Jane Barlow
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3583679 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Jane Barlow |
| NOMBRES | Jane |
| APELLIDO | Barlow |
| FIRMA | BARLOW J |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Warwick |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8418-4270 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 41 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 24 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 33 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 8 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2000 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Longitudinal associations between violence exposure and adolescent conduct problems in a high‐adversity, South African setting
BACKGROUND: Violence exposure is a well-established risk factor for adolescent conduct problems, yet longitudinal research in high-adversity, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) remains limited. This study investigated whether early adolescent violence exposure predicts concurrent and longer-term conduct problems, and explored potential bidirectional associations and sex differences in a peri-urban South African community with high rates of …
Children’s experience of a new approach to family safeguarding in Oxfordshire Children’s social care services
The Family Solutions Plus (FSP) model introduced in November 2020 in Oxfordshire aims to improve outcomes for children and families involved with children’s social services. This study draws on retrospective interviews with 19 children engaged with the Oxfordshire Children’s Social Service (OCSS), to compare children’s experiences of social work engagement before and after the introduction of FSP model. The interviews were analyzed using thematic…
Psychosocial Interventions for Edge of Care Families in the Early Years
Despite the recognized need for early interventions to prevent maltreatment and family separation in families involved with child protection services (CPS), evidence for children aged 0 to 5 years remains scarce and inconclusive. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions delivered to these families in reducing the risk of harm, improving parenting quality, and supporting parental fu…
Feasibility, acceptability and preliminary outcomes of the Parents Under Pressure program
How Mobile Health Can Change the Contexts of Living With HIV and Engaging With Treatment and Care in Iran
Mobile health (mHealth) interventions are increasingly used to address the challenges of living with HIV and engaging with antiretroviral therapy. A wealth of evidence supports the efficacy of mHealth in supporting living with HIV. Yet, there is a dearth of evidence on how mHealth improves outcomes, which features are effective, and why these work in a particular setting. This study uses stakeholder views, including patients, providers, peer supp…
How are parental mental health and parenting practices associated with externalizing behaviors among young children with autism in China? A cross‐sectional study and indirect effect analysis
Children with autism are more likely to exhibit externalizing behaviors than children without autism. A cross‐sectional study was undertaken to investigate how parental mental health status and parenting practices contributed to the variance in externalizing behaviors among families of young children with autism in Chinese mainland, and whether parenting behaviors had any indirect effects on the relationship between parental mental health symptom…
Unpacking School-Based Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Programs
Background: Existing efforts to understand school-based child sexual abuse (CSA) prevention programs mainly focus on the effectiveness of these programs in increasing participants’ CSA knowledge and self-protective skills. There are currently no reviews addressing the underpinning pathways leading to these outcomes. In order to increase our understanding about the underpinning causal and contextual factors and inform the further development of sc…
Measuring Violence Against Children
Research on violence against children (VAC) requires meaningful, valid, and reliable self-report by children. Many instruments have been used globally and decisions to select suitable measures are complex. This review identifies child and adolescent self-report measures that are most likely to yield valid, reliable, and comparable data in this field. A systematic review (PROSPERO: CRD4201706) was conducted using the 2018 Consensus-based Standards…
School-based Child Sexual Abuse Interventions
Parenting Programs That Address Physical Abuse in Childhood for Families of Children With Developmental Disabilities in Mainland China
Millions of children in China are diagnosed with developmental disabilities (DD), many of whom are subject to physical abuse. While a significant body of research suggests that parenting interventions can reduce the incidence and risk of such abuse, there is currently limited evidence of their effectiveness for this population or from non-English-speaking countries. This review involved searches in both English and Chinese databases to identify r…
Controlled Trial of a Short-term Intensive Parent Training Program within the Context of Routine Services for Autistic Children in China
Recent systematic reviews found limited rigorous research conducted to date of the effectiveness of parent training programs in reducing behavioral problems for autistic children in low- and middle-income countries. This study is aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of a short-term intensive parent training program for autistic children aged three to six in the context of routine service provision in China. A quasi-experiment was conducted invol…
Infant and early childhood mental health in the context of Covid‐19 special issue
Outsourcing and children's social care
Most residential children's social care services in England, including children's homes, are operated by for-profit companies, but the implications of this development are not well understood. This paper aims to address this gap by undertaking the first longitudinal and comprehensive evaluation of the associations between for-profit outsourcing and quality of service provision among English local authorities and children's homes. To enable invest…
‘You just prefer to die early!’
