK government websites and ?grey literature? such as organisational reports and websites. The parameters of the search strategy have been literature published in the English language since 2000, supplemented by a selective review of significant literature since 1980 (identified primarily through citations).The review has explored available research and other sources of data on the characteristics and risk factors of women or adolescent girls who experience negative outcomes, including those: ? In contact with the criminal justice system as adults or young women ? Experiencing homelessness ? Involved in prostitution or sexual exploitation ? Experiencing severe mental health problems ? With serious drugs and/or alcohol problems. We consider the relationship between these outcomes and the prevalence or accumulation of negative and abusive experiences across the life course, including physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, disrupted or poor attachments, domestic violence, negative school experiences and being in care, highlighting differential impacts by gender. We also review the available evidence on the characteristics of interventions that succeed in interrupting these pathways, and increase resilience and the possibility of recovery at different points of the life course, for example drug and alcohol and mental health interventions, education and training, maternity and parenting provision, and housing and criminal justice responses. PB - DMSS Research TI - Women and girls at risk. Evidence across the life course. AV - public EP - 35 p. ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc22057 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/22057/ IS - 5 A1 - Houghton, Frank A1 - Scott, Lisa A1 - Houghton, Sharon A1 - Lewis, Christopher Alan Y1 - 2014/06/06/ N2 - Objectives Examined children's awareness of sport sponsorship in Ireland, focussing on the 2008 European Rugby Cup win by Munster Rugby. Methods Following the Munster Rugby win in 2008, a cross-sectional sample of 1,175 children (7-13 years) in 11 National Schools in Ireland were asked which company sponsored "the cup that Munster won" and were then asked to name the product made by that company. Results Significantly higher level of awareness of the sponsor by children in Munster (69.9 %) to those outside Munster (21.5 %). No significant difference in the level of awareness of their product (alcohol) by location (inside Munster 75.9 %, outside Munster 83.6 %). Conclusions These findings support the view for an immediate introduction of legislation banning the sponsorship of sport. PB - Springer Basel JF - International Journal of Public Health VL - 59 SN - 1661-8564 TI - Children's awareness of alcohol sponsorship of sport in Ireland: Munster Rugby and the 2008 European Rugby Cup. SP - 829 AV - none EP - 832 ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc22129 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/22129/ Y1 - 2014/06// N2 - In recent years pressures on parents have increased, with austerity budgets cutting child support payments and increasing costs. Barnardos has more than 40 services across the country and staff are reporting that poor mental health among parents is increasing in prevalence. Barnardos staff are also finding that when a parent experiences a mental health difficulty and they are not adequately supported or are receiving inappropriate treatment, their children can be affected. These reports prompted Barnardos to examine the issue of mental health specifically in relation to parents to try and identify ways in which approaches and supports can be improved. In the majority of cases Barnardos encounters, parents are experiencing feelings of anxiety, stress and hopelessness. There is a proven link between poverty and poor mental health and often the parent?s life circumstances are at the root of these feelings and exacerbating them. Staff also found that very few parents have adequate support for their mental health difficulty. It is not possible to generalise the effects of parental mental health difficulties on families as it can depend on the severity and duration of the difficulty. In addition, other factors are frequently present such as poverty, addiction, overcrowding in housing, bereavement and domestic violence, all of which can have a huge impact on family life. It is important to note research has indicated that parental mental health difficulties alone present little risk of significant harm to children1. But the absence of supports for both parents and children can compromise the child?s ability to cope. This can result in children?s social and emotional development and their educational attainment being adversely affected. The impact can include inconsistency in parenting capacity, resulting in poor routines and sometimes patchy school attendance, lack of boundaries and children presenting with poor hygiene and / or hungry. Key Recommendations: Challenge mental health prejudice and discrimination: While some efforts are already being undertaken, more needs to be done to challenge public perceptions and promote the message that mental health difficulties can affect anyone and people can and do recover, given the right supports. In particular, parents must know they can access support without judgement on their parenting capacity. Adopt a family model approach: Promote policies and improve practice across adult and children?s systems that consider the needs of the whole family instead of seeing their service users in isolation. This would be a shift from the current siloed system, towards more holistic user focused services. Far greater intra and interagency co-ordination between inpatient mental health services and primary care services and between community mental health teams and primary care services are desperately needed. Likewise improved information sharing involving community based services is required. Practical changes to improving service delivery across adult mental health and children?s services interface can include co-ordinating workforce development training, having common questions about family life in screening and assessment templates, and considering whole family needs in care plans and identifying crossover with different agencies needed to implement the plan. Talk to children: Children living with a parent experiencing mental health difficulties need to be informed and reassured in an age appropriate manner about what is happening to their parent and what to expect. All professionals working with the parent must understand the importance of talking to the children and be skilled accordingly. Likewise parents should be given the appropriate support so they can talk to their children about what they are experiencing and reassure them in an age appropriate manner. Expedite the roll out of community based services: The ongoing delays in recruitment and service provision for fully staffed, multi-disciplinary community services as outlined in A Vision for Change are unacceptable. Their widespread availability will help challenge the dominance of the medical model and act as a preventative factor stemming some problems from escalating. Consult with parents affected by poor mental health: Identify parents? preferred community based services that would make a positive difference to their lives and to their children. These services could include peer support groups (for parents and children), counselling services and family support services. The widespread availability of such practical supports would ease pressure on parents and reassure them they are not alone and can seek support without fear their parenting ability is being judged. PB - Barnardos M1 - other TI - Patients. parents. people. Towards integrated supports and services for families experiencing mental health difficulties. AV - public EP - 28 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc21773 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/21773/ Y1 - 2014/04// PB - Stationery Office M1 - other TI - Better outcomes brighter futures. The national policy framework for children & young people 2014 - 2020. EP - 168 p. AV - public ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc21684 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/21684/ A1 - Lyons, Suzi Y1 - 2014/04// PB - Health Research Board JF - Drugnet Ireland VL - Issue 49, Spring 2014 TI - Stakeholder consultation on Hidden Harm. SP - 15 AV - public EP - 16 ER - TY - GEN CY - London ID - ndc18912 UR - http://pathways.nice.org.uk/pathways/reducing-substance-misuse-among-vulnerable-children-and-young-people TI - Reducing substance misuse among vulnerable children and young people overview. Y1 - 2014/04// N2 - NICE Pathways is an online tool for health and social care professionals that brings together all related NICE guidance and associated products in a set of interactive topic-based diagrams. Visually representing everything NICE has said on a particular topic, the pathways enable you to see at a glance all of NICE's recommendations on a specific clinical or health topic. There are sections on: ? Working with vulnerable and disadvantaged children and young people ? Preventing alcohol-use disorders ? Smoking prevention and cessation in schools PB - National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence AV - none ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc21825 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/21825/ Y1 - 2014/04// N2 - Comhairle Na nÓg is a forum for structured input into decision-making by children and young people in the development of local services and policies; it is supported and resourced by relevant statutory and voluntary organisations in the county/city. The Comhairle Na nÓg Development Fund is designed to assist local authorities to support the development and improvement of Comhairle Na nÓg as: ? a firmly embedded structure and key consultative/participative forum for children and young people in each local authority area CDB area; ? An effective mechanism for children and young people to improve their own lives in partnership with adult stakeholders. PB - Department of Children and Youth Affairs M1 - annual_report TI - Comhairle na nÓg report. Annual report 2013. AV - public EP - 44 p. ER - TY - GEN CY - Rockville, MD ID - ndc25003 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/25003/ A1 - Patnode, Carrie D A1 - O?Connor, Elizabeth A1 - Rowland, Maya A1 - Burda, Brittany A1 - Perdue, Leslie A1 - Whitlock, Evelyn P Y1 - 2014/03// PB - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality TI - Primary care behavioral interventions to prevent or reduce illicit drug and nonmedical pharmaceutical use in children and adolescents: a systematic evidence review for the U.S. preventive services task force. EP - 75 p. AV - public ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc21590 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/21590/ A1 - Hope, Ann Y1 - 2014/03// N2 - In Ireland, the burden of alcohol related harm is often experienced by those around the drinker, be they family member, friend, co-worker or innocent ?bystander?. Alcohol?s harm to others (AH2O) undermines public safety and is experienced in every community. The negative effects from other people?s drinking are visible in the public domain and can range from the nuisance factor, feeling unsafe in public places to the violent attack by an intoxicated drinker. Physical assaults and driving a car while under the influence of alcohol can contribute to injuries, accidents, disabilities and death of innocent people. Although not often publically visible, alcohol?s harm to others within the family can have very serious consequences for the safety and well-being of family members, with children being the most vulnerable. The World Health Organisation (WHO), in its Global Strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol, called for special attention to be given to reducing harm to people other than the drinker and to populations that are at particular risk (WHO 2010). This report examines alcohol?s harm to others in three Irish settings ? the general population, in the workplace and children in families. The information is based on self reported responses in the national drinking surveys of 2006 and 2010, funded by the Health Service Executive. PB - Health Service Executive M1 - other TI - Alcohol?s harm to others in Ireland. AV - public EP - 31 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc21442 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/21442/ Y1 - 2014/02// PB - Children's Rights Alliance M1 - annual_report TI - Report card 2014. EP - 140 p. AV - public ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc21217 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/21217/ A1 - Keane, Martin Y1 - 2014/01// PB - Health Research Board JF - Drugnet Ireland VL - Issue 48, Winter 2013 TI - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service: report for 2011/2012. SP - 19 AV - public EP - 20 ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc22495 UR - http://www.esri.ie/publications/latest_publications/view/index.xml?id=4067 A1 - Barrett, Alan A1 - Kamiya, Yumiko A1 - O?Sullivan, Vincent Y1 - 2014/// N2 - Control variables for childhood adversity other than sexual abuse such as parental alcohol or substance abuse were included. Respondents were asked questions relating to problem drinking. PB - Science Direct JF - Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics VL - 53 TI - Childhood sexual abuse and later-life economic consequences. SP - 10 AV - none EP - 16 ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc26205 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/26205/ Y1 - 2014/// PB - Government Publications TI - State of the Nation?s Children: Ireland 2014. EP - 264 p. AV - public ER - TY - RPRT CY - Florence ID - ndc22859 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/22859/ A1 - Fanjul, Gonzalo Y1 - 2014/// N2 - The data and observations in this Innocenti Report Card reveal a strong and multifaceted relationship between the impact of the Great Recession on national economies and a decline in children?s well-being since 2008. Children are suffering most, and will bear the consequences longest, in countries where the recession has hit hardest. For each country, the extent and character of the crisis?s impact on children has been shaped by the depth of the recession, pre-existing economic conditions, the strength of the social safety net and, most importantly, policy responses. Remarkably, amid this unprecedented social crisis, many countries have managed to limit ? or even reduce ? child poverty. It was by no means inevitable, then, that children would be the most enduring victims of the recession. PB - UNICEF Office of Research VL - Innocenti report card 12 M1 - annual_report TI - Children of the recession. The impact of the economic crisis on child well-being in rich countries. AV - public EP - 52 p. ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc21446 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/21446/ IS - 2 A1 - Hope, Ann Y1 - 2014/// N2 - Although the World Health Organization and the European Community recognize harm to children and young people due to alcohol?whether their own or someone else?s drinking effective policies to reduce harm are not widely followed. The alcohol beverage industry?s drive to use social networking systems blurs the line between user-generated and industry marketing materials, such that young people are more frequently and at a younger age, potentially exposed to the promotion of alcoholic drinks. This contravenes recommendations arising out of the emerging scientific literature that delaying the onset of drinking and reducing the prevalence of heavy session drinking are likely to promote a healthier next generation. JF - Alcohol and Alcoholism VL - 49 SN - 1464-3502 TI - ?Lead us not into temptation?: adolescence and alcohol policy in Europe. SP - 126 AV - none EP - 127 ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc21336 UR - http://www.iyjs.ie/en/IYJS/Tackling%20Youth%20Crime%20-%20Youth%20Justice%20Action%20Plan%20FINAL.pdf/Files/Tackling%20Youth%20Crime%20-%20Youth%20Justice%20Action%20Plan%20FINAL.pdf Y1 - 2014/// N2 - A small, but significant number of young people in Ireland every year require targeted, strategic attention because their behaviour has led to their involvement in the youth justice system. These young people have been given specific attention through the implementation of the National Youth Justice Strategy, 2008-2010 and are the focus of this Action Plan. Twelve years is the age of criminal responsibility (or 10/11 years where a child has committed a serious offence1) and a ?child? is defined as a person under the age of 18 years under the Children Act 2001. The terms ?youth? and ?young person? are interchangeably used to describe a person who meets this legal definition. Youth crime constitutes up to 15% of all crime (excluding road traffic offences). The typical offending that young people become involved in (e.g. public order crime, alcohol and drug misuse) is often distressing for members of the public and while we know that youth crime will always be a concern, we also now know from hard data that the vast majority of young people grow out of crime. Since the first National Youth Justice Strategy commenced in 2008, the number of children detained by the Courts annually on criminal conviction has consistently dropped; the operational costs of detention have reduced by over 30%; the capital costs and space required in the new national detention facilities being built at Oberstown are approximately 50% of what was estimated in 2008; and youth crime has decreased. PB - Department of Justice and Equality M1 - other TI - Tackling youth crime ? youth justice action plan, 2014-2018. AV - public EP - 34 p. ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc22248 UR - http://www.inmo.ie/7914 IS - 5 A1 - Latham, Linda Y1 - 2014/// N2 - Nurses are ideally placed to spot the signs of alcohol abuse and should be prepared to open a conversation about the issue with family members. Starting a conversation about alcohol misuse, whether it be with a spouse, a family or with friends, is a culturally awkward endeavour in Ireland. Despite the fact that Irish society tolerates a high level of alcohol consumption, it is a conversation that should be encouraged well before children start experimenting with alcohol. This conversation should be initiated tentatively by nurses, whether at work, in the community or in their own homes. Some estimates suggest that nurses misuse drugs and alcohol at nearly the same rate (10-15%) as the rest of the population. The American Nurses Association estimates that 6-8% of nurses use alcohol or drugs to an extent that is sufficient to impair professional performance. It may be very uncomfortable for us to consider that a nurse can be high functioning and high achieving though suffering from a substance-use disorder such as alcoholism. Therefore, it makes sense that the conversation starts with us..... PB - Medmedia Group JF - World of Irish Nursing & Midwifery VL - 22 SN - 1393-8088 TI - Alcohol misuse and the family. SP - 55 AV - none EP - 56 ER - TY - RPRT CY - Birmingham ID - ndc21574 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/21574/ A1 - Mackay, M A1 - Vincenten, J Y1 - 2014/// N2 - The report describes the prevalence of intentional injuries to children in the European Union, including maltreatment, peer to peer violence and self-directed violence, and examines the level of uptake of national level policies to address intentional child injuries in over 25 Member States. This is the first time that national actions to address child intentional injury are being comprehensively assessed and reported on in the EU. Within the report are individual country policy profiles for each of the participating Member States: Austria, Belgium (Flanders only), Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden and the United Kingdom (England and Scotland only). PB - European Child Safety Alliance VL - ISBN 978-1-909100-98-5 M1 - other TI - National action to address child intentional injury - 2014. Europe summary. AV - public EP - 122 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Cork ID - ndc22652 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/22652/ A1 - Manning, E A1 - Corcoran, Paul A1 - Meaney, S A1 - Greene, Richard A Y1 - 2014/// N2 - Smoking and substance abuse page 23. PB - National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre M1 - annual_report TI - Perinatal mortality in Ireland annual report 2012. AV - public EP - 72 p. ER - TY - GEN CY - Sydney ID - ndc27681 UR - https://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/resource/supporting-pregnant-women-who-use-alcohol-or-other-drugs-guide-primary-health-care Y1 - 2014/// PB - National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre TI - Supporting pregnant women who use alcohol or other drugs - a guide for primary health care professionals. EP - 32 p. AV - public ER - TY - GEN CY - Sydney ID - ndc22394 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/22394/ A1 - Hutchinson, Delyse M A1 - Mattick, Richard P A1 - Braunstein, Danya A1 - Maloney, Elizabeth A1 - Wilson, Judy Y1 - 2014/// N2 - This report aimed to review the empirical literature on the impact of parental alcohol use disorders on family life. The report focused specifically on harms inflicted by the problematic consumption of alcohol on members of the family, particularly spouses and children, and on the functioning of the family unit as a whole. The key objectives of this report were to (a) improve understanding of the nature and extent of the impacts, (b) provide specific directions for future research, and (c) identify salient factors to be incorporated in national health policies, and prevention and treatment initiatives that aim to reduce the burden of alcohol use disorders in Australia. PB - National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre SN - 978-0-7334-3392-4 TI - The impact of alcohol use disorders on family life: a review of the empirical literature. AV - public EP - 110 p. ER - TY - GEN CY - Dublin ID - ndc24411 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/24411/ A1 - Rochford, S A1 - Doherty, N A1 - Owens, S Y1 - 2014/// PB - Centre for Effective Services SN - 978-0-9926269-1-4 TI - Prevention and early intervention in children and young people?s services: ten years of learning. AV - public EP - 42 p. ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc18937 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/18937/ IS - 4 A1 - Cleary, Brian J A1 - Reynolds, K A1 - Eogan, Maeve A1 - O'Connell, MP A1 - Fahey, T A1 - Gallagher, Paul J A1 - Clarke, T A1 - White, Martin J A1 - McDermott, C A1 - O'Sullivan, A A1 - Carmody, Deirdre A1 - Gleeson, J A1 - Murphy, Deidre J Y1 - 2013/12// N2 - This study aimed to i) describe methadone dosing before, during and after pregnancy, ii) to compare the incidence of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) between those with dose decreases and those with steady or increasing doses and iii) to describe prescribed medication use among opioid dependent pregnant women. PB - Wiley-Blackwell JF - Addiction VL - 108 SN - 1360-0443 TI - Methadone dosing and prescribed medication use in a prospective cohort of opioid-dependent pregnant women. SP - 762 AV - none EP - 770 ER - TY - GEN CY - London ID - ndc20890 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/20890/ Y1 - 2013/11// N2 - How can schools identify and support pupils affected by parental substance misuse? This resource has been developed for the UK Alcohol and Drug Education and Prevention Information Service (ADEPIS) by Adfam, the national umbrella organisation for those working with and for families affected by drugs and alcohol, and is intended to be a useful tool to help schools in safeguarding their pupils. ADEPIS is a project funded by the UK Department for Education which aims to provide good practice and evidence-based examples, and useful resources for the delivery of effective drug and alcohol education in schools. PB - Adfam TI - Identifying and supporting children affected by parental substance use. Resource for schools. AV - public EP - 11 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc20856 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/20856/ A1 - Coulter, Carol Y1 - 2013/11// N2 - Introduction: Background to the Project 1 Chapter 1: Setting up the project 6 Chapter 2: Cases reported on the website 11 Chapter 3: Data analysis 17 Chapter 4: Interim observations 24 Appendix 1: Glossary 33 Appendix 2: Tables 35 PB - Child Care Law Reporting Project M1 - other TI - Child Care Law Reporting Project: interim report. AV - public EP - 75 p. ER - TY - GEN CY - London ID - ndc24072 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/24072/ Y1 - 2013/11// N2 - How can schools identify and support pupils affected by parental substance misuse? This resource has been developed for the Alcohol and Drug Education and Prevention Information Service (ADEPIS) by Adfam, the national umbrella organisation for those working with and for families affected by drugs and alcohol, and is intended to be a useful tool to help schools in safeguarding their pupils. The purpose of this resource: When schools and teachers think about ?drugs?, they may often initially focus on incidents on school grounds and how to respond to them, students at risk of using substances, or perhaps about drug education. However, substance use can impact the lives of young people in many ways, especially if they are affected by problematic drug or alcohol use in their own homes. This resource aims to summarise the key issues for children affected by parental substance use, and how schools can consider supporting them. It is aimed primarily at school governors and headteachers, but will also be relevant to members of staff with particular pastoral care duties, including school nurses, Education Welfare Officers, and anyone identified as a Designated Senior Person (DSP) for child protection in schools. Key messages: ? Parental substance use is not a problem that schools can ?solve? alone, nor is it an issue they should turn a blind eye to ? Schools have both the responsibility and the ability to support children affected by parental substance use ? Safeguarding is a matter of child welfare, not drug and alcohol expertise ? Existing structures/policies cover most of this work already, but added focus is needed PB - Mentor ADEPSIS TI - Identifying and supporting children affected by parental substance misuse ? Resource for schools. AV - public EP - 11 p. ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc20694 UR - http://pagesonline.ie/issue/2013/Health_Matters_93/#/98/ IS - 3 A1 - Cassidy, Tanya Y1 - 2013/10// N2 - Rates of breastfeeding in Ireland have increased by 7% in the past few years, but figures from 2012 show that just 56% of mothers initiate breastfeeding in Ireland compared to over 90 per cent in Scandinavia and more than 80% in the UK. Given the postive health benefits of breastfeeding for both mother and child, a commonly asked question is whether or not mothers should drink alcohol when they are breastfeeding. Dr Tanya Cassidy won a Health Research Board Cochrane Fellowship to examine this important issue and investigate what evidence is available on the subject of alcohol consumption. PB - Health Service Executive JF - Health Matters VL - 9 TI - Alcohol and breastfeeding: reviewing the evidence. SP - 96 AV - none EP - 97 ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc20740 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/20740/ A1 - Pike, Brigid Y1 - 2013/10// PB - Health Research Board JF - Drugnet Ireland VL - Issue 47, Autumn 2013 TI - Drugs, alcohol and children?s lives ? strategy to improve our understanding. SP - 18 AV - public EP - 19 ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc20683 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/20683/ Y1 - 2013/10// N2 - As children are among the most vulnerable in society, through their dependence on adults and limited access to resources they are often incapable or face considerable difficulty communicating needs and having those needs met. This report seeks to identify those needs more clearly in relation to sexual violence and provide information about child sexual violence learned from child survivors who access services. This information can be used by adults and statutory actors to respond to and support vulnerable children. PB - Rape Crisis Network Ireland M1 - other TI - Hearing child survivors of sexual violence:Towards a national response. AV - public EP - 44 p, ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc20575 UR - http://www.nuigalway.ie/hbsc/ A1 - Gavin, Aoife A1 - Molcho, Michal A1 - Kelly, Colette A1 - Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse Y1 - 2013/09// N2 - The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) trends report presents findings on indicators of children?s health and well-being between 1998 and 2010. The report is divided into three main sections: health behaviours; health outcomes and contexts of children?s lives. In general, this report presents findings that highlight positive changes to children?s lives across each of these three areas. Health Behaviours Overall, there are encouraging trends in relation to both health risk behaviours and positive health behaviours. There is an overall significant decrease in the percentage of young people who are engaging in risky health behaviours, specifically substance use. However, particular attention should be given to girls and those from lower social classes who are consistently more likely to report engagement in these behaviours. PB - Department of Health and National University of Ireland, Galway SN - 978-1-908358-16-5 M1 - other TI - The HBSC Ireland trends report 1998?2010: Child health behaviours, outcomes and contexts. AV - public EP - 133 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - London ID - ndc20398 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/20398/ Y1 - 2013/08// N2 - Chapter 1 ? What exactly are club drugs and legal highs? Chapter 2 ? How did legal highs become so popular? Chapter 3 ? What do legal highs contain? Chapter 4 ? Know your Substances Chapter 5 -- Legal Highs, the limits of the law and police action Chapter 6 ? What you can do as a parent Chapter 7 ? Talking Consequences Chapter 8 -- Talking to your children about legal highs PB - The Angelus Foundation; Adfam; Club Drugs Clinic, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital M1 - other TI - Talking to your children about legal highs and club drugs: A parent's handbook. AV - public EP - 29 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc20177 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/20177/ Y1 - 2013/07// N2 - This is the first Implementation Report of the National Strategy for Research and Data on Children's Lives, 2011-2016, presenting the progress made on the implementation of the agreed actions in the strategy. Published in November 2011, the strategy was prepared by the Research Unit of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs and sets out a strategic direction and comprehensive action plan for research and data on children's lives in Ireland. PB - Department of Children and Youth Affairs M1 - government_publication TI - National Strategy for Research and Data on Children?s Lives 2011 ? 2016. Implementation report: action plan update 2012. AV - public EP - 168 p. ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc20133 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/20133/ A1 - Keane, Martin Y1 - 2013/07// PB - Health Research Board JF - Drugnet Ireland VL - Issue 46, Summer 2013 TI - Young people appeal for a more inclusive society. SP - 12 AV - public EP - 13 ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc20226 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/20226/ A1 - McElvaney, Rosaleen A1 - Tatlow-Golden, Mimi A1 - Webb, Roisin A1 - Lawlor, Eilis A1 - Merriman, Brian Y1 - 2013/07// N2 - This report hears from eight young adults who have been through the care system and yet show remarkable resilience. They are taking steps to move forward in their lives and have a valuable contribution to make. If we can put in place the right mental health supports for children in the care and youth justice system, we will be building better futures not just for them, but for society as a whole. We will have worked to use our new understanding of their needs to build a transformed future. The lives of our children, all of our children, will ultimately be the better for that. This report marks what the Coalition hopes will be the beginning of a process. It clearly identifies the need for a coherent and comprehensive national strategy addressing the mental health needs of young people in care and in the youth justice system. The mental health needs of these children and young people should, crucially, be central to any new policy and service developments which are currently underway in the reform of children?s services. At the heart of this process must be the young people themselves. As experts by experience, they must be involved in the planning, development and delivery of the system. Amnesty International Ireland?s 2011 polling revealed a high level of confidence in children?s ability to make decisions for themselves and in their trustworthiness. Nearly all respondents (86%) agreed it was important children have their opinions taken into account in significant decisions that affect them, while 67% agreed that children are trustworthy when voicing their opinions on decisions that will affect them. We must start listening. PB - Children's Mental Health Coalition M1 - other TI - Someone to care: the mental health needs of children and young people in the care and youth justice system. AV - public EP - 208 p. ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc20130 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/20130/ A1 - Pike, Brigid Y1 - 2013/07// PB - Health Research Board JF - Drugnet Ireland VL - Issue 46, Summer 2013 TI - How are the children? SP - 8 AV - public EP - 10 ER - TY - GEN CY - London ID - ndc19916 UR - http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/market-data-research/other/tv-research/alcohol-advertising/ Y1 - 2013/05// N2 - This report sets out the findings of analysis examining trends in young people?s exposure to television advertising of alcoholic products between 2007 and 2011. The analysis looks at trends among children aged 4-15 (including sub-groups of 4-9 and 10-15 year olds) and adults aged 16-24 (including the sub-group 16-17 year olds1). The report looks at how the amount of advertising seen by these demographic groups has changed and considers this in the context of changes in viewing habits and the volume of advertising shown on commercial television channels. PB - Ofcom TI - Children?s and young people?s exposure to alcohol advertising 2007 to 2011. AV - public EP - 84 p. ER - TY - GEN CY - London ID - ndc20038 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/20038/ A1 - Higgins, Kathryn A1 - McCann, Mark A1 - McLaughlin, Aisling A1 - McCartan, Claire A1 - Perra, Oliver Y1 - 2013/04// N2 - This study aims to: ? test different causal hypotheses explaining the longitudinal relationship between parental monitoring and alcohol use trajectories ? test the role of peer- and school-level factors in influencing individual drinking trajectories and monitoring ? investigate how patterns of monitoring dimensions (e.g. parental control and child disclosure) and their association with alcohol use change when considering other factors To achieve these aims, this study was divided into a number of sections; path analysis investigating how parental monitoring and alcohol use are related; multilevel modelling, investigating how alcohol use, and parental monitoring varies between different schools, and finally; structural equation models to assess the direct and indirect associations between monitoring and other important family characteristics. Key findings ? Children whose parents exert greater control over their free time activities tend to drink less frequently. Early control has a lasting influence on alcohol use ? Higher rates of drinking in early adolescence leads to reduced levels of parent-controlled boundaries and limits at home ? Being in a school with a higher proportion of frequent drinkers is a risk factor for frequent drinking ? Girls who attend single-sex post-primary schools tend to drink more than pupils attending co-educational schools or male-only schools PB - Alcohol research UK TI - Investigating parental monitoring, school and family influences on adolescent alcohol use. AV - public EP - 92 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Florence ID - ndc19663 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/19663/ Y1 - 2013/04// N2 - Part 1 presents a league table of child well-being in 29 of the world?s advanced economies. Part 2 looks at what children say about their own well-being (including a league table of children?s life satisfaction). Part 3 examines changes in child well-being in advanced economies over the first decade of the 2000s, looking at each country?s progress in educational achievement, teenage birth rates, childhood obesity levels, the prevalence of bullying, and the use of tobacco, alcohol and drugs. P.51 Findings Cigarettes » The percentage of children and young people who smoke cigarettes has fallen in all 21 countries for which comparable data are available (with the exception of Greece and Sweden where rates were low at the beginning of the decade and have remained stable). » The biggest falls over the decade were recorded in Germany, Norway, Portugal and the United Kingdom ? all of which more than halved the proportion of young people who report smoking cigarettes. Alcohol » More than three-quarters of the 21 countries also saw declines in alcohol use by young people ? as measured by the proportion of 11-, 13- and 15-yearolds who report having been drunk on at least two occasions. » The biggest falls were again recorded in Germany (where the alcohol abuse rate fell from 18% to under 12%) and in the United Kingdom (which saw a decline from 30% to just under 20%). » Despite the declining overall trend, the children and young people of three countries ? the Czech Republic, Denmark and Finland ? still have alcohol abuse rates of over 20%. » The biggest rise in alcohol abuse by young people was seen in the Czech Republic (rising from 15% to 22%). Cannabis » 17 out of 20 countries reported a fall in cannabis use. » The biggest percentage point falls were achieved in Canada, Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. » Canada still has the highest level of cannabis use among young people, despite reducing its usage rate from 40% in 2001/2002 to 28% in 2009/2010. » Germany has more than halved cannabis use among young people over the decade (from 19% to 9%). » Starting from a higher level, the United Kingdom has also halved cannabis use among young people (from 34% to 17%). » Switzerland has cut cannabis use among young people by more than a third (from 38% to 24%). P.49 Figure 7.3a Changes between 2001/2002 and 2009/2010 in the percentage of young people aged 11, 13 and 15 who reported smoking at least once a week P.50 Figure 7.3b Changes between 2001/2002 and 2009/2010 in the percentage of young people aged 11, 13 and 15 who reported having been drunk on more than two occasions P.50 Figure 7.3c Changes between 2001/2002 and 2009/2010 in the percentage of young people aged 11, 13 and 15 who reported having used cannabis in the last 12 months PB - UNICEF Office of Research M1 - other TI - Child well-being in rich countries: a comparative overview, Innocenti report card 11. AV - public EP - 60 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc20917 UR - http://www.iyjs.ie/en/IYJS/Pages/WP12000013 Y1 - 2013/02// N2 - Substance misuse is the use of any drug or substance which can potentially lead to injury of the individual and/or society. This policy sets out, in writing, the framework within which the Children Detention Schools manage issues relating to substance use/misuse. It reflects the ethos of the Children Detention Schools and addresses procedures concerning usage of alcohol, tobacco and drugs/other substances by young people and the management of incidents relating to these substances. Section 1. Objectives ? drugs, alcohol and substance use/misuse policy Section 2. Health, welfare and rehabilitation Section 3. Education, training and information in relation to substance use/misuse Section 4. Programmes of care for children Section 5. Searches and drugs testing Section 6. Obligations and authority of schools in relation to illicit substances Section 7. Review of policy Section 8. Acknowledgment Section 9. Definitions [Other policies are available at the link above] PB - Irish Youth Justice Service TI - Drugs, alcohol & substance use/misuse: policy for children detention schools. M1 - other AV - public ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc17577 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/17577/ IS - 1 A1 - Comiskey, Catherine Y1 - 2013/// N2 - The aim of this research was to measure the longitudinal effects of having children in a client's custodial care, on opioid treatment outcomes. A 3 year national, longitudinal study was implemented. Outcomes were measured using the Maudsley Addiction Profile, 404 clients (75% male) were recruited and 97% were located at 3 years. At 1 year significantly fewer of those with children in their care were using heroin, benzodiazepines and cannabis but having children in a client's care at intake was a significant and positive predictor of using other opioids at 1 year. Analysis also revealed that there was a significant reduction in the proportion using alcohol in the last 90 days and in the mean days alcohol was used among those with no children in their care. Results demonstrate that having children in a client's care improves outcomes for heroin use but also suggest the possible use of substitution substances. PB - Elsevier JF - Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment VL - 44 SN - 1873-6483 TI - A 3 year national longitudinal study comparing drug treatment outcomes for opioid users with and without children in their custodial care at intake. SP - 90 AV - none EP - 96 ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc20203 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/20203/ A1 - Denyer, Sean A1 - Sheehan, Aisling A1 - Bowser, Avery Y1 - 2013/// N2 - This report presents the findings of a high-level review of the implementation of the Youth Homelessness Strategy. The purpose of the review is to establish the extent to which the strategy has been successful, to identify blockages and challenges to its implementation, and to make recommendations on a new implementation framework. PB - Stationery Office SN - 978-1-4064-2771-4 M1 - government_publication TI - Every child a home: a review of the implementation of the youth homelessness strategy. AV - public EP - vi, 67 ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc19821 UR - http://archive.imj.ie//IMJPage_0_1.aspx?issueid=453 IS - 5 A1 - Garvey, AA A1 - Hawkes, CP A1 - Kelly, M Y1 - 2013/// N2 - Over-The-Counter Analgesics (OTCA) account for over a fifth of Irish pharmacy sales. Little is known about patterns of use, specifically in children. This study investigated parents? use of OTCAs in children. A questionnaire exploring use of OTCAs and knowledge of side-effects was distributed to guardians of children attending three GP surgeries in South of Ireland from June-September 2010. The questionnaire was completed by 183 parents (response rate 95%). Many respondents (n=121, 66.1%) were using analgesics when not required or using an inappropriate analgesic for a child?s symptom. Private patients demonstrated better use (n=31, 40%) than those with Medical Cards (n=18, 22.5%) (p=0.016). Identification of potential side-effects was poor, with drowsiness (n=88, 49%), rash (n=39, 22%) and nausea (n=32, 18%) listed as potential side-effects. Inappropriate use of OTCAs is prevalent in Irish children. Parents need more information and guidance on their use. PB - Irish Medical Organisation JF - Irish Medical Journal VL - 106 SN - 0332-3102 TI - Parental patterns of use of over the counter analgesics In children. AV - none ER - TY - GEN CY - Dublin ID - ndc20188 UR - http://www.hse.ie/eng/about/Who/clinical/natclinprog/obsandgynaeprogramme/obsgyneguide.html Y1 - 2013/// N2 - The purpose of this guideline is to promote the safe and effective prescribing and administration of methadone in antenatal and postnatal opioid-dependent women. These guidelines are intended for healthcare professionals, particularly those in training, who are working in HSE-funded obstetric and gynaecological services. They are designed to guide clinical judgement but not replace it. In individual cases a healthcare professional may, after careful consideration, decide not to follow a guideline if it is deemed to be in the best interests of the woman. PB - Health Service Executive TI - Methadone prescribing and administration in pregnancy. AV - public EP - 24 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc20432 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/20432/ A1 - Kearns, Noreen A1 - Reddy, John A1 - Canavan, John Y1 - 2013/// N2 - In September 2008, the Childhood Development Initiative (CDI) began the 3-year process of implementing the Community Safety Initiative (CSI) in Tallaght West, Co. Dublin. Through supporting local resident interaction and promoting collaborative responses to addressing local safety issues, the CSI seeks to improve people?s perceptions of safety, improve neighbour relations and promote a safe and healthy environment for children and families. The overall aims of the initiative (CDI, 2012) are: ? to improve safety and to promote pro-social behaviour across Tallaght West; ? to improve community awareness and participation in local activities and services; ? to encourage wide community engagement in maintaining a safe environment. This report is the final output of the 3-year evaluation (2008-2011) of the CSI by the Child and Family Research Centre, National University of Ireland, Galway. It builds on the research from three phases of data collection in order to present a comprehensive assessment of the development and implementation of the CSI. Specifically, the report evaluates the achievement of the overall aims of the CSI in this period in order to answer the evaluation?s overall research questions, which are: 1. How is the CSI being implemented and what is the value of the logic underpinning the initiative? 2. Were there any changes in (1) perceptions of safety and (2) safety and/or crime prevention within the four target areas of Tallaght West? 3. If yes, what role (if any) did CSI activities play in influencing change (e.g. increasing community engagement and enhancing a ?sense of belonging? among community members) in the four areas? 4. What are the outcomes for children, parents and the wider community? PB - Childhood Development Initiative M1 - other TI - Evaluation of the Community Safety Initiative of the Childhood Development Initiative. AV - public EP - 132 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Galway ID - ndc21606 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/21606/ A1 - Kinlen, Louise Y1 - 2013/// N2 - This report presents the findings of an external evaluation of the Western Region Drugs Task Force Multi-agency Parents Initiative. The initiative commenced in Galway, in 2009 as a multi-agency and multi-disciplinary response to substance misuse education for parents within a school?s context. It arose as a response to requests from schools to various agencies to provide one-off talks. The initiative developed as a multi-agency programme, co-ordinated by the WRDTF and involving An Garda Síochána, the HSE (Drug Service/Health Promotion) and the Department of Education (SPHE Regional Manager). Secondary schools in Galway, Mayo and Roscommon were invited to take part, and, to date, 81 schools have participated. It involves an initial one-night introductory evening at which presentations are made by the four agencies, followed by a three-night parenting course. Key findings: 1. The schools who participated were very satisfied with the planning, content and delivery of the training in their schools. Whilst a few expressed some difficulties with recruiting parents, they were generally pleased with the attendance and spoke very positively about how the course was perceived among parents. 2. Through an analysis of the parents? questionnaires, satisfaction levels were also very high among participants, with a strong appreciation expressed for the dedication of the trainers and hearing the perspectives of the various agencies. Some suggestions for improvement included: - More emphasis on similar training/topics for young people within school or in a similar format as the parents programme - Some felt the three-night course was too long - Many suggested other topics that could have been included, some of which are outside the remit of a substance misuse training programme 3. The interviews with stakeholders involved in the delivery of the initiative also spoke positively about their engagement in the programme and particularly welcomed the multi-agency aspect of it. They felt it offered a more holistic and integrated response and was very strong as a preventative initiative. Some issues identified included: - The linkages with the implementation of the SPHE curriculum within schools and the involvement of young people was identified by some as requiring strengthening - The objective of supporting schools in developing a substance misuse policy is one that appears to have been the most challenging. - The organisation of the initiative in such large geographical areas and including various agencies posed some logistical challenges . Some felt that pre-planning and organisation took up too much time and others felt that there was not sufficient work put into pre-planning. It was also suggested that more time could be spent on planning of content and approach. PB - Western Region Drugs Task Force M1 - other TI - Western Region Drugs Task Force multi-agency parents initiative: programme evaluation. AV - public EP - 73 p. ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc19822 UR - http://www.imj.ie//ViewArticleDetails.aspx?ArticleID=11144 IS - 5 A1 - Lambert, J A1 - Jackson, V A1 - Coulter-Smith, S A1 - Brennan, M A1 - Geary, Michael A1 - Kelleher, TB A1 - O'Reilly, M A1 - Grundy, K A1 - Sammon, M A1 - Cafferkey, MT Y1 - 2013/// N2 - The aims of this study were to pilot universal antenatal HCV screening and to determine the true seroprevalence of HCV infection in an unselected antenatal population. A risk assessment questionnaire for HCV infection was applied to all women booking for antenatal care over a 1-year period. In addition the prevalence of anti-HCV antibody positive serology in this population was determined. Over the course of the year, 9121 women booked for antenatal care at the Rotunda and 8976 women agreed to take part in the study, representing an uptake of 98.4%. 78 (0.9%) women were diagnosed as anti-HCV positive, the majority of whom were Irish (60.3%) or from Eastern Europe (24.4%). 73% of anti-HCV positive women reported one or more known risk factor with tattooing and a history of drug abuse the most commonly reported. 27% (n=21) of anti-HCV positive women had no identifiable risk factors. Due to selective screening, seroprevalence of HCV is impossible to accurately calculate. However the universal screening applied here and the high uptake of testing has allowed the prevalence of anti-HCV among our antenatal population to be calculated at 0.9%. A significant proportion (27%) of anti-HCV positive women in this study reported no epidemiological risk factors at the time of booking and so were identified only as a result of universal screening. This provides persuasive evidence for the inclusion of HCV testing with routine antenatal screening or at a minimum highlights the need for ongoing review of selective screening criteria. PB - Irish Medical Organisation JF - Irish Medical Journal VL - 106 SN - 0332-3102 TI - Universal antenatal screening for Hepatitis C. SP - 136 AV - none EP - 139 ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc20191 UR - http://www.dcya.gov.ie/viewdoc.asp?fn=/documents/Child_Welfare_Protection/Homelessness_Strategy/YPHomelessHousingPath.pdf A1 - Mayock, Paula A1 - Corr, Mary Louise Y1 - 2013/// N2 - This report documents key findings from a qualitative longitudinal study of homeless young people in Dublin city. The study was initiated in 2004 and has involved three waves of data collection over a 6-year period. The first phase of the research was funded by the Office of the Minister for Children (OMC) ? now the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) ? under the National Children?s Research Programme. At baseline, biographical interviews were conducted with 40 homeless young people during late 2004 and early 2005. Summary findings of this phase of the research were published in December 2006 by the Office of the Minister for Children(Mayock and Veki?, 2006) and the full findings were subsequently published in a book entitled Lives in Crisis: Homeless Young People in Dublin (Mayock and O?Sullivan, 2007). In 2006, the Homeless Agency and Health Service Executive granted funding to embark on a second phase of research that involved tracking and re-interviewing the young people who enlisted in the study at baseline. This work was undertaken during 2005-2006 and the findings were published in 2008 by the Homeless Agency as Young People?s Homeless Pathways (Mayock et al, 2008). A third phase was initiated following a period of approximately 3 years, during 2009-2010, and this wave of data collection was jointly funded by the DCYA and the Homeless Agency ? now the Dublin Region Homeless Executive (DRHE). The chapters introduce the background and methodological approach to the study and document findings related to the homeless and housing pathways of the study?s young people over the 6-year period of the study. Much attention is given to the ?routes? taken by young people into, through and out of homelessness. It is important to note that this report does not document all aspects of the study?s findings and does not claim to present a complete account of the lives and experiences of the study?s young people. PB - Government Publications SN - 978-1-4064-2774-5 M1 - other TI - Young people's homeless and housing pathways: key findings from a 6-year qualitative longitudinal study. AV - public EP - 84 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc20953 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/20953/ A1 - McAvoy, Helen A1 - Kabir, Zubair A1 - Reulbach, U A1 - McDaid, Olga A1 - Metcalfe, Owen A1 - Clancy, Luke Y1 - 2013/// N2 - Children growing up in disadvantaged circumstances face a number of threats to their health and development. Protecting children from the burden of tobacco related harm from both active and passive smoking is a priority action in enhancing population health and reducing health inequalities. Population health strategies on the island of Ireland are increasingly focussing on addressing the root causes of health inequality through social determinants of health approaches and through focussing on early childhood as a key period for intervention. At the same time, governments in both jurisdictions are working to enhance their approaches to effective tobacco control. The World Health Organization considers that there are three key ?windows of exposure? in terms of tobacco-related harm in childhood ? in the womb (associated with active or passive smoking by the mother), directly through children taking up smoking and through exposure to second hand smoke (SHS) in indoor and outdoor environments. This report presents findings on these three windows of exposure based on a range of data sources in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The central aim of the report is to contribute to knowledge on the exposure of children to the harmful effects of tobacco smoke at various stages of their development. The findings of the report can support policy makers and service providers in their efforts to make tobacco-free childhoods a reality on the island of Ireland. PB - Institute of Public Health in Ireland and TobaccoFree Research Institute Ireland. M1 - other TI - A tobacco free future. An all-Ireland report on tobacco, inequalities and childhood. AV - public EP - 95 p. ER - TY - GEN CY - London ID - ndc22428 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/22428/ Y1 - 2013/// N2 - This UK quality standard defines best practice for the health and wellbeing of looked-after children and young people. NICE quality standards describe high-priority areas for quality improvement in a defined care or service area. This quality standard covers the health and wellbeing of looked-after children and young people from birth to 18 years and care leavers (including young people planning to leave care or under leaving care provisions). It applies to all settings and services working with and caring for looked-after children and young people, and care leavers, including where they live. NICE has produced a tailored resource for looked-after children and young people. This resource is aimed specifically at corporate parents and includes key messages from each of the quality statements, key resources, further information and practical tools all of which are relevant to this audience. The resource also contains links to relevant OFSTED judgements. The resource has been co-produced by in the UK by the NICE Collaborating Centre for Social Care and key people in the social care sector. PB - National Institute for Health and Care Excellence TI - Quality standard for the health and wellbeing of looked-after children and young people. AV - public EP - 66 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Kildare ID - ndc20906 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/20906/ Y1 - 2013/// N2 - In 2010 the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) issued Guidance for the Health Service Executive for the Review of Serious Incidents including Deaths of Children in Care. This Guidance prescribes that the HSE establish a National Review Panel. The work of the Review Panel is overseen by independent chairperson, Prof. Helen Buckley, Ph.D., School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin. This is to ensure that the Panel can produce reports that are entirely objective and independent of the HSE. PB - Health Service Executive M1 - government_publication TI - National review panel annual report 2012. AV - public EP - 17 p. ER - TY - GEN CY - London ID - ndc22324 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/22324/ Y1 - 2013/// N2 - This guidance covers: ? the legislative requirements and expectations on individual services to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in the United Kingdom; and ? a clear framework for Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) to monitor the effectiveness of local services. Key principles Effective safeguarding arrangements in every local area should be underpinned by two key principles: ? safeguarding is everyone?s responsibility: for services to be effective each professional and organisation should play their full part; and ? a child-centred approach: for services to be effective they should be based on a clear understanding of the needs and views of children. PB - Department for Education TI - Working together to safeguard children. A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. AV - public EP - 97 p. ER - TY - GEN CY - Birmingham ID - ndc18965 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/18965/ Y1 - 2012/12// N2 - This guide aims to support Social Workers in their practice with people who use alcohol and who have families. While it focuses on preventing alcohol-related harm to children, harm to other dependents is an increasing area of concern for social work. This guide may be relevant to other social care and health professionals. Information in this pocket guide should be supplemented by other learning and reading. Contents: 3 Alcohol & families: Key messages 4 Parental alcohol problems 5 Impact on parenting 6 Impact on children 7 Alcohol & Reproductive health 8 Protective factors 9 Resilience factors 10 Impact on family 11 Assessment: key questions & messages 12 Assessment challenges 13 Social work intervention 14 Specialist treatment 15 Resources 16 Local contact information PB - British Association of Social Workers TI - Children, families & alcohol use. Essential information for social workers. AV - public EP - 16 p. ER - TY - GEN CY - Birmingham ID - ndc18967 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/18967/ Y1 - 2012/12// N2 - This guide seeks to support Social Workers in their practice with young people who drink alcohol and whose use of alcohol is excessive or problematic. It will also be relevant for other social and health care professionals. The information in the guide should be supplemented by further reading and learning. Contents: 3 Reasons young people drink 4 Understanding the pressures 5 Education & awareness 6 Risks & safety planning 7 Working with parents/carers 8 Stages of alcohol use & suggested interventions 10 Assessment: principles 11 Assessment: practice 13 Intervention 15 Resources 16 Local contact information PB - British Association of Social Workers TI - Young people & alcohol. Essential information for social workers. AV - public EP - 15 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - London N1 - Demos is a think-tank focused on power and politics. Our unique approach challenges the traditional, 'ivory tower' model of policymaking by giving a voice to people and communities. We work together with the groups and individuals who are the focus of our research, including them in citizens? juries, deliberative workshops, focus groups and ethnographic research. Through our high quality and socially responsible research, Demos has established itself as the leading independent think tank in British politics. Our work is driven by the goal of a society populated by free, capable, secure and powerful citizens. ID - ndc18968 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/18968/ A1 - Birdwell, Jonathan A1 - Vandore, Emma A1 - Hahn, Bryanna Y1 - 2012/12// N2 - In Under the Influence, Demos research found that parenting style has a significant impact on children?s drinking behaviour as teenagers and later in life as adults. ?Tough love? parenting ? a parenting style that combines warmth with consistent discipline ? is the best protection against young people drinking hazardously. In this report we go further to consider the impact of parental drinking behaviour on parenting style. Based on original quantitative analysis as well as in-depth interviews with 50 alcohol-affected families, our findings suggest that the more a parent drinks, the less likely they are to be a ?tough love? parent. Parenting can be stressful, and the majority of parents drink alcohol responsibly. But parents need to be aware of the impact their parenting style and how drinking excessively can effect this. This report argues for targeted information awareness campaigns aimed at parents to help them consider their parenting style and the impact of alcohol on parenting ability. The report also recommends that ?family-based? interventions should put more emphasis on parenting advice, to ensure that those struggling with alcohol misuse can still be effective parents. PB - DEMOS SN - 978-1-909037-28-1 M1 - other TI - Feeling the effects. AV - public EP - 112 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc18904 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/18904/ A1 - Cullen, Barry Y1 - 2012/12// N2 - Blue Drum was set up in 2001. It is a specialist community arts body funded by the Family Support Agency to nurture local arts and cultural work in Family Resource Centres. It is a not-for-profit company with a voluntary board, with 3 staff employed part-time and 13 other practitioners contracted to a two year EU Culture Programme research study. The Blue Drum Happy Parent Initiative (HPI) is designed as a single experiential workshop for participating parents attending Family Resource Centres (FRC). Operationally HPI is delivered as an FRC-level support to FRCs, but it was also delivered, in some instances at regional, inter-FRCs level. HPI arose as an attempt to insert an arts-based intervention in support of existing programmes and actions undertaken by FRCs within the context of their own strategic plans and developments. Report contents: ? Blue Drum ? Family Support Agency and Family Resource Centres ? Happy Parent Initiative - background, outline and design ? Workshop description ? Implementation ? Review ? Discussion ? Conclusion [For a video on this initiative and slide show on the report see related URL links below] PB - Blue Drum and the Family Support Agency M1 - other TI - Happy parent initiative: (HP1) a review report. AV - public EP - 18 p. ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc19206 UR - http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-ACER.html IS - 12 A1 - Hepper, Peter J A1 - Dorman, James C A1 - Lynch, Catherine Y1 - 2012/12// N2 - Background Studies of the adverse neurobehavioral effects of maternal alcohol consumption on the fetus have been largely confined to the postnatal period, after exposure to alcohol has finished. This study explored the brain function of the fetus, at the time of exposure to alcohol, to examine its effect on information processing and stability of performance. Methods Five groups of fetuses, defined by maternal alcohol consumption patterns, were examined: control (no alcohol); moderate (5 to 10 units/wk either drunk evenly across the week or as a binge, in 2 to 3 days); heavy (20+ units/wk drunk evenly or as a binge). Fetal habituation performance was examined on 3 occasions, separated by 7 days, beginning at 35 weeks of gestation. The number of trials required to habituate on each test session and the difference in performance across test sessions were recorded. Results Fetuses exposed to heavy binge drinking required significantly more trials to habituate and exhibited a greater variability in performance across all test sessions than the other groups. Maternal drinking, either heavily but evenly or moderately as a binge, resulted in poorer habituation, and moderate binge drinking resulted in greater variability compared with no, or even, drinking. Conclusions Decreased information processing, reflected by poorer habituation, and increased variability in performance may reflect the initial manifestations of structural damage caused by alcohol to the brain. These results will lead to a greater understanding of the effects of alcohol on the fetus's brain, enable the antenatal identification of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, and lead to the early implementation of better management strategies. PB - Wiley-Blackwell JF - Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research VL - 36 SN - 1530-0277 TI - Fetal brain function in response to maternal alcohol consumption: early evidence of damage. SP - 2168 AV - none EP - 75 ER - TY - RPRT CY - Galway ID - ndc20225 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/20225/ A1 - Coen, Liam A1 - Canavan, John A1 - Brennan, Mark Y1 - 2012/11// N2 - In 2007, HSE West Child and Family Services in Mayo and Roscommon introduced a new way of working with children and Families. Known as Mol an Óige, this new way of working was modelled on an approach developed and operated by Boys Town USA. Three distinct parts were adopted from the American organisation: the In-Home Family Preservation service; the Treatment Foster Care service; and the Common Sense Parenting programme. As part of this new arrangement, Child and Family Services in both counties asked the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre to evaluate the In-Home Family Preservation and Treatment Foster Care services. This document is an Executive Summary of the final evaluation report of the former, the In-Home Family Preservation Service. In-home family preservation service: programme description and context: The Mol an Óige Family Preservation Model (?Mol an Óige?) is predominantly a teaching model aimed at working in a strengths and outcome-orientated way to meet the varying needs of children and families in different settings. Owing its origins to both ecological and multi-systemic treatment models, Mol an Óige as delivered in Roscommon and Mayo was introduced by the HSE and Boys Town USA to services in both counties in 2007. The model draws on behavioural approaches to addressing issues within a nested context of individual, family, peer, school and community domains. The emphasis is on developing practical skills in families through building relationships, teaching, creating a positive family environment, and promoting self-determination. It is designed for families where there is a risk of an out-of-home placement or where such a placement has already occurred. It can also be used to prevent serious problems from occurring in children?s and families? lives. The Model has three phases: Initiation and Relationship Building; Implementation; and Phasing Out. The support provided by each worker to families occurs within a structured process of pre and post intervention assessment, outcome-orientated family plans, supervision, observation, fidelity monitoring, and file auditing. PB - UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI, Galway; HSE West (Mayo and Roscommon) Child and Family Services M1 - other TI - Mol an Óige/Family Preservation: final evaluation report. AV - public EP - 239 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc18860 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/18860/ Y1 - 2012/11// N2 - This Key Finding reports on data from the second wave of interviews with Growing Up in Ireland?s Child Cohort. The 8,568 children and their families were first interviewed when the children were 9 years old, and then at age 13 years, when 7,400 were reinterviewed between August 2011 and February 2012. The findings show that the children are generally getting on very well with their parent(s). There appear to be some differences, however, in their interactions with their mothers and fathers. More children said they spent time talking to their mother (70%) than to their father (60%). In contrast, a higher percentage spent time doing fun things with their father (72%) than with their mother (63%). Substantial proportions of both boys and girls had discussed sex and relationships with their parents ? 