Article: Risk and Protective Factors for African American Kinship Caregiving: A Scoping Review.
Children and youth services review
2023 Volume 156
Abstract: Background: African American children are disproportionately placed in kinship care, specifically with kin caregivers who have pressing service needs given their relatively poor physical and mental health, and low economic status. Kinship caregivers ... ...
| Abstract | Background: African American children are disproportionately placed in kinship care, specifically with kin caregivers who have pressing service needs given their relatively poor physical and mental health, and low economic status. Kinship caregivers often face challenges, however, they also show resilience when raising relative children. Although the literature has examined risk and protective factors that affect kinship caregiving, no scoping review has been conducted to summarize these factors as they relate to African American kinship caregivers. Objectives: This study aims to summarize the risk and protective factors that affect African American kinship caregiving. Methods: Twenty-six studies were identified from this scoping review. A data template was used to extract information on data/sample, research methods, and risk and protective factors. Results: This review found that the risk and protective factors in the identified studies can be summarized into four types: child, caregiver, relationship, and legal, cultural or social issues. Caregiver factors were examined from the perspective of physical and behavioral health, parenting, and resources. The most common risk factors were caregivers' low social economic status or great financial need, and caregivers' physical health. The most common protective factor was caregivers' spirituality or religion. Discussion: This review helps to better understand the risk and protective factors for African American kinship caregivers. Policies should be informed by African American kinship caregivers' unique qualities to provide useful cultural solutions. Evidence based interventions should be developed and provided to African American kinship caregivers to improve their parenting abilities and to provide them with additional resources and supports. Implications for child welfare research are also presented. |
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| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2023-10-30 |
| Publishing country | England |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ISSN | 0190-7409 |
| ISSN | 0190-7409 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107279 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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