INTRODUCTION: Despite the low prevalence of HIV and broad provision of antiretroviral therapy, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) remains the only region where new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths are not declining. There is a dearth of evidence from MENA on antiretroviral therapy engagement. In this qualitative study, we sought to identify the ways in which successful treatment is hindered in Iran, which is home to 24% of HIV infectio…
Modelling the potential for parenting skills interventions to reduce inequalities and population prevalence of children's mental health problems
Parenting programmes can improve parenting quality and, in turn, children's mental health. If scaled-up, they have the potential to reduce population inequalities and prevalence in child mental health problems (MHP). However, this cannot be investigated with trials. Using data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study (18,000 children born 2000-2002), we simulated population impact of scale-up of seven parenting programmes. Predicted probabilities of c…
Overdose among mothers
Outsourced austerity or improved services? A systematic review and thematic synthesis of the experiences of social care providers and commissioners in quasi-markets
Enhancing parental reflective functioning through early dyadic interventions
Parental reflective functioning (PRF) is an important predictor of infant attachment, and interventions that target parent–infant/toddler dyads who are experiencing significant problems have the potential to improve PRF. A range of dyadic interventions have been developed over the past two decades, some of which explicitly target PRF as part of their theory of change, and some that do not explicitly target PRF, but that have measured it as an out…
Forgiveness Therapy for the Promotion of Mental Well-Being
Interpersonal hurts and violence against the individual have a high prevalence and are associated with a range of long-term problems in terms of psychological functioning. There is a growing body of research highlighting the role of forgiveness therapy in improving different aspects of psychological health in populations who have experienced diverse types of hurt, violence, or trauma. This article reports the findings of a systematic review and m…
Understanding the Relationship Between State Forgiveness and Psychological Wellbeing
Over the last 20 years, increasing attention has been given to associations between dispositional forgiveness and specific mental health problems. However, few studies have assessed whether forgiving real-life interpersonal hurts may be related to diverse psychological health outcomes. The present study addresses this gap by investigating, in depth, relationships between perceptions about state forgiveness and a variety of mental wellbeing outcom…
Developing innovative models of practice at the interface between the NHS and child and family social work where children living at home are at risk of abuse and neglect
The case has been made for introducing a rights‐based, public health approach to child protection in E ngland. A continuum of prevention is proposed, with multi‐agency responses calibrated more carefully to the level of risk identified by children, parents and practitioners. The aim was to allocate inter‐professional authority and resources in such a way as to ensure the safeguarding response is proportionate to the nature and level of concerns e…
Challenges Faced by Young Mothers with a Care History and Views of Stakeholders About the Potential for Group Family Nurse Partnership to Support Their Needs
Women with experience of being ‘looked after’ are more likely than their peers to become young mothers. There has been limited research investigating support for their needs. This study, embedded in a randomised trial of Group Family Nurse Partnership ( gFNP ), involved interviews with young mothers with care experience, Family Nurses delivering group gFNP , and health and social care professionals. This first qualitative study to explore the vie…
The Effectiveness of Parenting Programs
Parenting practices predict important outcomes for children, and parenting programs are potentially effective means of supporting parents to promote optimal outcomes for children. This review summarizes findings of systematic reviews of parenting programs published in the Campbell Library. Six reviews evaluated the effectiveness of a range of parenting programs in the primary and secondary prevention of behavioral problems (children aged 0–3 year…
An Evidence-Based, Pre-Birth Assessment Pathway for Vulnerable Pregnant Women
The developmental needs of infants during the first year of life have been emphasised by recent research from a variety of sources highlighting the crucial role that early parent-infant interaction plays. Infants identified as being at significant risk of maltreatment need adequate protection within a time frame consistent with their developmental needs. This briefing paper describes a new care pathway established within a UK-based social care te…
Consequences and determinants of poor nutrition in children aged 0-3 years, and public health interventions that may improve dietary intake