42% of boys and 51% of girls. In general, 13-year-olds had a positive self-image. Boys had a more positive self-image than girls. An exception to this was the higher self-image that girls had in terms of their behaviour, indicating less problematic behaviours among girls than boys. A very large majority (91%) of 13-year-olds had never smoked a cigarette, 7% had smoked at some point but not in the last year and 2% said they currently smoked. Similarly, a large majority (85%) had never taken alcohol. A small percentage (0.6%) of 13-year-olds recorded that they drank alcohol once a month or more. PB - Department of Children and Youth Affairs M1 - government_publication TI - Growing up in Ireland. Key findings: 13-year-olds. No. 4. The lives of 13-year-olds: their relationships, feelings and behaviours. AV - public EP - 8 p. ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc18760 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/18760/ IS - 1 A1 - McCrory, Cathal A1 - Layte, Richard Y1 - 2012/11// N2 - The Growing Up in Ireland study allow us to examine whether smoking conveys an increased risk for behavioral problems when we take account of these social factors. Importantly, the study collected information on the mother?s level of smoking in pregnancy and this provides us with an important additional tool with which to corroborate the causal relationship between exposure to cigarette smoke in the womb and behavioral problems at age 9. If the strength of the relationship between smoking and behavioral problems increases with the level of maternal smoking, this is more persuasive than a simple association. In a paper recently published in the Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, Cathal McCrory and Richard Layte (McCrory & Layte 2012) did just this. They showed that the risk of the child being reported by his/her teacher as having conduct, attention or hyperactivity problems at age 9 was significantly related to whether the mother smoked during pregnancy and, moreover, that the risk increased with the number of cigarettes smoked during pregnancy. PB - Economic and Social Research Institute JF - ESRI Research Bulletin VL - 4 TI - Maternal smoking during pregnancy and child well-being: a burning issue. AV - public ER - TY - RPRT CY - Luxembourg ID - ndc18705 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/18705/ Y1 - 2012/10// N2 - This Selected issue gives a broad overview on the extent of, and available responses to, the problems of pregnant drug users and families that are affected by drug use. In the first part of the report, a description of the available data on the extent of drug use during pregnancy and associated risks is followed by a review of responses to drug use among pregnant women across Europe. The second part of the publication focuses on children living in the care of drug users. Here, a review of the risks related to drug use in the family sets the scene for European overviews of responses targeting drug-using parents and responses aimed at the children of drug users. The policy and legal frameworks concerning the two situations are described, both for pregnant drug users and drug-using parents and their children. Table of contents: ? Introductory note and acknowledgements ? Introduction ? Pregnant drug users ? Drug users living with children ? Conclusions ? References PB - Publications Office of the European Union M1 - other TI - Pregnancy, childcare and the family: key issues for Europe?s response to drugs. AV - public EP - 32 p. ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc18464 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/18464/ A1 - Keane, Martin TI - The views of children and young people in state care. Y1 - 2012/10// PB - Health Research Board AV - public JF - Drugnet Ireland VL - Issue 43, Autumn 2012 ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc18462 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/18462/ A1 - Lyons, Suzi TI - Parental responsibilities and drug treatment outcomes. Y1 - 2012/10// PB - Health Research Board AV - public JF - Drugnet Ireland VL - Issue 43, Autumn 2012 ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc18461 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/18461/ A1 - Pike, Brigid Y1 - 2012/10// PB - Health Research Board JF - Drugnet Ireland VL - Issue 43, Autumn 2012 TI - Deaths among children and young people in state care, after care or known to the HSE. SP - 12 AV - public EP - 13 ER - TY - GEN CY - London ID - ndc18356 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/18356/ A1 - Adamson, Jon A1 - Templeton, Lorna Y1 - 2012/09// N2 - Main table of contents: ? Summary of Key Messages and Recommendations ? Section One: Background ? Section Two: Methodology ? Section Three: Consultation with children and young people ? Section Four: Review Findings ? Research Question One: What is known about the experiences of children and families where there is parental alcohol misuse and to what extent is this informed by the views of children and young people themselves? ? Research Question Two: What are the key wider issues associated with PAM (e.g. unemployment, domestic abuse, mental health) and how do they relate to risk/protective factors for children and families? ? Research Question Three: What is known about protective factors and processes in this population and how they can minimise risk/negative outcomes? ? Research Question Four: What is known about services, and their delivery, and the impact/benefit of such services for children (and families) where there is PAM and to what extent is this informed by the views of children and young people themselves? ? Research Question Five: What is the current policy context for children and families where there is PAM and how might it be improved? ? Research Question Six: Thinking about questions 1 to 5 above, what are the gaps in our knowledge about children affected by PAM and services for these children? PB - The Office of the Children?s Commissioner TI - Silent voices. Supporting children and young people affected by parental alcohol misuse. AV - public EP - 114 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - London ID - ndc18369 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/18369/ Y1 - 2012/09// N2 - Previous research commissioned by Adfam and AVA found that the problem of child to parent violence (CPV) was under recognised and under supported by services. It found that many groups which offered support for families affected by drugs and alcohol came into contact with parents who reported high levels of violence from their drug or alcohol using children which in many ways was similar to what is widely considered domestic violence under the definition of intimate partner violence (IPV). This stage of the project consisted of facilitating nine focus groups throughout England with 88 parents affected by CPV. In these focus groups parents were consulted on to their experiences of CPV ? what form it took, when they first realised what was happening, which services they turned to first, and which services were the best in providing support. The focus groups were conducted in a safe and confidential manner by an experienced facilitator, with Adfam and AVA providing a confidentiality protocol and a consent form for parents taking part. The second stage of the project will provide training for family support groups and a series of briefings on CPV. Conclusions and recommendations: ? There are parents who are affected by violence and abuse from their substance using children, often to a severe degree, who feel they have little or no recourse to help from services. ? The policy and service frameworks that exist are failing to meet the needs of parents experiencing CPV. CPV does not currently fit neatly into any governmental policy nor into the strategic vision of service provision for victims of domestic violence. This is partly due to the current governmental definition of domestic violence which explicitly defines it as occurring between only those aged 18 or over. This clearly does not capture the experiences of all the parents in this project, many of whom were affected by CPV perpetrated by children aged under 18. ? Increased recognition of CPV (and an accompanying modification of the governmental definition) should be implemented to bring about a sustained improvement in the support offered to parents. Part of this recognition is dependent on bridging the gap and increasing dialogue between the family, substance use and domestic violence sectors over where the issue sits and what each sector can contribute. ? With family support groups clearly recognised by parents as the most effective method of help for families suffering CPV efforts must be made to support them, increase their capacity to screen for CPV and offer appropriate sign-posting to domestic violence services and others. For groups to offer sustained support to parents they need to be properly resourced. They are often small, and run by passionate people who are experts of their own experience, but operate on small budgets. Large or complex tendering processes can be very demanding in terms of time, and efforts should be made to make these processes accessible and open to all providers, including small voluntary and community sector services. ? There is a lack of perpetrator programmes for those aged under 21 years old. The current conceptual framework around domestic violence and perpetrator programmes assumes the perpetrator has a level of experience in adult relationships. Clearly many perpetrators of CPV have very different characteristics and therefore need a different type of programme to work on addressing the violence they perpetrate. PB - Adfam and Against Violence and Abuse M1 - other TI - Between a rock and a hard place. How parents deal with children who use substances and perpetrate abuse. Project report. AV - public EP - 41 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc18336 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/18336/ Y1 - 2012/09// N2 - Annual SILC data has previously been published from 2004 to 2010 on income, poverty and deprivation rates. Further analysis of this data has now been carried out to specifically look at the circumstances of children, those aged less than 18 years. In the majority of tables, the analysis is presented for all persons living in households with children, compared with persons living in households without children. Some tables in this report also compare age groups of the overall population. Also contained in this publication is a further breakdown of income, which details child-related social transfers separately. Summary of main findings ? In 2010, the average income (ie equivalised gross weekly disposable income) of individuals living in households with children was ?482.83, down 8.8% on the 2009 figure of ?529.20. This compares with an income for those living in households without children of ?575.15 in 2010, down 2.1% on the 2009 figure of ?587.32. See table 1b. ? In 2010 the at risk of poverty rate for those living in households with children was 18.7% compared with the rate of 11.8% for those in households without children. A similar pattern is evident between these two household types across all years. See table 2a. ? Excluding family allowances from the analysis for 2010 would increase the at risk of poverty rate for persons living in households with children from 18.7% to 38.6%. This shows the effect that such family related social transfers had in shielding individuals from poverty in households with children. See table 2a. ? Among children, the highest at risk of poverty rate in all years occured in the 12-17 age band. This rate was 26.1% in 2010 compared with a rate of 19.2% for 6-11 year olds and a rate of 12.0% for children in the 0-5 year old band. See table 2b. ? The level of enforced deprivation (lacking two or more basic items) for individuals living in households with children was 28.2% in 2010 compared with a level of 14.6% for those living in households without children. See table 3a. ? In all years the rate of consistent poverty was higher for individuals living in households with children than for those living in households without children (8.0% compared with 3.8% respectively in 2010). See table 4a. PB - Stationery Office M1 - government_publication TI - Survey on income and living conditions (SILC). Thematic report on children 2004-2010. AV - public EP - 53 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Cambridge ID - ndc19554 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/19554/ A1 - Winpenny, Eleanor A1 - Patil, Sunil A1 - Elliot, Marc A1 - Villalba van Dijk, Lidia A1 - Hinrichs, Saba A1 - Marteau, Theresa A1 - Nolte, Ellen Y1 - 2012/09// N2 - Alcohol use among young people, and adolescents in particular, is an increasing concern in Europe. Children and adolescents have greater vulnerability to alcohol than adults and there is increasing evidence of the impact of drinking on young people?s health, both short and long term, including the increased likelihood of being in a risky situation when drunk. There are many factors that may encourage alcohol use among young people, and alcohol marketing has been identified as one potential influence. Evidence strongly suggests that alcohol advertising will increase the likelihood that adolescents will start to drink alcohol at a young age and may increase alcohol use among those who already consume alcohol. It is against this background that the European Commission Health and Consumer Directorate-General (DG SANCO), by way of the EAHC, has commissioned RAND Europe to carry out an assessment of young people?s exposure to alcohol marketing through television and online media. The overall aim of the work presented in this report was to use novel approaches to measure alcohol advertisement exposure among young people in Europe through audiovisual and online media. Our analyses used a range of methods. First, to assess young people?s exposure to alcohol marketing in television, we used commercially available data on television audiences (?viewership?) and on alcohol advertising in the UK, the Netherlands and Germany. We applied descriptive statistics and regression analysis to estimate the exposure of young people to alcohol advertising compared with that of adults. Second, we analysed alcohol advertising portrayals of a sample of alcohol adverts broadcast in each of the three countries to better understand the extent to which advertisements are using elements that have been identified as appealing to young people. In a third step, we assessed the extent to which alcohol portrayals in these adverts adhere to national statutory or voluntary codes on (alcohol) advertising in each country, and with policies developed by alcohol manufacturers themselves. Fourth, we explored exposure to alcohol marketing in online media, here focusing on the UK. We examined data on online media channels accessed by young people, described the main types of social media marketing messages for alcoholic beverages, and assessed the use of age gates to restrict content to those over the legal drinking age. PB - Rand Europe M1 - other TI - Assessment of young people?s exposure to alcohol marketing in audiovisual and online media. AV - public EP - 178 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Cork ID - ndc18165 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/18165/ Y1 - 2012/07// N2 - The National Standards for the Protection and Welfare of Children have been developed by the Health Information and Quality Authority (the Authority) to support continuous improvements in the care and protection of children in receipt of HSE child protection and welfare services. These outcome-based Standards provide a framework for the development of child-centred services in Ireland that protect children and promote their welfare. The Health Act 2007 establishes a statutory function for the setting of standards by the Authority. The Standards are designed to follow a child?s journey within the child protection system to ensure that his/her safety and welfare is being protected. Along that journey children will need to be supported through the provision of accessible information, access to services, screening of referrals, assessment to ensure that appropriate services are made available, and the taking of timely action to protect children at risk of harm. This is underpinned by child-focused planning and review and monitoring processes. It requires a systematic approach involving good leadership, interagency cooperation, skilled and experienced staff, and the effective management and deployment of resources ? with the child always at the centre of everything that is done. The Standards: Theme 1: Child-centred Services Theme 2: Safe and Effective Services Theme 3: Leadership, Governance and Management Theme 4: Use of Resources Theme 5: Workforce Theme 6: Use of Information PB - Health Information and Quality Authority M1 - other TI - National standards for the protection and welfare of children. For Health Service Executive children and family services. AV - public EP - 68 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc18164 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/18164/ A1 - Shannon, Geoffrey Y1 - 2012/07// N2 - Section 1: Child Protection and Developments in International Law Section 2: Child Protection Developments in the United Kingdom Section 3: Criminal Justice System Section 4: A Re-Evaluation of Mandatory Reporting and Other Miscellaneous Issues PB - Department of Children and Youth Affairs M1 - other TI - Fifth report of the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection. A report submitted to the Oireachtas. AV - public EP - 246 p. ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc18241 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/18241/ IS - 7 A1 - Van Hout, Marie Claire A1 - Bingham, Tim Y1 - 2012/07// N2 - Detoxification from alcohol and/or drugs and the achievement of abstinence without formal treatment is often preferred using community-based supports from local GPs and family. Family members are often involved in the sourcing of information on detoxification and treatment options, user advocacy and provision of remedial supports while detoxifying within the family home. The aim of the research was to describe and explore family experiences of self-detoxification processes from the perspectives of mothers in the Mid West of Ireland. A convenience sample of adult mothers who had experienced their child detoxifying in the home (n=9) were interviewed. The findings illustrated varied personal definitions of detoxification. Addiction stigma and costly experiences of treatment and after care pathways facilitated home detoxification attempts. A lack of GP advice, support and information around safe home detoxification was observed to contribute to information and support seeking from friends, family and community members with home detoxification experience. Self-medication of both licit and illicit substances while detoxifying, and relapse cycles were common. The research highlights the need for inclusive health and social supports provided by GPs, community nurses, RGNs and district nurses for families and individuals detoxifying in the home setting. PB - Community Practitioners' & Health Visitors' Association JF - Community Practitioner VL - 85 SN - 1462-2815 TI - Mothers' experiences of their children's detoxification in the home: results from a pilot study. SP - 30 AV - none EP - 33 ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc17774 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/17774/ A1 - Shannon, Geoffrey A1 - Gibbons, Norah Y1 - 2012/06// N2 - The report, authored by Dr. Geoffrey Shannon and Norah Gibbons, gives details of the 196 children who died over the period 2000-10, both of natural and unnatural causes. The children in the report include children who were in the care of the state at the time of their death, young adults who were in aftercare and other children who were not in care but were known to the HSE. Speaking at the publication of the report, Minister Fitzgerald said; ?Before this Government took office; there was conflicting data about the numbers of children who died in state care. The lack of transparency and the lack of accountability, shocked. It was utterly unacceptable that the state could not even tell how many children had died in state care. The Minister stated that this report now gives clarity on this vital issue. There were 112 children who died of unnatural causes; 17 of whom were in care, 27 of whom were in receipt of aftercare and 68 of whom were not in care, but were in some way known to the HSE child and family services. The children and young adults in this report died from a range of causes. Some died from a range of illnesses, 4 died of accidental drowning; 5 died in house fires; 17 died from road traffic accidents; 16 were unlawfully killed; and at least 28 died by suicide. The Minister stated: ?I wish to extend my deepest sympathy, and that of the state, to all those touched by a loss in this report. No parent should expect to lose a child. I do not expect today?s report to bring closure. Indeed, I am sure it will, for many, bring fresh pain. But this work shines a light on a dark, often unexamined and tragic corner of Irish life. The authors have done a professional and painstaking job in making real and understandable the lives and deaths of children who are no longer with us.? Responding to the report the Minister stated: ?The findings of this report are deeply disturbing. We read of children and young people and families, often vulnerable, often in crisis, who needed support. We read of services often willing, but fragmented and not comprehensive in their response. The question must arise how, after a period of such unprecedented economic prosperity, we were left with a child protection service in need of such reform. ?If ever evidence was required of the scale of the challenge which this Government and I have had to face into, then this report is it. If ever evidence was required of why we need an utterly reformed system of state care and intervention, then this report is it. And if ever evidence was required of the need to take child protection away from the HSE, wherein up until recently, it was lost, and to set up a new agency; the Child and Family Support Agency, then this report is it. The report highlighted system failings in the Irish child protections services including ? Poor risk assessment ? Poor co-ordination between services ? Poor flows of information ? Limited access to specialist assessment and therapeutic services ? Limited interagency work for children and families with complex needs. ? A lack of early intervention and family support services responding proportionately to the needs of children at risk and families in crisis. Commenting on these failings Minister Fitzgerald stated: ?if the system had done a better job, outcomes for some of these children might well have been very different. The key to a successful child protection service is early intervention. This concept must become part of our national psyche. Parachuting in a service at a late stage is not the most efficient or effective way to help the child, or to help the family. Responding to the report Minister Fitzgerald stated that ?the current government reform programme is an essential response to this report, in particular the establishment of the Child and Family Support Agency led by CEO Designate Gordon Jeyes. Already, under Gordon?s leadership we are seeing implementation of a ?change agenda? in children and families services which will continue and be accelerated under the new agency; and will be further informed by the recommendations of this report. Key element of the ?change agenda? in children and families services include: ? A service delivery model that will address a multi-agency, albeit differentiated, approach to managing the child welfare and protection system; ? A nationwide consistency of approach in practice and implementation of Children First and child welfare and protection services generally; ? Use of standardised definitions, criteria and thresholds for reporting and referrals including prioritisation of cases; ? Greater reliance on real-time data on social work referrals and alternative care collated through HSE performance management indicators and the ongoing development of the National Child Care Information System; ? Improved resource allocation responsive to changing needs; ? Clearer management and budgetary accountability; ? Better workforce planning, training and induction of new staff.? The Minister added: ?The Task Force which I established in September 2011 to advise on the new Agency, will present its final report by the end of this month and I look forward to addressing its recommendations relating to vision, governance and scope-of-services, such that the Agency is established and up-and-running next January 2013.? In the report the authors remark that ?a key issue to be emphasised is the vulnerability of these children?. The Minister responded stating: ?Many of these individuals had extremely complex needs. There is no doubt that children in these circumstances sometimes have little to draw on, in terms of their own resilience, and limited positive experiences to allow them to cope with even the ordinary challenges they subsequently had to deal with. ?The role of alcohol and drugs in Irish society plays heavily in the lives and deaths of many of the children and young people in this report, highlighting in the most serious way, our national problems with alcohol and drug abuse. I am committed to working with Minister Roisin Shortall and the relevant agencies on progressing a fresh new approach to identifying and addressing the hidden harm posed by substance misuse. Responding to the report Minister Fitzgerald also announced a number of other measures. The Minister accepted the essential criteria set out in the Report on developing an independent child death review structure and confirmed that she will be making an announcement on this in September. The Minister announced that HIQA will next month publish new National Standards for the Protection and Welfare of Children which will lay-out a new standards-led approach to enforcing a new culture of quality, effectiveness and accountability in Ireland?s child protection services. The Minister also commented on the concerns raised on aftercare in this report: ?Young people with a need for aftercare should; and must, receive the support they require when they leave care. I believe the law needs to be strengthened in this regard, and with advice from the Attorney General, I will be proposing legislative change later this year, in the bill to establish the Child and Family Support Agency.? The Minister confirmed that along with Gordon Jeyes she is working to extend access to 24 hour social work assistance: ?Child protection crises arise 24-7. So why should child protections services operate any differently?? The Minister concluded saying: ?today is an especially difficult day for the families of the children in this report. We cannot change things for their children. However, I hope it is clear that already a great many changes have been put in train for other children because of what happened. I hope it is clear that this Government is committed to transparency and honesty about the challenges in getting children?s services right. Child protection remains a high priority on our agenda and changes at every level ? policy, law, structures and individual practitioner - have happened and will continue to happen; and will make a difference for the future.? PB - Government Publications SN - 978-1-4064-2692-2 M1 - other TI - Report of the Independent Child Death Review Group 2000-2010. AV - public EP - 476 p. ER - TY - GEN CY - Coventry ID - ndc18691 UR - http://www.campbellcollaboration.org/news_/Parent-training_programmes_for_psychosocial_health.php A1 - Barlow, Jane A1 - Smailagic, Nadja A1 - Huband, Nick A1 - Roloff, Verena A1 - Bennett, Cathy Y1 - 2012/04// N2 - Parental psychosocial health can have a significant effect on the parent-child relationship, with consequences for the later psychological health of the child. Some parenting programmes aim to improve aspects of parental wellbeing and this review specifically looked at whether group-based parenting programmes are effective in improving any aspects of parental psychosocial health (for example, anxiety, depression, guilt, confidence). We searched electronic databases for randomised controlled trials in which participants had been allocated to an experimental or a control group, and which reported results from at least one scientifically standardised measure of parental psychosocial health. We included a total of 48 studies that involved 4937 participants and covered three types of programme: behavioural, cognitive-behavioural and multimodal. Overall, the results suggested statistically significant improvements in the short-term for parental depression, anxiety, stress, anger, guilt, confidence and satisfaction with the partner relationship. However, only stress and confidence continued to be statistically significant at six month follow-up, and none were significant at one year. There was no evidence of effectiveness for self-esteem at any time point. None of the studies reported aggression or adverse outcomes. Only four studies reported the outcomes for fathers separately. These limited data showed a statistically significant short-term improvement in paternal stress but did not show whether the parenting programmes were helpful in terms of improving depressive symptoms, confidence or partner satisfaction. This review shows evidence of the short-term benefits of parenting programmes on depression, anxiety, stress, anger, guilt, confidence and satisfaction with the partner relationship. The findings suggest that further input may be needed to support parents to maintain these benefits. However, more research is needed that explicitly addresses the benefits for fathers, and that provides evidence of the comparative effectiveness of different types of programme and identifies the mechanisms involved in bringing about change. PB - The Campbell Collaboration SN - 1891-1803 TI - Group-based parent training programmes for improving parental psychosocial health. AV - public EP - 197 p. ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc17445 UR - http://www.imj.ie//ViewArticleDetails.aspx?ArticleID=10078 IS - 4 A1 - Donnelly, J A1 - Bimpeh, Y A1 - Trace, F A1 - Waters, A A1 - Nicholson, AJ Y1 - 2012/04// N2 - The aim was to study road-related injuries and fatalities in under 15 year olds in two time periods (1996-2000 and 2004-2008 inclusive) to assess whether progress has been made via cross-sectoral efforts to reduce this injury toll in Ireland. For pedestrian and car-related accidents, police assistance is required and at the time a detailed CT 68 form is completed by the attending officer and sent to the Road Safety Authority for analysis. Details re the severity of injury, light and road conditions and safety measures such as seat belt or car restraint use, seat position and helmet use if a cyclist were recorded. Injuries were sub-classified as fatalities, serious (detained in hospital, fractures, severe head injury, severe internal injuries or shock requiring treatment) or minor. All data for the two time periods was entered onto an SPSS database. A concerted national campaign re road safety media campaign allied to random breath testing, penalty points for driving offences, on the spot fines for speeding and far greater police enforcement took place between the two time frames and continues to this day. When looked at as most likely estimates of death ratios the results were found to be statistically significant with an overall p value of <0.0001 CI [ 0.39, 0.69]. When broken down into specific age ranges all were significant apart from the 0-3 age range with a p value of 0.69 CI [0.26, 1.1]. The most significant changes were found in the 7-9 years, 10-12 and 13-15 year age ranges with p values of < 0.0001, 0.0002 and 0.0007 respectively. When results were compared between the two cohorts, car occupant fatalities between both groups dropped by 36%. Pedestrian injuries dropped from 1719 to 1232, pedestrian fatalities decreased by almost 50% as did serious pedestrian injuries from 261 down to 129. Cyclist fatalities saw the most significant fall (76%) with a dramatic reduction in cyclist injuries from 25 down to 6 (63%). The 13-15 year old age group had the highest mortality and morbidity in both cohorts. Documented restraint use was less than 70% in both cohorts. A national road safety campaign, greater police enforcement and a cultural change has seen road ?related injuries in children drop very significantly (by 50%) over the two time periods and this campaign should continue. PB - Irish Medical Organisation JF - Irish Medical Journal VL - 105 SN - 0332-3102 TI - Progress in reducing road-related deaths and injuries in Irish children. SP - 108 AV - none EP - 110 ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc17776 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/17776/ Y1 - 2012/04// N2 - The Review of Adequacy is not an end in itself; rather it is a process of review and reflection upon how services might be improved. In recent years a number of reports have highlighted the need for structural reform and more consistency in the way in which services are delivered. Meeting this challenge was a priority throughout 2010 and into 2011. The Government decision, late in 2010, to appoint a National Director for Children and Families Services reflected the commitment to address these issues in a meaningful way. Despite the financial constraints additional staff were recruited in key areas during the year. Greater emphasis was also placed on the efficient management of resources and on the management of performance. ? The first and second sections of this report provide a foreword and executive summary. ? The third section provides an introduction which sets out the statutory provisions governing the Review of Adequacy 2010. ? The fourth section addresses strategic change, governance and structure. It provides an overview of budget and expenditure, the structure of service provision and performance management arrangements. ? Section five provides an analysis of indicators of need. Ireland?s growing child population is highlighted. Other demographic factors are considered, such as poverty, lone parent families and ethnicity. ? Section six deals with family support services. There is an emphasis on the development of Children?s Services Committees as a means of integrating family support services across a range of key stakeholders. Welfare reports to social work departments continued to outnumber reports concerning child protection. ? In section seven trends in child protection services are analysed. Figures show a year-on-year increase in the number of reports being made. Neglect remained the consistently the most prominent reason for a child protection report to be made. Planned service improvements continued to be rolled out in the light of the Ryan Report (Commission of the Inquiry into Child Abuse 2009), report of the OCO on Children First (OCO 2010) and the Roscommon Child Care Inquiry report (Roscommon Child Care Inquiry Team 2010). ? Section seven describes alternative care services. The numbers of children in care has increased by 13.7% since 2006 from 5,247 to 5,965. However, the rate of children in care remains lower than those in neighbouring countries. Admissions to care were slightly down on the previous year. By the end of December the percentage of children in care with an allocated social worker exceeded 93%. ? In section eight services for education, training, research and policy are examined. During the year a National Advisory Group was established to provide advice on these internal services. ? Finally section nine draws broad overall conclusions Table 12: Primary reason for welfare concern following initial assessment (2010) (PAGE 20) Child Problems 30.2% ? Child with emotional/behavioural problems 14.7% ? Child abusing drugs/alcohol 2.0% ? Child involved in crime 0.3% ? Child pregnancy 0.5% ? Physical Illness/disability in child 0.3% ? Mental health problem/intellectual disability in child 1.3% ? Other 11.0% Family Problems 69.8% ? Parent unable to cope 8.4% ? Family member abusing drugs/alcohol 15.9% ? Family member involved in crime 0.5% ? Domestic violence 4.6% ? Physical illness/disability in other family member 1.1% ? Mental health problem/intellectual disability in other family member 5.8% ? Family difficulty re: housing/finance 4.7% ? Parent separation/absence/other disharmony in home 13.6% ? Other 15.2% PB - Health Service Executive M1 - annual_report TI - Review of adequacy for HSE children and families services 2010. AV - public EP - 89 p. ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc17289 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/17289/ A1 - Pike, Brigid TI - In brief. Y1 - 2012/04// PB - Health Research Board AV - public JF - Drugnet Ireland VL - Issue 41, Spring 2012 ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc17458 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/17458/ A1 - Watson, Dorothy A1 - Maitre, Bertrand A1 - Whelan, Christopher T Y1 - 2012/04// N2 - In Ireland, as in many European countries, the rate of poverty and deprivation is higher for children than it is for adults. This is important, not only because of a concern with the well-being of children but also because childhood deprivation can have long-term negative consequences that persist into adulthood. This report examines childhood deprivation in Ireland in 2009 in the context of this concern for the current well-being of children and their future prospects. The goal of this report is to address five questions: 1. How much child-specific deprivation is there in Ireland and what form does it take? 2. What are the main risk factors for child-specific deprivation? 3. How well do the national measures of basic deprivation and consistent poverty identify children who are deprived? 4. How do the risk factors for child-specific deprivation differ from the risk factors for basic household-level deprivation? 5. What are the implications for policy? PB - Department of Social Protection and The Economic and Social Research Institute SN - 978-1-908109-11-8 M1 - other TI - Understanding childhood deprivation in Ireland. AV - public EP - 69 p. ER - TY - GEN CY - London ID - ndc17233 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/17233/ Y1 - 2012/03// N2 - Parents have a strong influence over their children's decisions regarding drugs and alcohol, perhaps more than they realise. This paper describes some of the ways in which schools and other services can help parents deal with these issues, from simple information, to combining classroom work with their engagement with parents, to supporting parenting courses. PB - The Drug Education Forum TI - Engaging parents in drug education in schools and in the community. AV - public EP - 8 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc17223 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/17223/ Y1 - 2012/03// N2 - 1. Context ? Children and young people in Ireland ? The Department of Children and Youth Affairs ? Its Mission, Mandate and Structure ? Operating environment 2. Strategic Objectives, Values and Critical Success Factors ? Strategic objectives ? Values ? Critical success factors 3. Making things better for children and young people in Ireland ? The challenge of implementation 4. Building internal capacity ? Leadership and communication ? Governance and accountability ? Policy evaluation, review and development ? Legislative skills ? Next steps ? Monitoring progress References Appendices ? Appendix 1: Objectives, activities and outputs, 2011-2014 ? Appendix 2: List of transfer of functions orders ? Appendix 3: DCYA organisation chart ? Appendix 4: Agencies directly funded by DCYA ? Appendix 5: Submissions received ? Appendix 6: Programme for Government PB - Department of Children and Youth Affairs M1 - other TI - Department of Children and Youth Affairs statement of strategy 2011-2014. AV - public EP - 35 p. ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc17014 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/17014/ IS - 8 A1 - Cleary, Brian J A1 - Eogan, Maeve A1 - O?Connell, MP A1 - Fahey, Tom A1 - White, Martin J A1 - McDermott, C A1 - O'Sullivan, A A1 - Carmody, Deirdre A1 - Gleeson, J A1 - Murphy, Deidre J Y1 - 2012/02// N2 - Aims:?Methadone use in pregnancy has been associated with adverse perinatal outcomes and neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). This study aimed to examine perinatal outcomes and NAS in relation to i)concomitant drug use and ii)methadone dose. Design:?Prospective cohort study. Setting:?Two tertiary care maternity hospitals. Participants:?117 pregnant women on methadone maintenance treatment recruited between July 2009 and July 2010. Measurements:?Information on concomitant drug use was recorded with the Addiction Severity Index. Perinatal outcomes included preterm birth (<37 weeks? gestation), small for gestational age (<10th centile) and neonatal unit admission. NAS outcomes included: incidence of medically treated NAS, peak Finnegan score, cumulative dose of NAS treatment and duration of hospitalisation. Findings:?Of the 114 liveborn infants 11 (9.6%) were born preterm, 49 (42.9%) were small for gestational age, 56 (49.1%) had a neonatal unit admission and 29 (25.4%) were medically treated for NAS. Neonates exposed to methadone only had a shorter hospitalisation than those exposed to methadone and concomitant drugs (median 5.0 days versus 6.0 days, p = 0.03). Neonates exposed to methadone doses ?80mg required higher cumulative doses of morphine treatment for NAS (median 13.2 mg versus 19.3mg, p = 0.03). The incidence and duration of NAS did not differ between the two dosage groups. Conclusion:?The incidence and duration of the neonatal abstinence syndrome is not associated with material methadone dose, but maternal opiate, benzodiazepine or cocaine use is associated with longer neonatal hospitalisation. PB - Wiley-Blackwell JF - Addiction VL - 107 SN - 1360-0443 TI - Methadone and perinatal outcomes ? a prospective cohort study. SP - 1482 AV - none EP - 1492 ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc16867 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/16867/ A1 - McCoy, Selina A1 - Quail, Amanda A1 - Smyth, Emer Y1 - 2012/01// N2 - Growing Up in Ireland ? ?Influences on 9-Year-Olds? Learning: Home, School and Community? examines the ways in which children?s recreation outside school can influence their educational achievement. It places children?s activities in the context of their home, school and neighbourhood, highlighting important issues for policy development. The findings are based on data from the first round of interviews with 8,500 nine-year-old children as well as interviews with their parents, teachers and principals. Interviewing took place from September 2007 to June 2008. As part of the study the children took the Drumcondra assessment test in reading and maths, a test widely used in primary schools. Now that they have turned 13 years of age these children, and their families, are currently taking part in a follow-up interview. (A full download of the report and the executive summary can be found by clicking here) Key findings include: ? Nine-year-old children fall into five distinct groups on the basis of their activities outside school: 1. Cultural Activities (25%): Those who are very involved in cultural activities, such as music and drama lessons/clubs and reading for pleasure 2. Sports & Computer Games (20%): Those who spend a lot of time playing sports and computer games 3. Social Networkers (18%): Those who use computers a lot, especially for keeping in touch with friends 4. Busy Lives (15%): Those who spend time on a very wide range of structured activities, leading ?busy lives? 5. TV & Sports (23%): Those who spend their spare time in mainly unstructured activities, such as watching TV and spending time with friends, and rarely use ICT. ? The main difference in children?s out-of-school activities centres on ICT use. The majority (73%) of nine-year-olds use computers for fun/games, 42% use them for learning (outside school), 22% for music/movies and 17% for social networking. ? This contrasts with computer use in school. The vast majority of nine year olds have access to computers in school - access was higher among those in single-sex and Gaeltacht schools, and among those being taught in multi-grade settings or by a male teacher. ? Over 40% of nine-year-olds do not have internet access at school and over a fifth hardly ever use ICT in class. The use of ICT in classroom learning was greater in private schools, designated disadvantaged schools and Gaeltacht schools, and in urban areas. ? There are clear differences in school performance according to the types of activities in which children engage. Children who take part in cultural activities and in social networking have higher levels of reading and mathematics performance than others. However, being involved in too many activities cancels out some of the educational benefits. ? The lowest levels of educational achievement are found among those who mainly engage in unstructured activities (such as watching TV) and who do not use ICT. ? There are clear gender differences in children?s recreation. Girls are more likely to be involved in cultural activities and to use social media to keep in touch with friends. Boys are more involved in playing sports and computer games. ? Out-of-school activities are also influenced by the schools children attend. Nine year olds attending gaelscoileanna are more likely to be involved in cultural activities and watch less TV than other children. Children who use the internet in school are more likely to use computers outside school. ? Children from middle-class and highly educated families are more involved in cultural activities than those from the most disadvantaged families (one-in-three compared to less than one in 10). Because many of these activities need to be paid for, low income may be an obstacle to participation for some children. This is a significant finding since these activities have been found to enhance school engagement and academic performance. ? Children?s activities vary depending on the neighbourhood they live in. Nine out of 10 mothers feel it is safe for their child to play outside during the day while over half (57%) say there are recreational facilities appropriate to a 9 year old in their local area. Children are more involved in structured cultural activities where there are local recreational facilities. (Parents who feel there are no safe places to play locally are also more likely to send their children to structured cultural activities. PB - Department of Children and Youth Affairs SN - 978-1-4064-2642-7 M1 - other TI - Growing up in Ireland National Longitudinal Study of Children. Influences on 9-year-olds? learning: home, school and community. Child cohort. AV - public EP - 70 p. ER - TY - GEN CY - Leicester ID - ndc18569 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/18569/ A1 - Davis, Fabian A. A1 - McDonald, Lynn A1 - Axford, Nick Y1 - 2012/// N2 - Although evidence-based parenting programmes work, and governments are adopting them as universal child mental health measures, practitioners have found that without adapting programmes to be socially inclusive, they do not attract and retain parents who face a range of social hurdles. The TINE framework describes how programme developers can invest in local parents and practitioners so their parenting programme can become an integral part of education and social care. Genuine co-production between programme developers and local parents, working alongside teachers, health and social care practitioners, can drive effective inclusion. TINE challenges developers to identify the essential ingredients from their current parenting programmes and to clarify what can be adapted to meet local parents' socio-cultural needs, whilst avoiding adaptations that dilute effectiveness. The document evolved from joint work with families and teachers from an existing programme in an alliance including community health, psychologists, family therapists, social workers and children's rights professionals. The framework is illustrated with examples from 11 UN recommended programmes. PB - British Psychological Society TI - Technique is not enough. A framework for ensuring that evidence-based parenting programmes are socially inclusive. AV - public EP - 86 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc18288 UR - http://www.dcya.gov.ie/documents/Publications/Overview_document.pdf A1 - Brooks, Anne-Marie A1 - Geraghty, Ruth A1 - Fitzgerald, Sarah A1 - Roche, Gillian Y1 - 2012/// PB - Department of Children and Youth Affairs M1 - government_publication TI - Inventory of data sources on children's lives. EP - 14 p. AV - public ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc16821 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/16821/ Y1 - 2012/// N2 - With a new Government in place, Report Card 2012 varies from previous editions and has been reformulated to accommodate commitments from the new Programme for Government. Unlike previous editions, which examined the implementation of key promises throughout one calendar year, Report Card 2012 assesses progress from March to December 2011. The process itself has not changed; we continue to offer relevant officials an opportunity to provide information on progress and to verify grades with our External Assessment Panel. GRADING 6 EDUCATION 8 1.1 EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION 10 1.2 CHILD LITERACY 13 1.3 CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS 16 1.4 SCHOOL BUILDINGS 19 HEALTH 22 2.1 PRIMARY CARE 24 2.2 MENTAL HEALTH 26 2.3 ALCOHOL AND DRUGS 30 2.4 CHILDREN?S HOSPITAL 33 MATERIAL WELLBEING36 3.1 CHILD POVERTY 38 3.2 AREA BASED APPROACH TO TACKLING CHILD POVERTY 41 3.3 CHILDREN AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE SYSTEM 43 SAFEGUARDINGCHILDHOOD46 4.1 CHILD AND FAMILY SUPPORT AGENCY 48 4.2 RYAN REPORT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 51 4.3 YOUTH HOMELESSNESS 54 4.4 CHILDREN IN DETENTION 56 REALISING CHILDREN?SRIGHTS60 5.1 CHILDREN?S RIGHTS REFERENDUM 62 5.2 PATRONAGE AND PLURALISM IN EDUCATION 65 5.3 TRAVELLER CHILDREN 67 5.4 MIGRANT CHILDREN 70 SUMMARY OF IMMEDIATE ACTIONS PB - Children's Rights Alliance M1 - other TI - Report card 2012. AV - public EP - 76 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc26206 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/26206/ Y1 - 2012/// PB - Government Publications TI - State of the Nation?s Children: Ireland 2012. EP - 260 p. AV - public ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc19812 UR - http://arrow.dit.ie/ijass/vol12/iss1/8/ IS - 1 A1 - Halpenny, Ann Marie Y1 - 2012/// N2 - The importance of family experiences on children?s development and wellbeing has been widely documented. Yet, recent reports generated by inquiries into child abuse and neglect in the Irish context raise disturbing questions with regard to how the severe maltreatment of children can occur within the family context. It is imperative that the messages generated from these inquiries can effectively inform policy and practice in terms of protecting children from harm and providing support to families at-risk. The present paper draws together key issues for parenting and family support for families ?at risk? based on the Roscommon and Monageer inquiries with a view to gaining insight into key issues which need to be addressed in terms of protecting children from harm and providing support for parents experiencing adversity. A number of implications arising from these reports are outlined and discussed. Specifically, the need to amplify the focus on support for parenting in the context of poverty and substance abuse is highlighted with a particular emphasis on developing sensitive screening and assessment for parents who may be difficult to engage with due to chronic mental health issues. The importance of accessing the voice of children within the provision of family support is also underlined in these findings. A key recommendation from these reports is that the needs, wishes and feelings of each child must be considered as well as the totality of the family situation. Moreover, the need for staff in child welfare and protection services to have access to ongoing training and professional development to meet the complex and changing needs of the children and families they are working with is also highlighted. Specifically, ongoing training for frontline staff in understanding the effects of drug and alcohol dependency, and, in particular, the effects on parenting and parent-child relationships is underscored in findings from these reports. JF - Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies VL - 12 TI - Parenting and family Support for families 'at risk' - implications from child abuse reports. SP - 88 AV - none EP - 98 ER - TY - RPRT CY - Kildare ID - ndc18890 UR - http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/Publications/services/Mentalhealth/camhs20112012annualreport.pdf Y1 - 2012/// N2 - Executive Summary Section 1 Introduction 1.1 Children in the population 1.2 Prevalence of childhood psychiatric disorders 1.3 Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS 1.4 Department of Health & Children Policy - Vision for Change (2006) 1.5 Community child and adolescent mental health teams Section 2 Workforce 2.1 Staffing of child and adolescent mental health services 2.2 Community child and adolescent mental health teams Section 3 Access to community CAMHS teams 3.1 Numbers waiting to be seen 3.2 New cases seen by community CAMHS teams October 2010 to September 2011 3.3 Breakdown of new cases (New vs. Re-referred cases) 3.4 Waiting times for new cases seen 3.5 Community CAMHS caseload 3.6 Community CAMHS caseload per clinical whole time equivalent (WTE) 3.7 Cases discharged Section 4 Audit of clinical activity November 2010 4.1 Source of referral 4.2 Case profile 4.3 Number of appointments offered 4.4 Location of appointments 4.5 Clinical inputs 4.6 Age profile of cases seen 4.7 Ethnicity 4.8 Children in the care of the HSE or in contact with social services 4.9 Primary presentation 4.10 Suicidal ideation / deliberate self harm 4.11 Gender profile of cases and primary presentations 4.12 Length of treatment 4.13 Day services 4.14 Paediatric hospital liaison services Section 5 Inpatient child and adolescent mental health services 5.1 Inpatient servies child and adolescent mental health services. 5.2 Admission of children and adolescents to inpatient units 5.3 Age and gender of admissions (2010) 5.4 Diagnostic categories 5.5 Duration of admission 5.6 Involuntary admissions 5.7 Development of inpatient services Section 6 Community child and adolescent mental health service infrastructure 6.1 Accommodation provided for CAMHS teams 6.2 Suitability of premises 6.3 Difficulties encountered with premises 6.4 Infrastructure developments Section 7 Demands on community CAMHS 7.1 Services for young people of 16 and 17 years of age 7.2 Capacity of CAMHS teams to respond to demand 7.3 Provision of dedicated ADHD clinics by community CAMHS teams 7.4 Referral protocols and referral forms Section 8 Deliberate self harm in children aged from 10 to 17 years 8.1 The National Registry of Deliberate Self Harm 8.2 Hospital presentations of children. 8.3 Deliberate self harm by HSE regions 8.4 Episodes by time of occurance 8.5 Method of self harm 8.6 Drugs used in overdose 8.7 Recommended next care 8.8 Repetition of deliberate self harm Section 9 Supporting the development of child and adolescent mental health services 9.1 Monitoring Progress and Evaluating Outcomes Appendix Service initiatives and developments PB - Health Service Executive M1 - annual_report TI - Fourth annual child & adolescent mental health service report 2011 ? 2012. AV - public EP - 98 p. ER - TY - GEN CY - Glasgow ID - ndc17367 UR - http://www.iriss.org.uk/download-leading-outcomes-children-and-young-people Y1 - 2012/// N2 - Leading for Outcomes is a series of guides that provide support and training materials to help lead the social services workforce to focus on the outcomes important to people. PB - Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services TI - Leading for outcomes children and young people. AV - public EP - 63 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc18754 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/18754/ Y1 - 2012/// N2 - This report, Life as a Child and Young Person in Ireland: Report of a National Consultation, documents the views of 66,705 children and young people. This national consultation was conducted to inform development of the Children and Young People?s Policy Framework by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, which will set out the key policy objectives for the next five years. During 2010, the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) (formerly the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, OMCYA) developed the concept and methodology for a children and young people?s consultation. It was agreed that children and young people in every school and Youthreach centre in the country would be invited to complete short questionnaires containing three open questions. The questions for the primary school children were devised at a consultation with 7-12 year-olds conducted by the OMCYA in November 2010. The three questions devised by children for the primary school children were: 1. What?s the best thing about being a child in Ireland? 2. What?s the worst thing about being a child in Ireland? 3. What one thing would you change in Ireland for children to be happy? Questions for young people were formulated by the OMCYA?s Children and Young People?s Forum (CYPF) in 2010. The CYPF consists of 35 young people, aged 12-18, from all parts of the country. They are nominated to the CYPF through Comhairle na nÓg and organisations representing seldom-heard children/young people. The three questions for second-level young people were: 1. What do you think is good about being a young person living in Ireland? 2. What do you dislike about being a young person in Ireland? 3. If you were leader of the country, what one thing would you change for young people? PB - Government Publications SN - 978-1-4064-2715-8 M1 - other TI - Life as a child and young person in Ireland: National consulation. AV - public EP - 112 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc18121 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/18121/ Y1 - 2012/// N2 - Numerous investigation reports have documented how fragmented services have failed to meet the needs of children. It is crucial that certain services for children are now realigned from across a number of agencies into a single comprehensive, integrated and accountable agency for children and families, the Child and Family Support Agency (CFSA). The Task Force?s vision for the Child and Family Support Agency is that it will, under the direction of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, provide leadership to relevant statutory and non-statutory agencies, to ensure that the conditions needed for children?s well-being and development are fulfilled. The Task Force?s ?vision for a quality Irish childhood? is relevant to and intended to encompass all organisations, agencies and sectors that provide services to children, young people and their families. Key reforms to be progressed by the Agency include: ? The creation of multidisciplinary local teams. ? The streamlining of local services under one local manager. ? The establishment of a single, consistent mechanism for assessment, referrals and tracking supported by a new child protection notification system. PB - Stationery Office SN - 978-1-4064-2699-1 M1 - government_publication TI - Report on the Taskforce on the Child and Family Support Agency. AV - public EP - xviii, ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc18802 UR - http://www.iprt.ie/contents/2450 A1 - Martyn, Michelle Y1 - 2012/// N2 - This IPRT research report details the rights, needs and experiences of families and children of prisoners. It follows extensive consultations with children, families, support services and relevant agencies. The report makes key recommendations, directed at: ?Government ?An Garda Síochána ?Courts and Courts Service ?Irish Prison Service ?Media ?Department of Education ?State and Academic Institutions PB - Irish Penal Reform Trust SN - 978-0-9573037-4-4 M1 - other TI - "Picking up the pieces": The rights and needs of children and families affected by imprisonment. AV - public EP - 52 p. ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc18761 UR - http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10802-012-9640-9 IS - 8 A1 - McCrory, Cathal A1 - Layte, Richard Y1 - 2012/// N2 - This retrospective cross-sectional paper examines the relationship between maternal smoking during pregnancy and children?s behavioural problems at 9 years of age independent of a wide range of possible confounders. The final sample comprised 7,505 nine-year-old school children participating in the first wave of the Growing Up in Ireland study. The children were selected through the Irish national school system using a 2-stage sampling method and were representative of the nine-year population. Information on maternal smoking during pregnancy was obtained retrospectively at 9 years of age via parental recall and children?s behavioural problems were assessed using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire across separate parent and teacher-report instruments. A quasi-experimental approach using propensity score matching was used to create treatment (smoking) and control (non-smoking) groups which did not differ significantly in their propensity to smoke in terms of 16 observed characteristics. After matching on the propensity score, children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy were 3.5 % (p?12 months preceding the interview. Children with a full medical card (35% of the sample) or a GP-only medical card (5% of the sample) were more likely to have received a course of antibiotics than ? Children with a full medical card received a higher number of antibiotic courses on average (2.6) compared with those without a medical card (2.1). ? Just under 16% of three-year-old children were reported as having at least one longstanding illness, condition or disability. The most commonly reported illness types included Asthma (5.8%), Eczema/Skin allergies (3.9%) and Food/digestive allergies (1.2%) Family Life and Childcare ? While the overall distribution of family structure was stable, there have been transitions from one-parent families to two-parent families and vice-versa over the 27 months between interview ? approximately 2 to 3 percent in each direction. ? 50% of three year olds were in some form of non-parental childcare for eight or more hours a week. The most common form used was centre-based childcare which almost tripled between nine months and three years, from 11% to 30%. ? A similar percentage of grandparents were caring for children at both nine months and three years, 12% and 11% respectively. A total of 10% of three-year-olds were being minded by a childminder, an increase of 3 percentage points from when the children were nine months of age. ? Children who were in some form of non-parental childcare were spending an average of 23 hours a week in their main type of childcare. ? At time of interview the vast majority of mothers reported that they had regular contact with the Study Child?s grandparents (91%). In offering support to parents, grandparents were most likely to babysit (50%), and buy clothes (40%) at least on a monthly basis. One-parent families were more likely than two-parent families to receive financial support from grandparents with just under one-third (66%) of one-parent families receiving financial support from grandparents at least once every three months. ? The most frequently used discipline technique was ?discussing or explaining why the behaviour was wrong?, with 63% of mothers saying they always did this. ? 12% of mothers said they used ?smacking? as a form of discipline now and again and less than 1% used ?smacking? as a form of discipline more frequently. Over half reported that they never smacked the Study Child. Financial and Economic Circumstances ? Just over half (53%) of mothers of three-year-olds worked outside the home, 38% said they were on home duties and 6% said they were unemployed. ? The biggest change in terms of the work status of three-year-olds? parents was an increase in the percentage of unemployed fathers ? 6% when the child was nine months rising to almost 14% when s/he was three years of age. ? 