• Challenges for researchers when getting access to children and young people and their consent in research. A scoping review 

      Arnadottir, Hervor Alma; Kristinsdottir, Guðrún; Seim, Sissel; Vis, Svein Arild Myhra (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-12-04)
      This article aims to support researchers in addressing the challenges when seeking access to CYP and their consent to participate in research. Despite the growing consensus about the need to involve children and young people in research, there is a lack of literature on how to increase their participation in welfare research. Researchers have reported that seeking contact with children and young ...
    • Do frequency of visits with birth parents impact children’s mental health and parental stress in stable foster care settings 

      Fossum, Sturla; Vis, Svein Arild Myhra; Holtan, Amy (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-01-13)
      This article explores whether the number of visits by birth parents influence perceptions of attachment, children’s competence and mental health, and stress levels in foster parents. Foster parents acted as informants regarding 203 children living in kinship and non-kinship foster care. The children were young when placed in foster care, on average 2.3 years old (SD = 1.0) and had been living in the ...
    • Factors that determine decision making in child protection investigations: A review of the literature 

      Lauritzen, Camilla; Vis, Svein Arild Myhra; Fossum, Sturla (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-03-15)
      The aim of the study was to conduct a systematic review of the literature on factors that determine decision making in child protection investigations. More specifically, to investigate the existing research on the 4 factors that are considered fundamental for child protection decision making: case characteristics, caseworker characteristics, organizational characteristics, and external factors. The ...
    • The impact of case characteristics on child welfare service investigations in Norway 

      Rustad, Kirsten Buck; Lauritzen, Camilla; Havnen, Karen J Skaale; Fossum, Sturla; Christiansen, Øivin; Vis, Svein Arild Myhra (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-11-05)
      This article explores the extent of activities in child welfare investigations. Several studies have reported that families can experience an investigation as both stressful and intrusive (Harris 2012; Tembo and Studsrød 2019). The extent of the investigation and its relation to reported concerns is important to better understand the investigation phase. The aim of this study was to examine which ...