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Bo Vinnerljung

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Interventions aiming to improve school achievements of children in out-of-home care: A scoping review

H Forsman, B Vinnerljung - Children and Youth Services Review, 2012 - Elsevier
The educational underachievement of children in out-of-home care has been known for
decades. In this scoping review, we compiled and analyzed–with a narrative approach …

Suicide, psychiatric illness, and social maladjustment in intercountry adoptees in Sweden: a cohort study

A Hjern, F Lindblad, B Vinnerljung - The lancet, 2002 - thelancet.com
Background Many intercountry adoptees are reaching adolescence in western Europe and
the USA, and the mental health and social adjustment of these individuals as adolescents …

Interventions in foster family care: A systematic review

M Bergström, M Cederblad… - Research on Social …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: Foster family care is associated with adverse short-and long-term consequences
for the child. A systematic review was conducted on interventions for foster children and …

Into adulthood: a follow‐up study of 718 young people who were placed in out‐of‐home care during their teens

B Vinnerljung, M Sallnäs - Child & Family Social Work, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, national register data were used to analyse long‐term outcomes at age 25 for
around 700 Swedish young people placed in out‐of‐home care during their teens. The …

School performance in primary school and psychosocial problems in young adulthood among care leavers from long term foster care

M Berlin, B Vinnerljung, A Hjern - Children and Youth Services Review, 2011 - Elsevier
We used data from Swedish national registers for ten entire birth year cohorts (1972–1981)
to examine psychosocial outcomes in young adulthood for youth that left long term foster …

Suicide attempts and severe psychiatric morbidity among former child welfare clients–a national cohort study

B Vinnerljung, A Hjern… - Journal of child psychology …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Few large sample studies have examined psychiatric morbidity among former
child welfare/protection clients. In this study, risks for suicide attempts and severe psychiatric …

Educational attainments of former child welfare clients–a Swedish national cohort study

B Vinnerljung, M Öman… - International Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
We used national register data for nearly 800,000 Swedish‐born young people in eight
national birth cohorts to examine educational attainments of former child welfare clients. A …

Breakdown of teenage placements in Swedish foster and residential care

M Sallnäs, B Vinnerljung… - Child & Family Social …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
This article deals with the problem of breakdown in different types of out‐of‐home care
(foster care/residential care) for Swedish teenagers. How often are such placements …

Cognitive, educational and self-support outcomes of long-term foster care versus adoption. A Swedish national cohort study

B Vinnerljung, A Hjern - Children and Youth Services Review, 2011 - Elsevier
The benefits and pitfalls of different forms of substitute care have rarely been evaluated in
comparison with each other. In this study we compared outcomes in youth and young …

Outcomes of family group conferencing in Sweden: A 3-year follow-up

K Sundell, B Vinnerljung - Child abuse & neglect, 2004 - Elsevier
Objective: Between 1995 and 1997, the Swedish Association of Local Authorities
implemented Family Group Conferences (FGC) in 10 local authorities throughout Sweden …