61% of families of three-year-olds reported experiencing difficulties in making ?ends meet?. This was a substantial increase from 44% in the first round of interviews when the children were nine-months-old. ? Almost two thirds (63%) of all families with three-year-olds reported that the recession had had a very significant or significant effect on them. ? The most frequently recorded effects were: a reduction in wages (63%); can?t afford luxuries (54%), social welfare reduction (53%) and can?t afford/cut back on basics (32%). Growing Up in Ireland is a Government funded study tracking the development of two nationally representative cohorts of children: an Infant Cohort which was interviewed initially at nine months and subsequently at three years of age; and a Child Cohort which was interviewed initially at nine years and subsequently at 13 years of age. The study is being conducted by a consortium of researchers led by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) and Trinity College Dublin. For Further Information Please Contact: Jillian Heffernan Communications Officer, Growing Up in Ireland Tel: 01 896 3378 Mobile: 087 9016880 PB - Department of Children and Youth Affairs M1 - government_publication TI - Growing up in Ireland. Key findings: infant cohort (at 3 years). AV - public EP - 6 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Kildare ID - ndc16459 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/16459/ Y1 - 2011/11// N2 - Executive Summary Section 1 Introduction 1.1 Children in the population 1.2 Prevalence of childhood psychiatric disorders 1.3 Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS 1.4 Department of Health & Children Policy - Vision for Change (2006) 1.5 Community child and adolescent mental health teams Section 2 Workforce 2.1 Staffing of child and adolescent mental health services 2.2 Community child and adolescent mental health teams Section 3 Access to community CAMHS teams 3.1 Numbers waiting to be seen 3.2 New cases seen by community CAMHS teams October 2010 to September 2011 3.3 Breakdown of new cases (New vs. Re-referred cases) 3.4 Waiting times for new cases seen 3.5 Community CAMHS caseload 3.6 Community CAMHS caseload per clinical whole time equivalent (WTE) 3.7 Cases discharged Section 4 Audit of clinical activity November 2010 4.1 Source of referral 4.2 Case profile 4.3 Number of appointments offered 4.4 Location of appointments 4.5 Clinical inputs 4.6 Age profile of cases seen 4.7 Ethnicity 4.8 Children in the care of the HSE or in contact with social services 4.9 Primary presentation 4.10 Suicidal ideation / deliberate self harm 4.11 Gender profile of cases and primary presentations 4.12 Length of treatment 4.13 Day services 4.14 Paediatric hospital liaison services Section 5 Inpatient child and adolescent mental health services 5.1 Inpatient servies child and adolescent mental health services. 5.2 Admission of children and adolescents to inpatient units 5.3 Age and gender of admissions (2010) 5.4 Diagnostic categories 5.5 Duration of admission 5.6 Involuntary admissions 5.7 Development of inpatient services Section 6 Community child and adolescent mental health service infrastructure 6.1 Accommodation provided for CAMHS teams 6.2 Suitability of premises 6.3 Difficulties encountered with premises 6.4 Infrastructure developments Section 7 Demands on community CAMHS 7.1 Services for young people of 16 and 17 years of age 7.2 Capacity of CAMHS teams to respond to demand 7.3 Provision of dedicated ADHD clinics by community CAMHS teams 7.4 Referral protocols and referral forms Section 8 Deliberate self harm in children aged from 10 to 17 years 8.1 The National Registry of Deliberate Self Harm 8.2 Hospital presentations of children. 8.3 Deliberate self harm by HSE regions 8.4 Episodes by time of occurance 8.5 Method of self harm 8.6 Drugs used in overdose 8.7 Recommended next care 8.8 Repetition of deliberate self harm Section 9 Supporting the development of child and adolescent mental health services 9.1 Monitoring Progress and Evaluating Outcomes Appendix Service initiatives and developments PB - Health Service Executive M1 - other TI - Third annual child & adolescent mental health service report 2010 ? 2011. AV - public EP - 86 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc16432 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/16432/ Y1 - 2011/11// N2 - This research and data strategy is published in fulfilment of a commitment given in the social partnership agreement Towards 2016 for the development and publication of a National Data Strategy on Children?s Lives (Department of the Taoiseach, 2006a). The strategy has been developed in the context of substantial investment in the creation and transfer of knowledge for the purpose of improving citizen?s lives. This has resulted in a growing knowledge base across many different areas and in Ireland, as elsewhere, has led to increased support and concern for evidence-informed policy and practice. The initial intention in developing this strategy was to focus on data only, particularly on official and other statistical holdings, as has been the case with strategies developed by other Government departments. This strategy goes beyond this type of approach and both aligns and mobilises key issues of relevance to both research and data around children?s lives. In doing so, it provides a framework for improving understandings of children?s lives across all sectors, including policy-makers, service providers, researchers, children, families and communities. The inclusion of both data and research is an explicit recognition of the importance of achieving a comprehensive understanding of children?s lives. Although there is much overlap between research and data, in general, agendas have evolved separately from each other and issues arising are usually addressed in different fora and through individual strategic developments. The recent Government decision to create a Department of Children and Youth Affairs, which incorporates a number of policy areas on children and youth people (such as early childhood care and education, youth justice, child protection and welfare, children and young people?s participation, research on children and young people, youth work and cross-cutting initiatives for children), provides an important infrastructure through which evidence can be at the centre of policy and practice around children?s lives. This strategy, through its Action Plan (see Chapter 5), will play an important part in informing policy and practice developments by facilitating the creation, synthesis and transfer of the best available knowledge in the area for the purpose of ensuring children?s lives benefit from research and data. While the Department of Children and Youth Affairs is responsible for certain actions in the strategy and will have an oversight role in relation to the overall action plan, individual Government departments or other organisations that have agreed to carry out specific actions in this strategy will be responsible for delivering on these. An understanding of the effects of policy decisions, supports and interventions, as well as the factors in and impact of changes and transitions at various points in the lifecycle, is critical in informing decisions aimed at improving outcomes. This is particularly the case with children, where significant changes in their growth, development and outcomes take place within a relatively short period of time. Much progress has been made in understanding children?s lives in Ireland. Further strategic development, however, can assist in: ? providing leadership in the area of research and data on children?s lives; ? facilitating a comprehensive approach to understanding the lives of all children, with a particular focus on the lives of children with additional needs; ? identifying priority areas, minimising duplication of effort and maximising value for money; ? coordinating research and data developments of relevance to children?s lives; ? systematically building research, evaluation and utilisation capacity. Overview Why a Research and Data Strategy on Children?s Lives? ? Development of strategy ? Aim and objectives of strategy 1. Context for a National Strategy for Research and Data on Children?s Lives ? Investment and policy development in research ? Research governance developments ? Investment and policy development in data ? National investment in children?s research ? National Children?s Research Programme ? Commissioned research programme ? Capacity-building programme ? A programme to develop the infrastructure around data and research on children?s lives ? Knowledge transfer around children?s lives ? Early Intervention Programme ? Summary 2. Development of National Strategy for Research and Data on Children?s Lives ? Children?s outcomes ? Process of development ? Identification of potential gaps ? Review of recommendations in national policy ? Consultations ? Analysis of inputs ? Analysis of information gaps and availability ? Consultation on draft actions ? Bilateral discussions with stakeholders ? Summary 3. Information Gaps, Sources and Priorities ? Outcome Area 1: Children will be healthy, both physically and mentally ? Outcome Area 2: Children will be supported in active learning ? Outcome Area 3: Children will be safe from accidental and intentional harm, and secure in the immediate and wider physical environment ? Outcome Area 4: Children will be economically secure ? Outcome Area 5: Children will be part of positive networks of family, friends, neighbours and the community, and included and participating in society 4. Cross-cutting issues influencing National Strategy for Research and Data on Children?s Lives Development of a national strategic approach to improving information around children?s lives ? Improvement of administrative data systems ? Build capacity across all areas of research and data development ? Support evidence-informed policy and practice ? Summary 5. Action Plan ? Implementation and oversight ? Action Plan References Appendices Appendix 1: DCYA National Children?s Research Programme ? Commissioned Research Appendix 2: DCYA National Children?s Research Programme ? Scholarship Programme Appendix 3: Review of national policy documents to inform National Strategy for Research and Data on Children?s Lives Appendix 4: Online Consultation Questionnaire Appendix 5: Respondents to Online Consultation Appendix 6: Inventory of data sources Appendix 7: Consultations conducted with children and young people under the OMCYA/DCYA Participation Programme Appendix 8: National Statistics Board?s (2004) Best Practice Guidelines for the development of a data strategy Appendix 9: Research and Data Strategy Steering Group Membership PB - Government Publications SN - 978-1-4064-2613-7 M1 - other TI - National strategy for research and data on children?s lives 2011?2016. AV - public EP - 112 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Sydney ID - ndc16471 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/16471/ A1 - Taplin, Stephanie A1 - Mattick, Richard P Y1 - 2011/11// N2 - This report presents the major findings from the three-year Australian, Child Protection and Mothers in Substance Abuse Treatment study. Parental substance use has received particular attention as a child protection concern in recent years, but it is an area in which there has been little research and in which a number of research questions remain unanswered. Evidence has shown that parental substance misuse is associated with high rates of child maltreatment, but substance use by a parent does not necessarily mean that they are abusing or neglecting their children. Research from overseas has also found that families in which alcohol or other drug use is present are more likely to come to the attention of child protection services, more likely to be re-reported, more likely to have children removed from their care, and more likely to have them remain in out-of-home care (OOHC) for long periods of time, than are families with the same characteristics but no substance use. A small number of overseas studies have also found that, among substance-using mothers, factors other than the severity of substance use are associated with child protection involvement. The applicability of these overseas studies to the child protection system in Australia is, however, unknown. This study provides an enhanced understanding of parenting issues and child protection involvement among women with a history of illicit drug use in Australia. Methods: Women with at least one child aged under 16 years were recruited through nine public and private opioid treatment clinics across Sydney. One hundred and seventy-one women were interviewed between May 2009 and May 2010. Their drug treatment and child protection records were also used as a source of information where they consented. Major findings: Just over one-third of the women were involved with child protection services at the time of interview, with one-third of their children (n = 99) in OOHC. Women who were involved with child protection were compared with those who were not to determine the factors associated with child protection involvement. Logistic regression analysis revealed that those variables which significantly increased the likelihood of being involved with child protection (while controlling for the other variables) were: (1) having a greater number of children, (2) being on psychiatric medication, and (3) having less than daily contact with their own parents. Although women who had a more extensive substance use history were more likely to be involved with child protection (when no other factors were taken into account), this association was no longer significant in the logistic regression model. Other findings: Consistent with previous research on this population, these women were highly disadvantaged, having little formal education (median 10 years), tending to be single (32.4% married or de facto), on government benefits (87.1%), experiencing financial problems (80.6%) and living in public housing (58.3%). The women had extensive substance use and drug and alcohol treatment histories, again consistent with previous research. A significant number also had mental health problems (54.2% had been recently diagnosed with a psychiatric illness), had a history of criminal involvement (41.9% had prison history) and had some type of physical or sexual abuse as a child (64.5% reported this), with sexual abuse the most common (55.4%). Recent domestic violence was less common (18.0% had recently taken out an apprehended violence order). Since starting on the New South Wales Opioid Treatment Program (OTP), the women reported improvements in a number of areas, again consistent with previous research. Reductions in substance use, criminal involvement, number of problem areas and time spent with illicit drug-using friends (along with improvements in parenting ability, financial situation and sources of support) were reported by the women since starting on the OTP. Heroin use reduced markedly, both in the number reporting any heroin use in the past month (from 88.3% to 21.6%) and in the number of times used (27.6 to 5.6 days per month). Despite these improvements, women involved with child protection stayed no longer on the OTP than women who were not. Women generally chose to enter the OTP, and many did so for child-related reasons. Women who were currently involved with child protection services reported receiving more services through the program than did the women who were not involved, the services most commonly received being counselling, legal assistance and childcare. Women who were being treated through public programs were more likely to have a caseworker than women at private programs. Most of the women were young when they had their first child, the median age being 21 years, much lower than the median age of first-time mothers across Australia (28 years). More than one-third (39%) were teenagers when they had their first child. Surprisingly, 38% of the women in the study started using opioids after they had had their first child. The women mostly gave birth to two children. One in five of their children were reported to have major health or behavioural problems, and these children were much more likely to be in OOHC. Many of the women were single (41.8% were not in a relationship) and most were either the only adult living in their household (46.8%) or lived alone (11.7%). They were more likely to spend time with family than with anyone else and particularly relied on their family for help with their children. Support from their parents was particularly important to these women. Most lived in public housing (58.3%) and they appear to be less trusting of neighbours and feel less safe in their community than do other women, even those living in disadvantaged areas. The majority of the 99 children in OOHC at the time of interview were in kinship or relative care, generally living with their grandparents. Younger children were more likely to be in care than were older children. Many of the children in care (42%) had been removed from their mother at birth and placed in OOHC, and this was even more likely among the younger children (73% of those under five years of age had been removed at birth). Children placed in foster care had less contact with their mother than those living with relatives and were more likely to have supervised contact visits. Another 57 children were not living with their mother because of Family Court orders or informal arrangements for family to care for their children. Around one-third of the women (31.7%) reported having undertaken a parenting course, with those involved with child protection (most of whom had children in care) significantly more likely to have done so. Although half the women acknowledged that their parenting was adversely affected by their substance use, many also reported that they went to great lengths to keep their children unaware of their substance use and/or their being in pharmacological treatment. Half the women (52.1%) said that their substance use had affected their ability to parent their children, while slightly less than half (45.5%) said that it had not. Where substance use had not affected their parenting, women reported that they had always prioritised their children?s needs and only used substances when the children were being cared for by family. Discussion: The results of this study are important for the child protection field. They show that, rather than severity of substance use being associated with mothers? involvement with the child protection system, other factors are of greater importance. Of particular interest was the finding that having greater social support, particularly from parents, significantly reduced the likelihood of being involved with the child protection system. Women made great improvements while on their treatment program, particularly in relation to reduced substance use. In terms of policy and practice implications, this study supports the call by overseas researchers to intervene earlier with girls who have been abused themselves prior to the escalation of problems associated with abuse, such as mental health problems and substance misuse, and prior to them becoming mothers. The provision of targeted women-only services is essential for girls in such circumstances, and for most women in opioid pharmacological treatment, in order to help them deal with their mental health problems and to enhance parenting, coping skills and social supports. It is important that such services are provided if we are to reduce the high rates of intergenerational abuse, trauma and disadvantage among these women and their children. PB - National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre VL - NDARC technical report no. 320 M1 - other TI - Child protection and mothers in substance abuse treatment. AV - public EP - 82 p. ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc16888 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/16888/ A1 - Lyons, Suzi TI - A family affair? Seminar on parental substance misuse. Y1 - 2011/01// PB - Health Research Board AV - public JF - Drugnet Ireland VL - Issue 40, Winter 2011 ER - TY - GEN CY - London ID - ndc18387 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/18387/ Y1 - 2011/// N2 - This guide offers advice and suggestions to support service providers to deliver effective services to grandparents who are carers for their grandchildren due to parental substance misuse. Within this project grandparents with a range of circumstances participated in consultations and focus groups, including full time carers of grandchildren, part time or informal carers, those currently fighting for access to grandchildren, former carers whose grandchildren have returned to their parents? care, widowed grandparent carers, divorced grandparents, and couples. Contents: ? Introduction ? The barriers and challenges faced by grandparents: 1. Practical guidance 2. Relationship support 3. Health and quality of life ? What grandparents want and need from support services ? Overcoming the obstacles: making your service accessible ? Safeguarding children ? The experience of a grandparent carer: an in-depth case study PB - Adfam TI - Working with grandparents raising their grandchildren due to parental substance use. AV - public EP - 36 p. ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc16260 UR - http://maney.co.uk/index.php/journals/inp/ IS - 3 A1 - Apantaku-Olajide, Tunde A1 - Smyth, Bobby P A1 - Gibbons, Pat Y1 - 2011/// N2 - There is no agreed definition of a mental health crisis; however, a useful one is ?a situation where mental health has deteriorated to an extent that the user is likely to be at risk of harm to self or others and is in need of urgent intensive specialist support and treatment? (Minghella et al, 1998). Community-based care is the primary model of specialist mental healthcare in Ireland (Government of Ireland, 2006a). When clinically indicated, a patient with mental health crisis is referred to the community mental health team (CMHT) for an urgent assessment. PB - Maney Publishing JF - International Psychiatry VL - 8 SN - 1749-3676 TI - Naturalistic study of crisis referrals to an Irish community adult mental health service. SP - 71 AV - public EP - 74 ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc16070 UR - http://www.barnardos.ie/information-centre/publications/free-publications/parenting-positively-coping-with-a-parents-problem-drug-or-alcohol-use-for-children-aged-6-to-12.html Y1 - 2011/// N2 - Parenting Positively is a series by the Family Support Agency and Barnardos that provides information and guidance to parents. The series covers teenage well-being as well as the complex life issues of death, separation, bullying, parental drug or alcohol problems and domestic abuse. The booklets outline teenager?s understanding of the particular issue and how you can support them through this difficult time. Each booklet also gives further resources that you can follow up for more information and help on the issue covered. PB - Barnardos M1 - other TI - Parenting positively - coping with a parent?s problem drug or alcohol use - for children aged 6 to 12. AV - public EP - 21 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc16068 UR - http://www.barnardos.ie/information-centre/publications/free-publications/parenting-positively-coping-with-a-parents-problem-drug-or-alcohol-use-for-parents-of-children-between-6-and-12.html Y1 - 2011/// N2 - Parenting Positively is a series by the Family Support Agency and Barnardos that provides information and guidance to parents. The series covers teenage well-being as well as the complex life issues of death, separation, bullying, parental drug or alcohol problems and domestic abuse. The booklets outline teenager?s understanding of the particular issue and how you can support them through this difficult time. Each booklet also gives further resources that you can follow up for more information and help on the issue covered. PB - Barnardos M1 - other TI - Parenting positively - coping with a parent?s problem drug or alcohol use - for parents of children between 6 and 12. AV - public EP - 21 P. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc16069 UR - http://www.barnardos.ie/information-centre/publications/free-publications/parenting-positively-helping-teenagers-to-cope-with-a-parents-problem-drug-or-alcohol-use.html Y1 - 2011/// N2 - Parenting Positively is a series by the Family Support Agency and Barnardos that provides information and guidance to parents. The series covers teenage well-being as well as the complex life issues of death, separation, bullying, parental drug or alcohol problems and domestic abuse. The booklets outline teenager?s understanding of the particular issue and how you can support them through this difficult time. Each booklet also gives further resources that you can follow up for more information and help on the issue covered. PB - Barnardos M1 - other TI - Parenting positively - helping teenagers to cope with a parent?s problem drug or alcohol use. AV - public EP - 40 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - London ID - ndc15327 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/15327/ A1 - Bremnar, Pamela A1 - Burnett, Jamie A1 - Nunney, Fay A1 - Ravat, Mohammed A1 - Mistral, Willm Y1 - 2011/// N2 - This report presents the findings from a major study of young people and their relationship with alcohol, and explores the wide range of influences on their drinking. This study differs from other research: it develops evidence of how different domains of influence work together, understanding their relative importance in tackling different patterns of drinking among different groups. The study involved a survey of 5,700 teenagers aged 13?14 (Year 9) and 15?16 (Year 11) in schools in England and data was statistically modelled to highlight the strongest influences on and predictors of young people?s drinking. The report examines circumstances surrounding young people's first time drinking, their current drinking patterns (including levels of consumption), and their experiences of drunkenness; and develops our understanding of what really influences young people's drinking patterns by identifying the domains and indicators that have the strongest relationship with their behaviour. PB - Joseph Rowntree Foundation SN - 978-1-85935-830-6 M1 - other TI - Young people, alcohol and influences. AV - public EP - 91 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc15464 UR - http://www.childrensrights.ie/ Y1 - 2011/// N2 - The National Children?s Strategy: Our Children ? Their Lives, a 10 year strategy that has driven children?s policy in Ireland since 2000, comes to an end in December 2010. This review, undertaken by the Children?s Rights Alliance in collaboration with our members,1 looks back at the ten years of the Strategy and assesses whether it has delivered on its objectives. The review is intended to be reflective: it does not provide recommendations for the next National Children?s Strategy, expected later in 2011, but rather provides the space to assess and reflect on the ten years just past. The review is the first phase of the Alliance?s work on the National Children?s Strategy, the second phase will provide member organisations with an opportunity to comment on what they would like to see included in a second strategy. The Alliance will play an active role in the National Children?s Advisory Council with the aim of influencing the development of recommendations for the second strategy. We believe that the second national children?s strategy should build on the achievements of the National Children?s Strategy: Our Children ? Their Lives, but also learn from its shortcomings and take active steps to address them. This review is an important opportunity to collectively reflect on the achievements and failures of the past ten years. Since 2000, much progress has been made and children have become more visible in Irish policy, however much remains to be done to make Ireland one of the best places in the world to be a child. It is hoped that this review will help provide the foundation for the development of the second strategy. PB - Children's Rights Alliance M1 - other TI - Ten years on: did the National Children?s Strategy deliver on its promises? AV - public EP - 44 p. ER - TY - GEN CY - Belfast ID - ndc22427 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/22427/ Y1 - 2011/// N2 - The Reform Implementation Team was established by the then Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety to drive forward a change agenda for child protection services in Northern Ireland, based on a Care Pathway approach. A key area of responsibility is the development, piloting and implementation of a single assessment framework, including risk assessment and mental health needs component, for Children in Need across Northern Ireland (UNOCINI). This document looks strengthening the recognition and understanding of mental health needs, and raise awareness of interrelated issues. The document looks some issues in the areas of: infant mental health, adult mental health, and addictions and substance misuse. PB - Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety TI - A guide to understanding the effects of parental mental health on children and the family. AV - public EP - 13 p. ER - TY - GEN CY - Dublin ID - ndc16074 UR - http://www.dcya.gov.ie/viewdoc.asp?CatID=13 A1 - Statham, June Y1 - 2011/// N2 - The primary aim of this review is to contribute to the evidence base for developing CSCs in Ireland. It therefore focuses on specific aspects of interagency working that have already been adopted by existing CSCs or are being considered by the DCYA, and within that on models of particular interest, rather than attempting to provide a comprehensive overview of interagency working in general. Specific aims are: 1. to provide a high-level summary of the impact of interagency working on outcomes for children and young people; 2. to undertake a more in-depth analysis of the international evidence for a number of specific approaches to or aspects of interagency working. The following four areas were selected in consultation with the commissioner of the study: -joint planning structures; -methods and tools for joint needs assessment; -the differential/alternative response approach to child welfare; -systems to support information sharing between agencies. 3. to identify key barriers and facilitators to successful interagency working and to implementing each of the above approaches. PB - Government Publications TI - A review of international evidence on interagency working, to inform the development of children?s services committees in Ireland. AV - public EP - 60 p. ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc15632 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/15632/ A1 - Gillen, Eamonn A1 - Stack, Aoife A1 - Cahill, Helen Y1 - 2011/// PB - Health Research Board JF - Drugnet Ireland VL - Issue 38, Summer 2011 TI - What?s Working for Children conference. SP - 5 AV - public EP - 6 ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc15972 UR - http://www.growingup.ie/index.php?id=62 A1 - Harris, Elaine A1 - Doyle, Erika A1 - Greene, Sheila Y1 - 2011/// N2 - The qualitative studies which are part of Growing Up in Ireland involve interviews with sub-samples of 122 children and their parents. They are designed to complement the quantitative studies of 8,570 nineyear-olds and 11,100 nine-month-olds. This is the first report on the qualitative study with the nine-yearolds. The broad aim of the Growing up in Ireland study is to examine factors which contribute to or undermine the well-being of children in contemporary Ireland. The output from the study is expected to contribute to the formulation of effective policies and design of services which address issues pertinent to the lives of children and their families. The study is closely aligned to the National Children?s Strategy (2000) which identifies as one of its principal aims that children?s lives will be better understood, and will benefit from evaluation, research, and information on their needs and rights and on the effectiveness of services. PB - Department of Children and Youth Affairs VL - Qualitative research report number 1 M1 - other TI - Growing up in Ireland - The findings of the qualitative study with the 9-year-olds and their parents. AV - public EP - 262 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc16812 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/16812/ Y1 - 2011/// N2 - Table of contents 1. Drug policy: legislation, strategies and economic analysis 2. Drug Use in the General Population and Specific Targeted Groups 3. Prevention 4. Problem drug use 5. Drug-Related Treatment: treatment demand and treatment availability 6. Health Correlates and Consequences 7. Responses to Health Correlates and Consequences 8. Social Correlates and Social Reintegration 9. Drug-related crime, prevention of drug-related crime and prison 10. Drug markets Selected issues Drug related health policies and services in prison Drugs users with children (addicted parents, parenting, child care and related issues) PB - Health Research Board M1 - annual_report TI - 2011 National Report (2010 data) to the EMCDDA by the Reitox National Focal Point. Ireland: new developments, trends and in-depth information on selected issues. AV - public EP - 190 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Kildare ID - ndc15966 UR - http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/newscentre/childprotectionandwelfarepracticehandbooklaunched.html Y1 - 2011/// N2 - The Handbook, which is based on the protocols as set out in Children First Guidance 2011 and the collective wisdom and best practice of experts and front line staff, will support the vital work of social workers and other relevant practitioners in dealing with child protection and welfare cases. Examples of neglect: Homelessness can be considered neglect when the inability by a parent or carer to provide shelter is the result of not managing their finances appropriately and there is evidence that the money has been spent not on rent but on drugs or alcohol, or the family had been engaged in anti-social behaviour leading to eviction. Emotional neglect is more difficult to assess than other types of neglect, but it is the general opinion that it can have more severe and longlasting effects than physical neglect. It often occurs with other forms of neglect or abuse, which may be easier to identify, and includes: Permitted drug or alcohol abuse ? the encouragement or permission by the caregiver of drug or alcohol use by the child. PB - Health Service Executive M1 - other TI - Child protection and welfare practice handbook. AV - public EP - 200 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Letterkenny ID - ndc16250 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/16250/ A1 - Hope, Ann Y1 - 2011/// N2 - This family and alcohol research study was developed by NWAF Ltd in partnership with existing structures within the NW Regional Drugs Task Force area. The findings of this research will provide valuable new evidence on the extent of the problem, establish baseline measures against which future activities can be measured and help inform the development of appropriate support family mechanisms in the North West area and also nationally. Contents 1. North West Alcohol Forum Ltd 2. Aim of the research project p.1 2.1 Background 2.2 Aim of the research project 2.3 Conceptual base of study 3. Review of Literature p.3 4. Research Design p.5 4.1 Methodology 4.2 Data sources 4.3 Framework for analysis 5. Results p.9 5.1 Adults as role models- risky drinking patterns Ireland 5.2 Children?s exposure to risk within families 5.3 Community awareness of risk to children 5.4 Children?s experience of neglect and abuse 5.5 Child abuse and the involvement of alcohol 5.5.1 National Protection Data Results 5.5.2 RAISE data 5.5.3 Hospitalisations for child abuse in the North West 6. Views of frontline staff working in Family Support Services p.29 6.1 Binge Drinking - the drinking norm in Ireland 6.2 Youth doing what they see 6.3 Parental responsibility for youth drinking 6.4 Parental alcohol problems 6.5 Parental drinking - consequences for children 6.6 Intervention ? when? 6.7 Ways of working with families 6.8 The meaning of Binge Drinking 7. Family support services p.33 7.1 Strengthening Families Programme - Donegal 7.2 Springboard Resource House Project - Sligo 8. Summary and Conclusions p.35 9. Recommendations p.40 PB - North West Alcohol Forum SN - 978-0-9570670-0-4 M1 - other TI - Hidden realities: children's exposure to risks from parental drinking in Ireland. AV - public EP - 47 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc16115 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/16115/ A1 - Horgan, Justine Y1 - 2011/// N2 - This literature review, Parental Substance Misuse: Addressing its Impact on Children was prepared as part of the 2010/11 Work Programme of the National Advisory Committee on Drugs, and in the context of Action 55 of the National Drugs Strategy.. Its key messages and recommendations, summarised here, are also relevant to other policy initiatives, particularly the National Children?s Strategy and the forthcoming National Data and Research Strategy on Children?s Lives and the forthcoming National Substance Misuse Strategy. PB - Stationery Office SN - 978-1-4064-2608-3 M1 - government_publication TI - Parental substance misuse: addressing its impact on children: Key messages and recommendations from a review of the literature. AV - public EP - 16 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc16114 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/16114/ A1 - Horgan, Justine Y1 - 2011/// N2 - This new report focuses on the needs of children whose parents are problematic substance misusers. It was prepared at the request of the NACD by our Senior Researcher Dr Justine Horgan who is to be congratulated on the quality of her review and analysis of the Irish and international literature on what is known about the impact of parental use of a range of drugs on their children. The report looks, not only at the biological impact of drug use during pregnancy and breast feeding, but even more importantly highlighting the psychosocial impact on children when their parents misuse drugs including alcohol. The report draws attention to gaps in our knowledge of the true extent and impact of that drug misuse in Ireland. A number of key messages are identified in this study: ? International evidence underlines that parental drug and alcohol misuse has negative consequences for child development, parenting and family life ? Common principles and standards to support work with parental substance and alcohol misusers should underpin services working to safeguard the development of their children ? The national Children First guidelines should be used by organizations working regularly with children who experience parental substance misuse and with their parents ? Health promotion and public information messages that target parents and the impact of their drug and alcohol use on their children need to also promote support services and interventions. The report also sets out a range of measures which need to be taken on board in order to redress the gaps in our knowledge of what is happening to the children of drug users in Ireland at this time, emphasising five essential research activities. PB - Stationery Office SN - 978-1-4064-2608-3 M1 - government_publication TI - Parental substance misuse: addressing its impact on children: a review of the literature. AV - public EP - 92 p. ER - TY - GEN CY - Glasgow ID - ndc17368 UR - http://www.iriss.org.uk/resources/leading-outcomes-parental-substance-misuse Y1 - 2011/// N2 - Leading for outcomes: a guide, offers general evidence-informed advice and support in leading this approach within the context of adult services. IRISS has also produced several companion guides that complement and add to the content in the main volume. This guide builds on the exercises in the main guide and focuses specifically on the field of parental substance misuse. PB - Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services TI - Leading for outcomes parental substance misuse. AV - public EP - 54 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc15522 UR - http://www.dcya.gov.ie/viewdoc.asp?DocID=1589 Y1 - 2011/// N2 - Children First is National Guidance that promotes the protection of children from abuse and neglect. It states what organisations need to do to keep children safe, and what different bodies, and the general public should do if they are concerned about a child?s safety and welfare. The Guidance sets out specific protocols for HSE social workers, Gardaí and other front line staff in dealing with suspected abuse and neglect. Minister Fitzgerald acknowledged and commended all those who work so hard to make sure that every child they interact with is cared for, cherished, supported and protected. She said ?These are the practitioners in the professional and voluntary sectors, medical professionals, Gardai, youth workers, teachers, and coaches all over Ireland who already passionately employ best practice in child protection. These people already implement Children First in full, understand their duties and do not need legislation to keep children safe.? Unfortunately, this is not always the case and referring to the publication of the Cloyne report earlier in the week and other reports already published, Minister Fitzgerald said their publication ?cumulatively shine a light on horrific episodes from our past; and indeed from our very recent past; where as a state and society we failed in our moral duty to cherish and protect our nation?s children. My role as Minster is to seek that never again will these evils be countenanced.? Minister Fitzgerald referred to non compliance with child protection guidelines in the past, particularly where compliance was on a voluntary basis. She indicated her intention to bring forward legislation to require, for the first time, statutory compliance with Children First. The legislation will provide that all organisations will have a duty to comply with Children First, to share relevant information and to cooperate with other relevant services in the best interest of the child. The legislation will provide for a strong system of inspection and oversight and the need to provide demonstrable evidence that the guidance is being implemented correctly across all sectors. Children First was first published in 1999. The principle and substance of this document (2011) are unchanged. The Guidance has been updated to reflect new policy, legislation and organisation ? the establishment of the HSE, HIQA, and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. It incorporates lessons from investigations, reviews and inspections over the past decade. This document reflects the growing awareness of the impact of ongoing neglect on children in its guidance. It also includes bullying as a feature of abuse. Its publication was a commitment in the Programme for Government. Minister Fitzgerald also said ?I want the message to go out that it is absolutely critical that if somebody has, on good faith, reasonable concerns over the abuse or neglect child then those concerns must be reported to the relevant authorities and to this end statutory reporting requirements will be addressed as one aspect of the proposed new Children First legislation.? PB - Government Publications SN - 978-1-4064-2589-5 M1 - government_publication TI - Children First: National guidance for the protection and welfare of children. AV - public EP - 108 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc15409 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/15409/ Y1 - 2011/// N2 - A Call for Change? was developed and compiled by frontline social workers and calls for comprehensive, meaningful change in the child protection and welfare system in Ireland to promote and protect the welfare of children. Quotes from frontline social workers within the document illustrate their experiences of a system failing children and families. Ten clear areas of change are outlined, which frontline social workers identified as needed in the current system, and a range of solutions are put forward to address the issues. Ineke Durville, President of the IASW, said that ?frontline social workers in child protection and welfare in Ireland speak out in this document about the gaps and inconsistencies in the service being provided to vulnerable children in the community, in the care of the Health Service Executive and after leaving its care. Although it?s impossible to ensure all children can be safe, it?s vital there is change to prevent children continuing to remain unnecessarily at risk?. The message from social workers in ?A Call for Change? is that there are ways that services to children and families can be improved. ?Social workers?, Ineke Durville said, ?are at the front line every day and have in-depth professional knowledge and experience in this field and want to be at the centre of positive change?. ?A Call for Change? argues that these changes need to be based on best practice informed by research and social work theory. In response to the publication of the Ryan Report in 2010, the then Taoiseach Brian Cowen committed the state to making Ireland a model of how to treat children. ?A Call for Change? says that is now time to deliver on this commitment. Also at the conference the noted social work academics, Professor Brid Featherstone and Professor Sue White, as well as David Wastell, professor of information systems, will give presentations on related topics. PB - Irish Association of Social Workers M1 - other TI - A call for change: discussion document. Children and families social workers make their voices heard. AV - public EP - 28 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Galway N1 - Published by the Children and Youth Programme with support from The Atlantic Philanthropies ID - ndc18117 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/18117/ A1 - Kennan, Danielle A1 - Keenaghan, Celia A1 - O'Connor, Una A1 - Kinlen, Louise A1 - McCord, John Y1 - 2011/// N2 - This Foundation Report is the first in a Special Report Series addressing the well-being of children and youth in Ireland and Northern Ireland. The Report corresponds with three key UNESCO aims: to strengthen awareness of human rights; to act as a catalyst for regional and national action in human rights; and to foster co-operation with a range of stakeholders and networks working with, or on behalf of, children and youth. This Foundation Report, whilst focusing on Ireland and Northern Ireland, reflects the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) position that rights and well-being are a global concern and the extent to which they are realised affects the lives of all children and young people. The Report integrates the position of UNESCO on rights and well-being2 into current thinking and practice in Ireland and Northern Ireland in responding to the lessons of the past and shaping a society where a happy childhood is a norm and not an aspiration. The specific purpose of the Report is to contribute to a shared understanding of a human rights-based approach to monitoring children and young people?s well-being. PB - Children and Youth Programme VL - Report 1 M1 - other TI - A rights?based approach to monitoring children and young people?s well?being. AV - public EP - 54 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Galway N1 - Prepared by the Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway for the Health Service Executive ID - ndc18116 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/18116/ A1 - Landy, Fergal A1 - Forkan, Cormac A1 - Canavan, John Y1 - 2011/// N2 - The North Dublin Differential Response Model (DRM) was developed in the aftermath of a seminar held by the then Children?s Act Advisory Board in May 2008. This seminar involved a series of presentations, including presentations on the Minnesota differential response model and a presentation on the Foyle Trust ?New Beginnings? model. Following this seminar a series of meetings and communications took place which led to the decision to pilot the differential response model in North Dublin. This report is the first of three reports that will be produced on the pilot of the DRM in North Dublin. There will also be an interim and final report. At an overall level, the evaluation has two aims: first, to describe the development of the model and its implementation; and second, to establish whether the intended outcomes from the implementation of the model have been achieved. This report contains an introduction with background to the project, the methodological approach and the structure of this report. Chapter 2 contains some brief information on the Minnesota approach and detailed information on the design and development of the North Dublin DRM. Chapter 3 sets out the findings including data from the baseline survey on staff?s expectations for the project and successes, challenges and improvements that relate to organisational issues, the model itself, practice developments and partnership between agencies. Chapter 4 includes an update on measures taken to address early challenges as well as a set of areas identified by the evaluators as requiring ongoing attention for the development of the project. PB - Child and Family Research Centre M1 - other TI - North Dublin Differential Response Model. early implementation report. AV - public EP - 61 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - LSE, London ID - ndc14650 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/14650/ A1 - Livingstone, Sonia A1 - Haddon, Leslie A1 - Gorzig, Anke A1 - Olafsson, Kjartan Y1 - 2011/// N2 - This report, based on the final dataset of the EU Kids Online survey of 9-16 year olds and their parents for all 25 countries, presents the final full findings for EU Kids Online Deliverable D4: Core findings to the European Commission Safer Internet Programme. The most common risky activity reported by children online is communicating with new people not met face-to-face. The second most common risk is exposure to potentially harmful user-generated content. 21% of 11-16 year olds have been exposed to one or more types of potentially harmful usergenerated content: hate (12%), pro-anorexia (10%), self-harm (7%), drug-taking (7%) or suicide (5%). PB - EU Kids Online SN - 2045-256X M1 - other TI - Risks and safety on the internet: the perspective of European children. Full findings. AV - public EP - 170 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc15654 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/15654/ A1 - McEvoy, Olivia A1 - Smith, Martine Y1 - 2011/// N2 - During 2010, the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (OMCYA) conducted a consultation process with children living in the care of the State. The project was called Listen to our voices! Hearing children and young people living in the care of the State. In the Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (2009), Justice Ryan recommends that ?children in care should be able to communicate without fear?. The Government?s Implementation Plan, brought out in response to the recommendations in the Ryan Report, committed the OMCYA to conducting a consultation process with children in the care of the State and to publishing the findings. The objectives of the consultation process were to seek the views of children and young people in the care of the State, in detention and in residential services for children with a disability on the issues that matter to them, to explore existing mechanisms for children and young people to express their views and to make recommendations on future structures to be established for children and young people?s voices to be heard. Advised and assisted by an Oversight Committee that included the HSE and a number of organisations that work with children and young people living in the care of the State, the OMCYA also worked with a Youth Advisory Group to help establish and support the consultation process. The key questions posed to ascertain the views of young people in care were: ? What are the most important issues for young people in care? ? What services and supports are in place for young people in care and, of those, what works well and what does not work well? ? What recommendations do young people have on the way the systems and supports should work and on ways that young people in care should have their voices heard? The aims and objectives of the consultations were: ? to seek the views of children and young people in the care of the State on the issues that really matter to them and on which they would like to be heard; ? to explore existing mechanisms for children and young people to express their views; ? to make recommendations on future structures to be established for children and young people to express their views. A significant challenge in organising the consultations was accessing young people in care, especially in foster care. It must be noted that, despite a number of strong interventions by senior HSE personnel in support of the consultation process, a very disappointing number of children in foster care were informed about the consultations. Due to the absence of a comprehensive database of young people in care, the only mechanism for contacting such young people was via their social workers. Since not every young person is receptive to information coming from their social worker, alternative routes had to be found to contact young people directly and encourage them to participate. A number of non-statutory agencies, working with and advocating for young people in care, were enlisted and assisted in the promotion of the consultations and the recruitment of young people. Thus, following an arduous recruitment process, a total of 211 children and young people took part in the consultations between January and July 2010. Young participants included those in the care of the State living in foster care (some long-term) and residential centres, children and young people detained in St. Patrick?s Institution and in detention schools, and children and young people in residential units because of a disability. Young people who had recently left the care system also participated in the consultations. The difficulty in accessing children and young people in foster care resulted in a disproportionate number of young people in residential care and detention facilities taking part in the consultations. However, as this was a consultation process and not a research study, the views of all the children and young people who took part are valid and add strong value to the provision of a better understanding of the care experience for children and young people. Fifteen consultations were held in Cork, Dublin, Galway and Sligo. A separate parallel process for young people with moderate to severe disabilities was also conducted, with consultations taking place in Dublin, Meath and Galway. The consultations were run in an informal, open and safe manner. Creative methodologies were devised to cater for the diverse cohorts of participants so that they could be empowered to express their views, depending on their level of ability and interest. The participants were very open and articulate in expressing their views on a myriad of issues pertaining to care. Despite their diversity, there was a remarkable consistency in the common themes and issues identified during the consultations as important to the participants. Among these themes and issues were: ? the complexity and importance of regular access to birth parents and siblings; ? being treated as ?one of the family? in foster care; ? the importance of assessment and vetting of foster families, as well as their compulsory training; ? the lack of information available to young people in care, particularly on aftercare services, which are not consistent in all locations; ? the impact of disruption and multiplicity of placements experienced by young people; ? the importance of having even one person or agency who will listen and ?be there? to support a young person in care; ? issues about confidentiality, privacy, constant record-keeping and the difficulties in gaining consent for relatively normal activities. The strongest criticisms coming from participants concerned social work services and care plan reviews. Having identified their key concerns and issues, the young participants made recommendations on how to improve the lives of children in the care of the State and how to ensure that their voices are heard. These included: ? a review of social work services, which would ideally lead to social workers having more manageable caseloads and more time to better engage with the young people on that caseload; ? a re-examination of care plan reviews, which would result in a system that would better allow young people to express themselves in a less intimidating environment and have an input on decisions impacting their lives in care; ? improved assessment and vetting of foster families; ? compulsory training for foster families; ? increased information on a variety of issues, such as the care system itself, organisations that support young people in care and aftercare services; ? availability of counselling. When asked about the mechanisms available to them to ?express their views? or what allowed them to ?have their voice heard?, it was apparent that this notion was alien to many participants. They reported that they are rarely asked for their views or feedback, and that the current mechanisms in place to seek those views are not working for them. This report recommends that the existing structures designed to ensure the voice of the child is heard are reviewed and that a culture of participation is developed in which young people are consulted on the key decisions that affect their lives on an ongoing basis. Despite struggling with the possibilities of what it might mean to ?have your voice heard?, the participants formulated a number of very practical key recommendations on future structures to better enable young people to express their views and have their voices heard. These recommendations included: ? an official ?forum? made up of young people from a variety of care settings, which would work towards positive change for young people in care; ? regular peer support meetings of young people in care at regional level; ? a dedicated support telephone line; ? a ?mentor? for each young person in care. The young people in detention schools and in St. Patrick?s Institution also identified a number of issues of importance to them. These included the significant role that alcohol and drugs play in their lives, as well as the lack of freedom, privacy, facilities and services available to them in detention settings. The lack of respect from staff was also of considerable concern to young people in detention. These participants also made recommendations for the future of young people in detention settings, almost all of which pertained to their practical needs, such as improved facilities, freedom and privacy. However, in relation to having their voices heard, they suggested: ? being treated like human beings (St. Patrick?s Institution) and being respected by staff; ? having a representative group to bring the views of young people to management; ? having someone to talk to who does not work in the detention setting; ? having a visit from the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to discuss relevant issues. The report concludes that the agencies responsible for children in the care of the State must listen to the voices of the consultation participants and, more importantly, heed their recommendations. PB - Government Publications SN - 978-1-4064-2596-3 M1 - government_publication TI - Listen to our voices. Hearing children and young people living in the care of the State. AV - public EP - 120 p. ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc15231 UR - http://www.imj.ie//ViewArticleDetails.aspx?ArticleID=6266 IS - 4 A1 - McNicholas, Fiona A1 - O'Connor, N A1 - Bandyopadhyay, G A1 - Doyle, P A1 - O'Donovan, A A1 - Belton, M Y1 - 2011/// N2 - Children in care in Ireland have increased by 27% in the last decade. This population is recognized to be among the most vulnerable. This study aims to describe their placement histories, service use and mental health needs. Data was obtained on 174 children (56.5% of eligible sample) with a mean age of 10.83 (SD = 5.04). 114 (65.5%) were in care for three years or more. 29 (16.7%) did not have a SW and 49 (37.7%) had no GP. 50 (28.7%) were attending CAMHS. Long term care, frequent placement changes and residential setting were significantly related with poorer outcomes and increased MH contact. Given the increase in numbers in care and the overall decrease in resource allocation to health and social care, individual care planning and prioritizing of resources are essential. PB - Irish Medical Organisation JF - Irish Medical Journal VL - 104 SN - 0332-3102 TI - Looked after children in Dublin and their mental health needs. SP - 105 AV - none EP - 108 ER - TY - RPRT CY - Galway ID - ndc18118 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/18118/ A1 - Millar, Michelle A Y1 - 2011/// N2 - The focus of this report is the implementation of the Incredible Years Programme (IYP) in Galway City. The report explores the process of developing the Incredible Years Programme in Galway City with a particular focus on the evaluation of the implementation and outcomes of the Dina in the Classroom (Pre-School) Programme. The IYP is designed to promote social and emotional competencies in children aged 3-10 years. The IYP which was developed in the University of Washington, Seattle by Professor Carolyn Webster-Stratton contains three separate training programmes, one for parents, teachers and children. Whilst each programme is designed as a stand-alone intervention, taken together they provide a cohesive and uniform strategy to address and eliminate behavioural difficulties for children. The IYP is designed to meet the needs of children with behavioural difficulties in the widest sense of the term. This encompasses a broad spectrum of behaviours from mildly disruptive to severely destructive which can present in the home and school, particularly among younger children. Yet this can also result in anti-social activities among adolescents and young people. Behavioural difficulties have a conduct dimension characterised by aggression, defiance and destructiveness as well as an emotional dimension, which is marked by negative affect and deficits in peer relations and pro-social behaviour. PB - UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre M1 - other TI - ?Making a difference? ? an independent evaluation of the Incredible Years Programme in pre-schools in Galway city. AV - public EP - 143 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc14936 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/14936/ Y1 - 2011/// N2 - The Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, the National Children's Strategy Implementation Group (NCSIG ) and the Children's Services Committees (CSCs) have been leading an initiative to develop a planning model for national and local interagency working to improve outcomes for children. This is collectively known as the Working Together for Children initiative. The objective of the Working Together for Children initiative is to secure better developmental outcomes for children through more effective integration of policies and services. The purpose of this document is to articulate the governance arrangements for the Working Together for Children initiative. This Governance Framework is derived from existing policy and legislative provisions, and from the consideration given by the National Children?s Strategy Implementation Group (the national group with responsibility for driving the Working Together for Children initiative at national level) to the following documents: ? Learning from experience to inform the future ? Findings emerging from the initial phase of the Children?s Services Committees (Centre for Effective Services, 2010) ? Draft Paper Outlining Recommendations Relating to the Governance of Children?s Services Committees (Centre for Effective Services,2010) PB - Government Publications M1 - other TI - Governance framework for the Working Together for Children Initiative. AV - public EP - 18 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Kildare ID - ndc16120 UR - http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/Publications/services/Children/nationalreviewpanelreports.html Y1 - 2011/// N2 - In 2010 the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) issued Guidance for the Health Service Executive for the Review of Serious Incidents including Deaths of Children in Care. This Guidance prescribes that the HSE establish a National Review Panel. The work of the Review Panel is overseen by independent chairperson, Prof. Helen Buckley, Ph.D., School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin. This is to ensure that the Panel can produce reports that are entirely objective and independent of the HSE. Click the link above to access other reports: ? National Review Panel Overview of Local Reviews submitted.pdf (size 74.9 KB) ? Review undertaken in respect of the death of a young person known to the child protection system: Executive Summary C.pdf (size 8.2 MB) ? Review undertaken in respect of the death of a child known to the child protection system: Baby G.pdf (size 988.9 KB) ? Review undertaken in respect of the death of a child known to the child protection system: Baby M.pdf (size 439.2 KB) ? National Review Panel Desk Top Review Q.pdf (size 7.4 MB) ? Review undertaken in respect of a serious involving a child known to the child protection system: W.pdf (size 300.8 KB) ? Review undertaken in respect of a serious incident to a young person who was in receipt of after care services from the HSE: Executive Summary.pdf (size 274.7 KB) PB - Health Service Executive M1 - other TI - National review panel annual report 2010. AV - public EP - 15 p. ER - TY - GEN CY - London ID - ndc15227 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/15227/ TI - Supporting information for the development of joint local protocols between drug and alcohol partnerships, children and family services. Y1 - 2011/// N2 - The purpose of this document is to support local partnerships to develop joint local protocols between the drug and alcohol partnerships and children and family services. The supporting information further develops the previously published ?Joint guidance on development of local protocols between drug and alcohol treatment services and local safeguarding and family services'. PB - National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse AV - public ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc15219 UR - http://www.oco.ie/whats-new/media/press-releases/austin-currie-launches-ombudsman-for-childrens-2010-annual-report.html Y1 - 2011/// N2 - 1,223 complaints dealt with in 2010. In-depth advice given on significant pieces of legislation. Voices of children in St Patrick?s prison harnessed to bring about change. The Ombudsman for Children, Emily Logan, said: ?My 2010 annual report illustrates the need for public sector reform in relation to how the State supports children and families. Areas that I believe are of serious concern are the excessively bureaucratic approach to decision making by public administration, and the failure to ensure the implementation of national laws and policy such as the Child Care Act, 1991 and Children First ? National Guidelines for the Protection and Welfare of Children. The report, which concludes the first six-year period of the Ombudsman for Children?s Office, outlines the important role the Office has played since its establishment in 2004 promoting and monitoring children?s rights, providing quality control of public services to children and offering an independent, impartial and free redress mechanism for children and families who are unhappy about how they have been treated. 1,223 complaints were dealt with by the Office in 2010. Education accounted for 38% of complaints, 37% were health related, 8% were Justice related and 5% were Housing related. Parents remain the best advocates for their children with 75% of complaints coming from family members, 10% from professionals and 4% from young people themselves. PB - Ombudsman for Children?s Office TI - Austin Currie launches Ombudsman for Children?s 2010 Annual report. M1 - annual_report AV - public ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc15634 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/15634/ A1 - Pike, Brigid Y1 - 2011/// PB - Health Research Board JF - Drugnet Ireland VL - Issue 38, Summer 2011 TI - Drug prevention in the family. SP - 6 AV - public EP - 7 ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc14689 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/14689/ A1 - Pike, Brigid Y1 - 2011/// PB - Health Research Board JF - Drugnet Ireland VL - Issue 36, Winter 2010 TI - Growing up in Ireland: infants and their families. SP - 7 AV - public EP - 8 ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc15635 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/15635/ A1 - Pike, Brigid Y1 - 2011/// PB - Health Research Board JF - Drugnet Ireland VL - Issue 38, Summer 2011 TI - State of the nation's children report: Ireland 2010. SP - 7 AV - public EP - 8 ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc15633 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/15633/ A1 - Pike, Brigid TI - What do children want to know? Y1 - 2011/// PB - Health Research Board AV - public JF - Drugnet Ireland VL - Issue 38, Summer 2011 ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc15587 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/15587/ Y1 - 2011/// N2 - The Report forms part of the Commission?s Third Programme of Law Reform 2008-2014. In the Report, the Commission makes over 20 recommendations for reform, which are aimed at (a) clarifying existing law that 16 and 17 year olds can consent to medical treatment; (b) ensuring that mature minors (those under 16) have their views fully taken into account when they seek medical treatment; and (c) providing clarity to parents, guardians and health care professionals. The Report also includes a draft Health (Children and Consent to Health Care Treatment) Bill and Outline Scheme of a Mental Health (Amendment) Bill to implement these recommendations. Rights, responsibilities and roles of parents and young people: The Report deals with the complex interaction between the rights, responsibilities and roles of parents and young people. The Report points out that, under the Constitution and international human rights conventions, parents and guardians are presumed to be best placed to ensure that the rights of children are implemented in practice, especially in the case of very young children. As children mature towards adulthood, their capacity to exercise their rights must be recognised. The literature on early adult development points out that maturing is usually a gradual process that occurs as the young person approaches adulthood; that many factors affect this, including the young person?s life experiences (such as health and medical experiences) and wider influences from society. This gradual maturing is also recognised in the law, which sometimes sets down definitive age thresholds for specific matters (especially in the criminal law) and sometimes sets down rules based on tests of maturity and understanding (for example, in assessing whether a child or young person?s views should be taken into account in child care or adoption proceedings). The Commission has taken this into account in the Report. Main recommendations in the Report: Among the recommendations in the Report are: 1. 16 and 17 year olds: the Commission recommends that 16 and 17 year olds should be presumed to have full capacity (based on a functional test that they understand the health care decision and its consequences) to consent to, and refuse, health care and medical treatment. This includes: advice, over-the-counter medicine, surgery, access to contraception and mental health services. (Note: section 23 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 already states that consent given by a 16 and 17 year old to medical treatment is a defence in any criminal prosecution for assault against a medical professional). 2. Those under 16: the Commission recommends that those under 16 should not be presumed competent to consent to, or refuse, medical treatment; but that, in exceptional circumstances they may be able to give their consent or refusal, based on an assessment of their maturity, and a presumption that their parents or guardians will usually be involved. 3. The assessment of whether a person under 16 is sufficiently mature to consent to or refuse medical treatment would have to take account of the following factors: (a) whether he or she has sufficient maturity to understand the information relevant to making the specific decision and to appreciate its potential consequences; (b) whether his or her views are stable and reflect his or her values and beliefs; (c) the nature, purpose and utility of the treatment; (d) the risks and benefits involved in the treatment; and (e) any other specific welfare, protection or public health considerations, such as the mandatory application of the 2011 Children First Guidelines (revised earlier this month by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs). 4. Where any person under 18 refuses life-sustaining treatment, an application to the High Court would be required to decide on the validity of any such refusal. 5. The Commission recommends that the Mental Health Act 2001 be amended to make specific provision for people under 18: for example, that a Mental Heath Tribunal (with an age appropriate focus) rather than the District Court should review their admission and treatment. 6. The Commission recommends that a detailed statutory Code of Practice be published to provide guidance on the application of the Commission?s recommendations; and that the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs should establish a broad-based Working Group to advise on its content (membership to include representatives of parents, young people and health care professionals). PB - Law Reform Commission VL - LRC 103-2011 SN - 1393-3132 M1 - other TI - Children and the law: medical treatment. AV - public EP - 180 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc16278 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/16278/ A1 - Roe, Sandra A1 - McEvoy, Olivia Y1 - 2011/// N2 - This aim of this study was to audit children and young people?s participation in decision-making activity in both statutory and non-statutory organisations working with children and young people aged 18 years and under. Four separate online surveys were developed as part of the research process. The first was aimed at Comhairle na nÓg and other organisations that work with or on behalf of children and young people, the second at the HSE and HSE-funded services, the third at young people on Student Councils and the fourth at Student Council Liaison Teachers. Overall, organisations, services and structures that have involved children and young people in decision-making activity generally reported positive experiences, benefits and outcomes with regard to such activity. However, levels of participation activity and effectiveness varied among respondents. There was a much higher rate of participation activity among children and young people involved in Comhairle na nÓg and other organisations compared with the HSE and HSE-funded services. Four out of 5 respondents (80.3%) from Comhairle na nÓg and other organisations are currently involving children and young people in decision-making and 8.5% have done so in the past, whereas 36.2% of respondents from the HSE and HSE-funded services are currently involving children and young people in decision-making and 19.9% have done so in the past. Involvement in decision-making was typically described as informal among those from the HSE and HSE-funded services. On the other hand, involvement of children and young people in decision-making within Student Councils, Comhairle na nÓg and other organisations was more structured. The majority of Student Councils are well established and involve young people in decision-making activities on a regular basis. For example, over 8 out of 10 Student Councils (81%) had been in existence for 5 or more years and almost all (93%) meet at least once a month and over half meet more than once a month. Comhairle na nÓg and other organisations reported correspondingly high levels (93.5%) of ongoing involvement in participation activity, with over half (52.3%) having permanent youth councils or forums. Respondents from Comhairle na nÓg, other organisations, the HSE and HSE-funded services all reported an increase in participation activity in the last 3 years. The key issues that children and young people who are involved in decision-making are consulted about varied, although mental health was cited as one of the most common topics. The HSE and HSE-funded services were most likely to consult with children and young people on mental health issues, whereas Comhairle na nÓg and other organisations were most likely to consult with children and young people on issues relating to youth services, leisure and recreation, followed by mental health issues. Young people on Student Councils were most likely to be consulted by school management in relation to the development of new or existing school rules and policies. PB - Department of Children and Youth Affairs M1 - other TI - An audit of children and young people?s participation in decision-making. AV - public EP - 158 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc15221 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/15221/ A1 - Share, Michelle A1 - Kerrins, Liz A1 - Greene, Sheila Y1 - 2011/// N2 - The National College of Ireland (NCI) plays an active partnership role in its local community, the Dublin Docklands; and a fundamental component of this active partnership is NCI?s Early Learning Initiative (ELI). ELI is a community-based educational initiative aimed at addressing educational disadvantage through the provision of an integrated programme for children, their parents and families, and educators from early years up to third level. This report, conducted by the Children?s Research Centre, Trinity College and funded by Pobal Dormant Account Funds ? Flagship Projects, examines the implementation of one element of the Early Learning Initiative - Parental Involvement in Children?s Learning (PICL) training in community childcare centres in the Docklands. PB - Children's Research Centre M1 - other TI - Developing early years professionalism. The evaluation of the Early Learning Initiative?s professional development programme for community childcare settings in the Dublin Docklands. AV - public EP - 132 p. ER - TY - GEN CY - London ID - ndc15924 UR - http://www.scie.org.uk/publications/elearning/parentalmentalhealthandfamilies/index.asp?dm_i=4O5,JGIK,4IEVRL,1KZJ0,1 A1 - Barcham, Claire A1 - Diggins, Maria A1 - Mayes, Kate A1 - McKenna, Daphne Y1 - 2011/// N2 - This e-learning resource is targeted at front line and management staff involved in adult mental health and children?s services. These resources might also be useful for primary care services staff (GPs, Health Visitors, Midwives), Schools ? Teachers and support staff and Children?s Centre staff. The e-learning resource can be integrated into the higher education social work curriculum either as directed or self directed study. Contents: Introducing the family model An introduction to the family model and the impacts of some common risks, stressors and protective factors. Think child, think parent and think family Explores the impact of parental mental illness on all family members. Also looks at child development stages and some common diagnoses, interventions and treatments for mental illness. Working together with parents Explores the key principles of working in partnership with parents Working together with professionals Explores the challenges facing workers in maintaining a multi-agency approach and how the Family Model can be used to strengthen professional working relationships. Care planning and review Looks at what makes an effective plan as well as considering how reviewing processes can be used to ensure changing needs are assessed and plans modified as a result. Interventions Explores screening, active signposting and early intervention, and their importance in addressing the needs of all parts of the family system. Managing complexity and leading practice Provides a range of audit tools for front line managers to gauge the readiness of their staff to implement the ?Think Family? guidance. It also identifies the key drivers needed by strategic managers to target action at a local level, identify the barriers to change and potential solutions. Communicating with families Explores the communication strategies that can be used to talk to parents, children and families about parental mental health issues PB - Social Care Institute for Excellence TI - E-learning: Parental mental health and families. AV - none ER - TY - GEN CY - London ID - ndc16077 UR - http://www.scie.org.uk/publications/elearning/parentalsubstancemisuse/index.asp TI - eLearning: Parental substance misuse. Y1 - 2011/// N2 - The Social Care Institute for Excellence?s (SCIE) Parental substance misuse elearning resource is designed to support social workers responsible for ?children in need? when working with families where a parent or parents are misusing drugs or alcohol. These elearning resources provide audio, video and interactive technology to assist in exploring parental substance misuse, its effects on children and parenting capacity and the implications for social work practitioners. The modules are presented in an accessible and engaging way. They look at: ?defining and recognising substance misuse ?the effects on people ?health and treatment options ?relationships with families. Components: ?Understanding substance misuse: An introduction to the different types of substances commonly misused and the effects that these may have on the people taking them. ?Understanding the impact on children: Explores how parenting capacity may be compromised and how children may be affected by parental substance misuse. ?Implications for children?s social work practice: Explores the implications that parental substance misuse has for social work practice and to recognise when an assessment is needed. PB - Social Care Institute for Excellence AV - none ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc23448 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/23448/ IS - 7 A1 - Carr, Alan A1 - Dooley, Barbara A1 - Fitzpatrick, Mark A1 - Flanagan, Edel A1 - Flanagan-Howard, Roisin A1 - Tierney, Kevin A1 - White, Megan A1 - Daly, Margaret A1 - Egan, Jonathan Y1 - 2010/07// N2 - OBJECTIVE To document the adult adjustment of survivors of childhood institutional abuse. METHOD Two hundred and forty-seven adult survivors of institutional abuse with a mean age of 60 were interviewed with a protocol that included the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, modules from the Structured Clinical Interview for Axis I Disorders of DSM IV and the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM IV Personality Disorders, the Trauma Symptom Inventory, and the Experiences in Close Relationships Inventory. RESULTS The prevalence of psychological disorders among adult survivors of institutional abuse was over 80% and far higher than in the normal population, with anxiety, mood and substance use disorders being the most prevalent diagnoses. Survivors also had high rates of trauma symptoms and insecure adult attachment styles, and these were higher for those who had experienced both institutional and intrafamilial abuse. CONCLUSIONS There was an association between the experience of institutional abuse in childhood and the prevalence of adult mental health problems, particularly anxiety, mood and substance use disorders. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS Policies, practices and procedures should be regularly reviewed and revised to maximize protection of young people in institutional care. Evidence-based psychological treatment should be made available to adult survivors of institutional abuse. PB - Elsevier JF - Child Abuse & Neglect VL - 34 SN - 1873-7757 TI - Adult adjustment of survivors of institutional child abuse in Ireland. SP - 477 AV - none EP - 89 ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc13329 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/13329/ A1 - Brierley, Mark Y1 - 2010/06// N2 - This report, for the first time, endeavours to improve our understanding of what happens to children who have been referred to special care. In setting out the parameters of the study we were particularly keen to consider the outcomes not only for those who entered special care but also to explore what happened to those children who were not considered to have met the admission criteria. This study is not an end in itself, but rather contributes significantly to the debate which needs to be held about the future shape of child care services in Ireland. We cannot assume that the current system is ?good enough?. It is over ten years since an alternative approach to special care and high support was recommended by the group who established Rath na nÓg. It is only now that this approach is about to be advanced. But even this may not be the right way. Alongside the development of services it is critical that an ongoing process of evaluation of effectiveness is introduced. The system needs to be clear about what it expects from its different services and to establish processes to ensure that those expectations are being met consistently. PB - Children's Act Advisory Board VL - CAAB research report: no. 8 M1 - other TI - Tracing and tracking of children subject to a special care application. AV - public EP - 165 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc13311 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/13311/ A1 - Halpenny, Ann Marie A1 - Nixon, Elizabeth A1 - Watson, Dorothy Y1 - 2010/06// N2 - Study overview Families represent the primary setting in which most children?s lives are shaped and determined. Central to the process of the socialisation of children are the parenting behaviours and discipline responses which children experience within family settings. Within these family contexts, children gradually internalise social standards and expectations, which facilitate, in turn, greater selfregulation skills and responsibility. Knowledge of the range of disciplinary tactics used by parents and of parental beliefs and attitudes to discipline strategies is, therefore, essential in order to promote and support effective and constructive parental discipline responses with children and young people. The present study sought to investigate the parenting styles and parental use of disciplinary strategies with children in Ireland, with a particular focus on attitudes to and uses of physical punishment. A further aim of the research was to identify parental attitudes to the legislative position in relation to physical punishment and children. The study adopted a telephone survey methodology, involving interviews with 1,353 women and men, with at least one child younger than 18 years of age, living in private households. Specifically, the following questions were addressed: ? What parenting goals and expectations for their children do parents in Ireland have today? ? What are parents? perspectives on Irish society as a context for parenting and what pressures do parents experience? ? What parenting styles and discipline strategies do parents use? To what extent do parents use physical punishment as a method of discipline? ? Under what circumstances do parents employ certain approaches to discipline? ? What are parents? attitudes towards physical punishment? ? Are parents aware of the current legislative position on physical punishment? ? What are parents? perspectives on potential legislative change? ? How do child-rearing goals, parenting styles and approaches to discipline and attitudes towards physical punishment vary according to the age, gender and social class of parents and children? PB - Stationery Office M1 - other TI - Parents? perspectives on parenting styles and disciplining children. AV - public EP - 120 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc13312 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/13312/ A1 - Nixon, Elizabeth A1 - Halpenny, Ann Marie Y1 - 2010/06// N2 - The overall aim of this study was to explore children and young people?s perspectives on parenting styles and discipline. The study was carried out against the backdrop of changing trends in Irish society, most notably, changes in family routines and relationships. Little is known in the Irish context about children?s views of different parenting styles and, in particular, about the views of children in respect of physical punishment by their parents. In line with the ethos of the National Children?s Strategy, the research involved consulting directly with children to explore their perspectives on parenting styles and discipline. A qualitative approach was adopted, involving focus group interviews with children and young people aged between 6 and 17 years. The study was carried out jointly by the School of Psychology and Children?s Research Centre, Trinity College, Dublin, and the Centre for Social and Educational Research in the Dublin Institute of Technology, and was commissioned by the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. PB - Stationery Office M1 - government_publication TI - Children?s perspectives on parenting styles and discipline: a developmental approach. AV - public EP - 96 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Luxembourg: ID - ndc13131 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/13131/ A1 - Olszewski, Deborah A1 - Burkhart, Gregor A1 - Bo, Alessandra Y1 - 2010/05/28/ N2 - The purpose of this paper is to give meaning and insight into some of the key drug and alcohol issues that affect children from the perspectives of the children themselves. It is not to estimate the relative magnitude of a specific drug or alcohol problem or the numbers of children affected by it. Each section of this paper is preceded by one or two key statistics and whilst the quotations that follow may highlight a need to develop more robust and detailed statistics on a key issue, the overriding objective is to give the children a voice. Table of contents ? Introduction ? Living with parents with drug or alcohol problems ? Children looked after by relatives, foster carers and institutions ? Children?s experiences and perceptions of alcohol and drug consumption ? Children?s perceptions about alcohol and drug interventions ? Conclusions ? Acknowledgements ? References ? Quotation sources PB - The Publications Office of the European Union SN - 978-92-9168-420-5 M1 - other TI - Thematic paper. Children's voices. Experiences and perceptions of European children on drug and alcohol issues. AV - public EP - 38 p. ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc13021 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/13021/ A1 - Pike, Brigid TI - Exposure to illicit drug use and alcoholism among 9-year-old Irish children. Y1 - 2010/04/19/ PB - Health Research Board AV - public JF - Drugnet Ireland VL - Issue 33, Spring 2010 ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc13318 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/13318/ A1 - Felzmann, Heike A1 - Sixsmith, Jane A1 - O?Higgins, Siobhan A1 - Ni Chonnachtaigh, Sorcha A1 - Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse Y1 - 2010/03// N2 - A substantial increase in research into the lives of children has been experienced over the last 20 years in many countries, including Ireland. This increase is not only in the amount of research undertaken, but also in the multidisciplinary range of such research. Research with children involves working with potentially vulnerable participants, who not only require specific protection but also have the capacity for independent agency that necessitates respect from researchers. With the increase in research, there has been a related increase in awareness by the research community of the need to ensure that all research with children is carried out to the highest ethical standards. Until recently, ethical review of research was left to the discretion of the researchers, who were generally considered sufficiently trustworthy to safeguard their participants? rights and well-being by virtue of their education and professional standing. Over the last two decades, however, it has become more common to convene Research Ethics Committees to review research proposals with the goal of ensuring that ethical requirements are fulfilled and to provide ethical oversight to researchers. This has resulted in an increase in the number of Research Ethics Committees operating worldwide, including in Ireland. In relation to children?s research, ethical review attempts to ensure that research projects have provisions in place that will enable researchers to do justice to the duties of both protection and respect of child participants. However, a variety of problematic issues have been highlighted. Research with children into the ethics of children?s research has identified tensions between balancing risk and benefit, on the one hand, and autonomy, competence and parental authority, on the other. The reliability and validity of review by Research Ethics Committee has also been brought into question: not only are requirements vastly different between countries (Hearnshaw, 2004), but there is ample evidence to show that decision-making by different Research Ethics Committees In the same country can differ significantly (Garfield, 1995), even when they are governed by the same authority (Angell et al, 2006). In order to counter this variability, it has been argued that increased regulation needs to be put in place and this has happened in some countries. PB - Stationery Office SN - 978-1-4064-2495-9 M1 - government_publication TI - Ethical review and children?s research in Ireland. AV - public EP - 132 p. ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc12952 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/12952/ IS - 1 A1 - McNicholas, Fiona A1 - O'Sullivan, Michael A1 - Lennon, Ruth A1 - Doherty, Mairin A1 - Adamson, Neil Y1 - 2010/03// PB - Medmedia Group JF - Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine VL - 27 SN - 0790-9667 TI - Deliberate self-harm (DSH) out of hours presentation SP - 11 AV - none EP - 14 ER - TY - RPRT CY - New York ID - ndc14338 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/14338/ A1 - Adamson, Peter Y1 - 2010/// N2 - This Report Card presents a first overview of inequalities in child well-being for 24 of the world?s richest countries. Three dimensions of inequality are examined: material well-being, education, and health. In each case and for each country, the question asked is ?how far behind are children being allowed to fall?? The report argues that children deserve the best possible start, that early experience can cast a long shadow, and that children are not to be held responsible for the circumstances into which they are born. In this sense the metric used - the degree of bottom-end inequality in child well-being - is a measure of the progress being made towards a fairer society. Bringing in data from the majority of OECD countries, the report attempts to show which of them are allowing children to fall behind by more than is necessary in education, health and material well-being (using the best performing countries as a minimum standard for what can be achieved). In drawing attention to the depth of disparities revealed, and in summarizing what is known about the consequences, it argues that ?falling behind? is a critical issue not only for millions of individual children today but for the economic and social future of their nations tomorrow. PB - UNICEF VL - Innocenti Report Card 9 SN - 978-88-89129-99-9 M1 - other TI - The children left behind: a league table of inequality in child well-being in the world's rich countries. AV - public EP - 36 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc14123 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/14123/ Y1 - 2010/// N2 - Frequent fear, often feeling unsafe and witnessing alcohol-related parental conflict were childhood realities for 71,000 to 90,000 children growing up in Ireland. Alcohol Action Ireland commissioned a leading market research firm to carry out the first ever prevalence survey on the impact of parental alcohol problems on children growing up in families in Ireland. It is important for all of us to remember that this was a survey of adults but there are thousands of children in Ireland today for whom this is their current life. You can find a copy of the survey results below along with expert presentations from consutlant child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr. Sarah Buckley and substance misuse in the family expert Wendy Robinson. Our research is not intended to be an end but a start to recognising, understanding and meeting these children?s needs. PB - Alcohol Action Ireland M1 - other TI - Keeping it in the family survey 2009. Parental drinking among 18-40 year olds: prevalence and impact. AV - public EP - 6 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc17336 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/17336/ Y1 - 2010/// N2 - The rationale for this evaluation, as of any evaluation of public services, is simple. The provision of public services involves a tripartite relationship between the Government which commissions and funds services, the agencies paid to deliver them, and the people who use them. The quality of public services depends on the quality of these relationships, and on the existence of systems and processes to ensure that these relationships are transparently accountable, responsive to need, and effective in their outcomes. In an area like Ballymun where the level of need is extremely high, and where each agency is usually the sole provider of its service, it is even more important to establish that services are effective and properly coordinated. The report shows that Ballymun Network has achieved its objectives and has been a success in terms of helping to put in place robust systems for inter-agency cooperation. Ballymun now has good systems to facilitate inter-agency cooperation in responding to the needs of vulnerable young people. The report also shows that the Network has been a success in promoting other aspects of inter-agency cooperation including the joint delivery by agencies of programmes such as the Strengthening Families Programme, and the provision of joint training for front-line staff in both the therapeutic and legal aspects of caring. Beyond that, it has created considerable social capital in terms of creating constructive and friendly working relationships between managers and front-line workers across all agencies in the area. PB - Ballymun Network M1 - other TI - More than the sum of its parts : an evaluation of Ballymun Network for assisting Children and young people (2005-2010). An interagency initiative for the coordination of children?s services in Ireland. Summary report. AV - public EP - 52 p. ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc18638 UR - http://www.feantsa.org/files/freshstart/Communications/Homeless%20in%20Europe%20EN/PDF_2010/Homeless_in_Europe_Autumn2010_EN_Final.pdf.pdf A1 - Brierley, Mark Y1 - 2010/// N2 - Children?s social care services in Ireland are the responsibility of the national Health Services Executive(HSE), having until 2005 been the responsibility of 10 regional Health Boards. In 2001, Ireland developed a Youth Homeless Strategy and responsibility for the implementation of the Strategy resides with the HSE. PB - Feantsa JF - Homeless in Europe VL - Autumn/Winter TI - Tracing and tracking special care in Ireland. SP - 7 AV - none EP - 8 ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc14437 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/14437/ A1 - Buckley, Helen A1 - Corrigan, Carmel A1 - Kerrins, Liz Y1 - 2010/// N2 - Findings: A total of 190 research documents were identified in line with the criteria agreed between the researchers and the CAAB, and are included in the audit. The key findings from the analysis of the audit are as follows: ? Research identified in the audit has tended to focus on child protection and the child protection system generally, as well as sexual abuse. This research has primarily been undertaken by clinicians and academics, and spans across sectors. ? Over half, (110 or 58%) of the research falls under the heading of policy/practice reviews/analysis. This is further reflected in the fact that the research most commonly focused on operating procedures, followed by practice issues and the policy framework, both in studies with a single focus and those with multiple foci. ? The most common type of publication was peer reviewed article (74 or 39%), with commissioned research accounting for just 7% (13). This is in line with the findings that 68% (128) of commissioning/publishing bodies and 74% (139) of research bodies were in the academic sector. ? The research published and/or commissioned by the statutory sector follows the pattern found in the audit generally, with the most common type of study being policy/practice review/analysis (27 or 48%) and the most common focus being operating procedures (22 or 39%). ? Information sources rarely incorporated primary research with children, with only 14 studies (8%) citing direct contact with children and young people. Information on children was more commonly gathered from case files, professionals and family members. ? The topics covered in the identified research were very wide-ranging but closely related to the primary subject area (type of abuse) and the sector in which the research was located. One conclusion stated that: There is a shortage of child protection-focused research on the factors that cause and perpetuate child abuse, such as homelessness, addiction, parental mental illness and domestic violence. The need for material on these areas is demonstrated by the nature and scale of reports to the child protection system and the removal of some children from their families into out of home care as a result of the above mentioned adversities. PB - Children's Act Advisory Board VL - CAAB research report no. 7 M1 - other TI - Report of an audit of child protection research in Ireland 1990-2009. AV - public EP - 68 p. ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc14420 UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20298551 IS - 10 A1 - Corcoran, Paul A1 - Reulbach, U A1 - Keeley, HS A1 - Perry, Ivan J A1 - Hawton, K A1 - Arensman, Ella Y1 - 2010/// N2 - BACKGROUND: Distalgesic, the prescription-only analgesic compound of paracetamol (325 mg) and dextropropoxyphene (32.5 mg) known as co-proxamol in the UK, was withdrawn from the Irish market as of January 2006. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of the withdrawal of distalgesic in terms of intentional drug overdose (IDO) presentations to hospital emergency departments (EDs) nationally. METHODS: A total of 42,849 IDO presentations to 37 of the 40 hospitals EDs operating in Ireland in 2003-2008 were recorded according to standardised procedures. Data on sales of paracetamol-containing drugs to retail pharmacies for the period 1998-2008 were obtained from IMS Health. PB - BioMed Central JF - BMC Clinical Pharmacology VL - 18 SN - 1472-6904 TI - Use of analgesics in intentional drug overdose presentations to hospital before and after the withdrawal of distalgesic from the Irish market. AV - none ER - TY - RPRT CY - London ID - ndc14142 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/14142/ A1 - Eadie, Douglas A1 - MacAskill, Susan A1 - Brooks, Oona A1 - Heim, Derek A1 - Forsyth, Alasdair A1 - Punch, Sam Y1 - 2010/// N2 - Childhood experiences are crucial to forming future drinking habits. Much emphasis has been placed on understanding the impact of problem drinking within the family, yet much less is known about how children learn about alcohol in so-called 'ordinary families'. This UK study found that: ? Children in the 7-12 age bracket have a fairly sophisticated knowledge of alcohol and its effects; ? The home is an important source of learning about alcohol and young children anticipate modelling their future behaviour on parents' drinking styles; and ? Parents often have limited belief in their ability to teach children to drink responsibly, in the face of external pressures. PB - Joseph Rowntree Foundation M1 - other TI - Pre-teens learning about alcohol: drinking and family contexts. AV - public EP - 88 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc13992 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/13992/ A1 - Fives, Allyn A1 - Kennan, Danielle A1 - Canavan, John A1 - Brady, Bernadine A1 - Cairns, David Y1 - 2010/// N2 - The term "young carers" refers to children and young people under the age of 18 whose lives are affected in some significant way by the care needs of another family or household member and who provide care, or help to provide care, to that person. Traditionally, the focus of carerorientated policy has been on adult carers. However, in the past 15 years there has been growing awareness of and interest in young carers. A number of key issues have emerged in the literature on young carers: - the definition of a young carer; - the impacts, both positive and negative, of caring on a child or young person; - the invisibility of young carers and mechanisms that can be used to identify them; - the services that are or should be provided to young carers. With regard to methodological limitations, the research team failed to recruit and interview children and young people of parents with drug and alcohol addictions. It is, therefore, likely that the final sample does not include the most vulnerable categories of young carers. Given that the young participants were recruited on the basis of their parent?s or guardian?s consent, however, it was thought that the parents of vulnerable children would be less likely to volunteer information about their family life or to encourage outside interest in their family. PB - Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs M1 - other TI - Study of young carers in the Irish population. Executive summary. AV - public EP - 28 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc14077 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/14077/ A1 - Fives, Allyn A1 - Kennan, Danielle A1 - Canavan, John A1 - Brady, Bernadine A1 - Cairns, David Y1 - 2010/// N2 - The term ?young carers? refers to children and young people under the age of 18 whose lives are affected in some significant way by the care needs of another family or household member, and who provide care, or help to provide care, to that person. Traditionally, the focus of carer-orientated policy has been on adult carers. However, in the last 15 years there has been growing awareness of and interest in young carers. Research on this topic has greatly expanded and policy-makers and service providers are increasingly acknowledging the need for a specific policy response to address the needs of young carers and to provide support to them. The health problems of those with care needs, being cared for by young carers, included: ? behavioural or learning difficulty; ? combined intellectual and physical disability; ? physical illness; ? mental illness; ? drug or alcohol addiction; ? sensory impairment PB - Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs VL - The national children?s strategy research series M1 - government_publication TI - Study of young carers in the Irish population. Full report. AV - public EP - 135 p. ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc14418 UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19995476 IS - 10 A1 - Harley, M A1 - Kelleher, I A1 - Clarke, Mary A1 - Lynch, F A1 - Arseneault, L A1 - Connor, D A1 - Fitzpatrick, C A1 - Cannon, M Y1 - 2010/// N2 - RESULTS: In separate analyses both cannabis use and childhood trauma were significantly associated with risk of experiencing psychotic symptoms. However, the presence of both childhood trauma and early cannabis use significantly increased the risk for psychotic symptoms beyond the risk posed by either risk factor alone, indicating that there was a greater than additive interaction between childhood trauma and cannabis use. PB - British Medical Association JF - Psychological Medicine VL - 40 SN - 0033-2917 TI - Cannabis use and childhood trauma interact additively to increase the risk of psychotic symptoms in adolescence. SP - 1627 AV - none EP - 1634 ER - TY - RPRT CY - Middlesex N1 - An ENCARE 5 Project funded by the European Union ID - ndc13863 UR - http://alcoholireland.ie/?page_id=195 A1 - Harwin, Judith A1 - Madge, Nicola A1 - Heath, Sally Y1 - 2010/// N2 - This study aims to review and identify the main approaches adopted by EU Partners in addressing the issue of children affected by parental alcohol problems (ChAPAPs), drawing specifically on research, policy, practice and service development. This is a particularly timely study as the EU Commission is placing more emphasis on member states to protect young people and children, and the unborn child, from alcohol related harm across Europe. Many EU partners are also in the process of developing and/or updating national alcohol strategies. The above report is complemented by the following reports on all elements of the ChAPAPs project 2007-2010 (See above URL) ?Recommendations for Policy Development ?Good Practices Manual ?Evaluation of Direct Preventative Interventions with Children of Alcoholics ?Key Figures on Health Conditions and Policy Regarding Child Health and Alcohol Consumption ?Economic Impact of Alcohol Consumption ?Capacity Building Toolkit ?ChAPAPs Literature Overview PB - Brunel University M1 - other TI - Children affected by Parental Alcohol Problems. AV - public EP - 532 p. ER - TY - RPRT ID - ndc14344 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/14344/ Y1 - 2010/// N2 - The ISPCC consulted with just under 10,000 12-18 year olds in Ireland, the focus of which was attitudes towards alcohol use. The report shows that 1 in 10 Irish children feel that their life is significantly affected by their parents alcohol use, and that 45% of 12-18 year olds are regularly drinking to excess. In their own words, Irish children relay the stark reality of alcohol mis-use in the home. PB - Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children M1 - other TI - If they're getting loaded, why can't I? EP - 64 p. AV - public ER - TY - JOUR N1 - PMID: 19843508 ID - ndc17031 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/17031/ IS - 1 A1 - Kabir, Zubair A1 - Manning, Patrick J A1 - Holohan, Jean A1 - Goodman, Patrick G A1 - Clancy, Luke Y1 - 2010/// N2 - OBJECTIVE: This study hypothesised a continual decline in current smoking prevalence over four calendar years (1995, 1998, 2002/03 and 2007) and no significant increase in second-hand-smoke (SHS) exposure levels at home after the workplace smoking ban of March 2004 (2007 versus 2002/03 survey) among Irish school children. METHODS: A modified ISAAC (International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood) protocol was used. Children aged 13-14 years from randomly selected representative post-primary schools were studied: 2670 in 1995, 2273 in 1998, 2892 in 2002-2003, and 2805 in 2007. ISAAC is a cross-sectional self-administered questionnaire survey. Smoking history was self-reported. beta Coefficients (slopes) of smoking rates across the four surveys were computed. Odds ratios for smoking rates were also computed using the baseline year (1995) as the reference period. All analyses were performed using SAS software (v 9.1). RESULTS: There were significant reductions in active smoking rates between 1995 and 2007 (from 19.9% to 10.6%, respectively) resulting in 3.3% survey-to-survey reductions, with a significantly greater survey-to-survey decline among girls compared to boys (3.8% vs 2.7%, respectively). 45% of children were exposed to SHS at home in 2007. There was a statistically non-significant 2% overall decline in SHS exposure levels at home in 2007 relative to 2002/03, which was more pronounced in girls. CONCLUSIONS: The continual reduction in active smoking prevalence in children is welcome. That there was no significant increase in SHS exposure at home after the nationwide workplace smoking ban suggests that the ban did not increase smoking inside homes. PB - BMJ Publishing JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood VL - 95 TI - Active smoking and second-hand-smoke exposure at home among Irish children, 1995-2007. SP - 42 AV - none EP - 45 ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc20214 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/20214/ IS - 4 A1 - Kabir, Zubair A1 - Alpert, Hillel R A1 - Goodman, Patrick G A1 - Haw, Sally A1 - Behm, Ilan A1 - Connolly, Gregory N A1 - Gupta, Prakash C A1 - Clancy, Luke Y1 - 2010/// N2 - Second-hand smoke (SHS) is a major avoidable cause of developmental and respiratory disease and premature death among children worldwide. SHS is a ?Class A? carcinogen, and there is no safe level of SHS exposure. Almost 700 million children worldwide are exposed daily to SHS at home. This article reviews and summarizes evidence based on available studies that report on ?voluntary? home smoking restrictions and their effects on SHS exposure levels in children aged 0?17 years. All potentially relevant publications within a 10-year period (January 2000?April 2010) were identified (n = 19 full-text articles) through comprehensive database searches. In general, voluntary household smoking restrictions reported a significant reduction in childhood SHS exposure ranging between 20?50% reductions, using both self-reported and biological measures. Mandated comprehensive workplace and enclosed public smoke-free policies also suggested an apparent benefit in some specific pediatric health encounters, namely, decreased preterm birth risks and reduced emergency hospital visits owing to asthma. PB - Future Medicine JF - Pediatric Health VL - 4 TI - Effect of smoke-free home and workplace policies on second-hand smoke exposure levels in children: an evidence summary. SP - 391 AV - none EP - 403 ER - TY - RPRT CY - Galway N1 - This report was commissioned by Barnardos on behalf of South Dublin Children?s Services Committee. ID - ndc18114 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/18114/ A1 - Landy, Fergal A1 - Canavan, John Y1 - 2010/// N2 - Following an introductory chapter, Chapter 2 provides the context and rationale for the ARM, by outlining the policy and legislative context, the theoretical context, the local context and the ARM model as applied in Jobstown. Chapter 3 presents the findings on the stakeholders? perspectives of the Jobstown ARM. Chapter 4 offers a discussion of the findings in light of the theory discussed in Chapter 2, while Chapter 5 provides a set of conclusions and recommendations. ? The differential response model (DRM), also known as the alternative response model (ARM), could be viewed as a specific attempt to reconcile the inherent tensions between child protection and family support. ? The DRM/ARM ensures low- and moderate-risk cases are provided with a comprehensive family assessment and are offered timely services without a formal determination or substantiation of child abuse or neglect; only high-risk cases receive the traditional investigative response. ? The DRM/ARM can be viewed as a step towards a closer relationship between the statutory-based social work resources and the non-government sector, as well as providing more comprehensive outcomes-focused provision. The Jobstown ARM arose in the context of the work plan of SDCSC. Key local managers attended a seminar held by the Children?s Act Advisory Board on the differential response model in 2008. A study visit to the New Beginnings Project in Foyle Trust in Derry also took place. An inter-agency committee was brought together, and a model was developed that sought to capitalise on the strengths of the differential response model as well as operationalising the Agenda for Children?s Services. PB - Child and Family Research Centre M1 - other TI - A formative evaluation of Jobstown Alternative Response Model. AV - public EP - 123 p. ER - TY - GEN CY - London ID - ndc14051 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/14051/ Y1 - 2010/// N2 - The guidance is for all those who have a role in promoting the quality of life (that is, the physical health, and social, educational and emotional wellbeing) of looked-after children and young people. This includes directors of children?s services, directors of public health, people who commission and provide health and social care services, social workers, carers (including foster carers), healthcare workers, staff in independent and voluntary agencies, schools, colleges and universities, and organisations that train professionals and inspect services. The guidance may also be of interest to looked-after children and young people, their families, prospective adopters and other members of the public. The focus of the guidance is on how organisations, professionals and carers can work together to help looked-after children and young people reach their full potential and enjoy the same opportunities in life as their peers. The recommendations cover local strategy and commissioning, multi-agency working, care planning and placements, and timely access to appropriate health and mental health services. In particular, they aim to: ? promote stable placements and nurturing relationships ? support the full range of placements, including with family and friends ? encourage educational achievement ? support the transition to independent living ? meet the particular needs of looked-after children and young people, including those from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, unaccompanied asylum seekers, and those who have disabilities ? places looked-after children and young people at the heart of decision making. PB - National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence TI - Promoting the quality of life of looked-after children and young people. AV - public EP - 169 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - London ID - ndc13691 UR - http://www.nspcc.org.uk/Inform/publications/casenotes/parental_alcohol_drug_misuse_wda78113.html Y1 - 2010/// N2 - ChildLine Casenotes is a series of reports based on analysis of calls to ChildLine, a free confidential helpline for children and young people in the UK provided by the NSPCC. This report is based on detailed analysis of calls to ChildLine from April 2008 to March 2009. Key findings ? Children who were counselled by ChildLine about their parents? alcohol and drug misuse often also talked about their experiences of physical abuse, family relationship problems, neglect and sexual abuse. ? Children talked about being worried, frightened and confused by their parents? alcohol and drug misuse. ? Children often took on a caring role and saw it as their responsibility to solve their parents? alcohol and drug misuse problems. ? Almost twice the number of children were counselled by ChildLine about their parents? alcohol misuse than about drug misuse. ? Children who were cared for by habitual alcohol or drug users could be inducted to rely on alcohol and drugs in order to cope with life?s challenges. PB - NSPCC M1 - other TI - Children talking to ChildLine about parental alcohol and drug misuse. AV - public EP - 33 p. ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc18612 UR - http://rian.ie/en/item/view/41883.html IS - 2 A1 - O'Connor, Pat Y1 - 2010/// N2 - Irish society has been undergoing very rapid change involving increasing globalisation, potentially declining localisation and changing gender roles (Tovey and Share, 2003; O?Connor, 1998 and 2,000; O?Toole, 2003). There is evidence to suggest that in this context Irish young people are using escapist mood altering drugs (particularly excessive alcohol and cannabis) to a greater extent than their European counterparts (HBSC, 2003; ESPAD, 2004). This study was concerned with looking at texts written by young people aged 10-12 years old in response to an invitation, to ?tell their life stories?, to write a page ?describing themselves and the Ireland that they inhabit? ?to provide a national data base? ?an invaluable archive?, with the option of using the reverse side of the sheet creatively for drawings, poems, songs, or lyrics. This paper is concerned with three issues: firstly with the relationship between the visual content of the drawings and the written texts; secondly with the relevance of a global/local dimension to understanding both; thirdly, with looking at gender variation in both of these and more broadly, at ways of ?doing boy/girl? (Haywood and Mac an Ghiall, 2003; Connnell, 2005). JF - Qualitative Research VL - 7 TI - 'Doing boy/ girl' and global/ local elements in 10-12 year olds? drawings and written texts. SP - 229 AV - none EP - 247 ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc17504 UR - http://www.imj.ie//ViewArticleDetails.aspx?ContentID=3990 IS - 5 A1 - O'Shea, J A1 - Carolan, E A1 - Ni Chroinin, M Y1 - 2010/// N2 - Letter to the editor. There is clear evidence that exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in early life is associated with an increased incidence of lower respiratory tract infections1 including wheezing illnesses.2,3 The prevalence of cigarette smoking in Ireland was 24% in December 2007.4 This has decreased since introduction of the smoking ban in 2004, prevalence then being 31%. However a significant number of Irish children are still regularly exposed to cigarette smoke. We wished to examine parental smoking in preschool children admitted with respiratory illness. We hypothesised that (a) more children of parents who smoke would require admission, (b) the a hand held CO monitor (PICOplus smokelyzer) may be a means of assessing parental smoking behaviour and (c) the CO monitor may be a helpful tool to aid with parental education about the dangers of smoking. PB - Irish Medical Organisation JF - Irish Medical Journal VL - 103 SN - 0332-3102 TI - Examining the prevalence of parental smoking in children < 5 yr admitted with respiratory illnesses. AV - none ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc17179 UR - http://www.dcya.gov.ie/viewdoc.asp?DocID=120 Y1 - 2010/// N2 - The year 2009 was a challenging one for the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (OMCYA) as two major reports on the systematic past abuse of children were published in the course of the year. The Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (known as the Ryan Report) was published in May. The Report by Commission of Investigation into Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin (known as the Murphy Report) was published in November. Both reports highlighted a litany of past abuses perpetrated against children. Following publication of the Ryan Report, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Barry Andrews, TD, was tasked with producing an Implementation Plan to address each of the recommendations made in the Ryan Report. This plan was accepted by Government and published in July (OMCYA, 2009a) and in addition includes proposals considered essential to improve services to children in care, in detention and at risk. This Implementation Plan has became a major focus of the work of the OMCYA, with the Minister and his Office accepting the challenges highlighted in the Ryan and Murphy Reports as an opportunity to ensure that the lives of our most vulnerable children are protected. PB - Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs M1 - annual_report TI - Office of the Minister for children and youth affairs annual report 2009. AV - public EP - 40 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc14487 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/14487/ Y1 - 2010/// N2 - This is Ireland's third biennial State of the Nation's Children report. These reports, which provide the most up-to-date data on all indicators in the National Set of Child Well-Being Indicators, aim to: chart the well-being of children in Ireland; track changes over time; benchmark progress in Ireland relative to other countries; highlight policy issues arising. PB - Government Publications SN - 978-1-4064-2321-1 M1 - government_publication TI - State of the Nation's children 2010. AV - public EP - 252 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc15108 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/15108/ Y1 - 2010/// N2 - This report is the result of an investigation into the implementation of Children First, National Guidelines for the Protection and Welfare of Children, which was published in 1999. Individual complaints to the Ombudsman for Children can highlight a deficiency in policy, practice or legislation. In this case the investigation was conducted under section 10 of the Act which provides that I can initiate an investigation of my own motion. Own motion investigations are particularly useful where, as in this case, children and families who may be affected are less likely to make a complaint. This is also the first systemic investigation carried out by the Ombudsman for Children?s Office. By definition this recognises the Ombudsman?s potential to induce broader change in the administrative system that benefits more than one individual child. Some of the conclusions in this report are positive. It is recognised that substantial efforts have been made at various times since 1999 to implement Children First. However, some of its conclusions are negative and a number of findings of unsound administration have been made. PB - Ombudsman for Children?s Office M1 - other TI - A report based on an investigation into the implementation of Children first: national guidelines for the protection and welfare of children AV - public EP - 103 p. ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc13286 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/13286/ A1 - Pike, Brigid Y1 - 2010/// N2 - ?She knew not to go near me in the morning ?til I had my foil, then ?mummy would play?. In the mornings the sickness was the worst ? I?d just be telling her to get away. Once I had the gear [drugs] into me I?d be the best mother on the earth.? These words were spoken by a mother of a four-year-old girl interviewed as part of a research study in Ireland published last year. It is quoted in a new EMCDDA thematic paper on European children?s experiences and perceptions of drug and alcohol issues, published to mark International Children?s Day on 1 June.1 The purpose of the paper is to enhance drug policies and interventions for children and young people by highlighting children?s and young people?s perspectives and their needs. Comprising quotations selected from research studies and governmental and non-governmental reports in 14 EU countries, including Ireland, the thematic paper gives voice to four main issues: o living with harmful parental drinking or drug taking (neglect, violence, abuse, stigma or shame), o being separated from parents and looked after by relatives, foster carers or institutions, o experiences and perceptions of alcohol and drug consumption, and o experiences and perceptions of interventions to address alcohol and drug consumption. The authors consulted three Irish sources2 and used quotations from them to highlight issues associated with living with parents engaging in harmful substance use, and children?s and young people?s own experience of substance use. For example, an Irish child care worker is quoted on the effect of living with a parent engaging in harmful substance use: ?They become adults very young; they?re like the carer to their parent. They actually know, you can see it in them, that they know when their parent isn?t well ? it seems to be a constant worry.? Looking back, a young Irish woman who had been abused by a member of her extended family during her childhood recalled her teenage years: ?I turned 15 that January, I just went wild then you know after that like. I did have problems at home ? Like when I was growing up, that would have been the start of it, but then I just used to go wild you know with the problems and the issues that I did have, I?d end up going drinking and taking drugs, you know, and not having any, no self-respect or anything for myself.? In concluding the report, the authors make several observations: o given the complexity and diversity of children?s experiences, correspondingly flexible and holistic interventions need to be developed; o more qualitative drug and alcohol research is needed if Europe is to understand the real needs of children and young people and to implement fully the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC); o large numbers of parents with alcohol problems may generate more problems overall for children in the EU than the smaller number of children affected by parents with illicit drug problems; o the quotations highlight children?s extreme vulnerability, and yet also their desire and capacity to ?cope? with difficulties and to make rational judgements about their own situation based on objective information and personal experience; o while quality care and other drug and alcohol interventions are needed to grant children in the EU their right to ?harmonious development and protection from harmful influences?, abuse, neglect and exploitation, the root cause for many children facing both drug and alcohol problems are poverty and social exclusion. 1. Olszewski D, Burkhart G and Bo A (2010) Children?s voices: experiences and perceptions of European children on drug and alcohol issues. Thematic paper. Luxembourg: The Publications Office of the European Union. Available at www.emcdda.europa.eu 2. The three Irish research studies used in the EMCDDA thematic paper were Bates T, Illback RJ, Scanlan F and Carroll L (2009) Somewhere to turn to, someone to talk to. Dublin: Headstrong ? The National Centre for Youth Mental Health; Mayock P (2000) Choosers or losers: influences on young people?s choices about drugs in inner-city Dublin. Dublin: Children?s Research Centre, TCD; Mayock P and Carr N (2008) Not just homelessness ? A study of ?out of home? young people in Cork city. Dublin: Children?s Research Centre, TCD. These three research reports are available at www.drugsandalcohol.ie PB - Health Research Board JF - Drugnet Ireland VL - Issue 34, Summer 2010 TI - Children talk about living with problem drug and alcohol use. SP - 1 AV - public EP - 2 ER - TY - JOUR ID - ndc13990 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/13990/ A1 - Pike, Brigid TI - In brief. Y1 - 2010/// PB - Health Research Board AV - public JF - Drugnet Ireland VL - Issue 35, Autumn 2010 ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc15148 UR - http://www.omc.gov.ie/documents/publications/Rapporteur-Report-2010.pdf A1 - Shannon, Geoffrey Y1 - 2010/// N2 - Despite the level of economic prosperity in Ireland for much of the past decade, the issue of homelessness has never been comprehensively addressed by our society; and now, with our recent economic decline, homelessness in Ireland is once again on the rise. Of particular concern is the level of homelessness amongst children. Children by their very nature are a vulnerable section within society and those children who find themselves homeless are particularly at risk. PB - Office for the Minister for Children M1 - other TI - Fourth report of the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection. AV - public EP - 123 p. ER - TY - GEN CY - London ID - ndc14055 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/14055/ A1 - Bostock, Lisa Y1 - 2010/// N2 - This guide looks at how childcare professionals can make a difference to young people's experiences of foster care. Professionals play an important role by supporting caring relationships, ensuring that school is a positive experience, and promoting the self-esteem of children and young people in the foster care system. This guide unpacks the concept of resilience and provides helpful hints for practice as well as access to further resources. It is aimed at the qualifying and newly qualified childcare professional and outlines why they matter in the life of a foster child. Positive relationships, at any age in the life span, can help improve poor self-image. People who take an interest, who listen, who care and love people, make others feel better. They bolster self-esteem. PB - Social Care Institute for Excellence TI - Promoting resilience in fostered children and young people. AV - public EP - 42 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - London ID - ndc14141 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/14141/ A1 - Valentine, Gill A1 - Jayne, Mark A1 - Gould, Myles A1 - Keenan, Julia Y1 - 2010/// N2 - This UK study examined how parents teach young children (aged 5 to 12) about alcohol. It explored parental attitudes towards alcohol, and family drinking practices, using a national survey and in-depth case studies. It found that: ? Parents are the most important influence on young children's attitudes to alcohol; ? Parents are largely successful at conveying the social pleasures and risks of drinking at home and the message that alcohol should be consumed in moderation; ? There are gaps in what children learn from home such as the health consequences of drinking and the potential risks of drinking outside the home. PB - Joseph Rowntree Foundation M1 - other TI - Alcohol consumption and family life. AV - public EP - 60 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Belfast ID - ndc14348 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/14348/ A1 - Webb, Anne Marie A1 - Nellis, Brendan Y1 - 2010/// N2 - Substance misuse impacts across communities in Northern Ireland and the term ?hidden harm? is commonly used to describe parental/carer substance misuse and its effect on children and other family members. A family-focused approach recognising the interdependency of individual family members and considering the welfare of children is increasingly highlighted at government policy level. Having previously co-delivered an event to raise awareness about substance misuse in families (Behind Closed Doors, 2008), Barnardo?s NI jointly hosted a further ?hidden harm? conference in March 2010, entitled Addictions in the Family. This interactive event in partnership with the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) and the Public Health Agency (PHA) presented current policy and practice developments, including implementation of the Regional Hidden Harm Action Plan (PHA/HSCB, 2009). A range of leading policymakers, researchers and practitioners addressed 150 delegates working across sectors in areas where parental substance misuse impacts on children and families. Throughout the day a series of themed group discussions also explored: ? how collective ownership of the Hidden Harm Action Plan can be achieved ? what best helps support children and young people in ?hidden harm? families ? how addiction services and agencies can be supported to adopt a more family-focused approach. Barnardo?s practice experience and the key issues highlighted at the conference have informed this briefing and its recommendations for policy and practice. PB - Barnardo's Northern Ireland VL - Policy and practice briefing no 13 M1 - other TI - Hidden harm: addictions in the family. AV - public EP - 6 p. ER - TY - RPRT CY - Dublin ID - ndc14301 UR - http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/14301/ A1 - Williams, James A1 - Greene, Sheila A1 - McNally, Sinead A1 - Murray, Aisling A1 - Quail, Amanda Y1 - 2010/// N2 - Growing Up in Ireland is a national study of children. It is the most significant of its kind ever to take place in this country and will help us to improve our understanding of all aspects of children and their development. The study will take place over seven years and follow the progress of two groups of children; 8500 nine-year-olds and 11,000 nine-month-olds. During this time we will carry out two rounds of research with each group of children. The main aim of the study is to paint a full picture of children in Ireland and how they are developing in the current social, economic and cultural environment. This information will be used to assist in policy formation and in the provision of services which will ensure all children will have the best possible start in life. PB - Stationery Office SN - 978-1-4064-2314-3 M1 - government_publication TI - Growing up in Ireland: National longitudinal study of children. The infants and their families. AV - public EP - 142 p. ER -