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the evidence base for effective public health interventions which aim to improve the diet of children aged zero to three years. Design/methodology/approach – General review. Findings – Key approaches and components of effective interventions include: repeated tasting, parental modelling, use of rewards, moderate restriction of “unhealthy” foods alongside an increase in portion sizes of fruits and v…
The Effectiveness of Parenting Programs
Parenting practices predict important outcomes for children, and parenting programs are potentially effective means of supporting parents to promote optimal outcomes for children. This review summarizes findings of systematic reviews of parenting programs published in the Campbell Library. Six reviews evaluated the effectiveness of a range of parenting programs in the primary and secondary prevention of behavioral problems (children aged 0–3 year…
Sensitive parenting is the foundation for secure attachment relationships and positive social-emotional development of children
Purpose – The quality of the attachment relationship between children and their parents is important for children's social-emotional development and can have profound consequences for adaptational processes in later life. The purpose of this paper is to give an overview of the current knowledge about sensitive parenting and its role in affecting infants’ attachment security, and developmental outcomes of attachment. The authors end with a brief d…
Outsourcing and children's social care
Most residential children's social care services in England, including children's homes, are operated by for-profit companies, but the implications of this development are not well understood. This paper aims to address this gap by undertaking the first longitudinal and comprehensive evaluation of the associations between for-profit outsourcing and quality of service provision among English local authorities and children's homes. To enable invest…
An Evidence-Based, Pre-Birth Assessment Pathway for Vulnerable Pregnant Women
The developmental needs of infants during the first year of life have been emphasised by recent research from a variety of sources highlighting the crucial role that early parent-infant interaction plays. Infants identified as being at significant risk of maltreatment need adequate protection within a time frame consistent with their developmental needs. This briefing paper describes a new care pathway established within a UK-based social care te…
Psychological adversity in pregnancy
Purpose – Foetal programming is one of the key mechanisms by which physical and social adversity is biologically embedded during pregnancy. While early interest in such programming focused on the long-term impact of the mother's nutritional state on the child's later physical health, more recent research has identified an increased risk of psychopathology in children of women who have experienced stress, anxiety and depression during pregnancy. T…
Supporting early learning for children under three
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on young children's learning at home and in early childhood settings, in order to identify key caregiving practices which support the learning and development of children under three. Design/methodology/approach – Starting with well-known reviews carried out in England, the USA, Australia and New Zealand, the authors searched the literature for evidence of the developmental needs of …
Psychometric Properties of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale among People with Arthritis
After 30 years of use the factor structure of the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale remains the subject of debate. Most studies have focused on school-aged or undergraduate students. There are few psychometric data for older people or for those with disabilities. This study compared the factor structures of the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale among 117 adults with arthritis and 185 undergraduate students. A two-factor solution provided the best fit for bot…
Hard-to-reach or out-of-reach? Reasons why women refuse to take part in early interventions
The aim of this study was to explore the reasons why vulnerable women refuse to take part in early interventions. In-depth interviews were conducted with 19 women who refused to take part in an evaluation of an intensive home visiting programme. A number of themes were identified including perceptions about vulnerability, misperceptions about the service, misgivings about the service, and lack of trust. It is concluded that women who refuse to ta…
Interventions to prevent or ameliorate child physical abuse and neglect
The aim of this article is to summarise the available evidence from systematic reviews about the effectiveness of interventions to prevent or treat child physical abuse and neglect. A computerised search was undertaken of major electronic databases up to December 2005 using key search terms. Only systematic reviews were included in which the primary studies evaluated the effectiveness of targeted or indicated interventions for child physical abus…
Interventions to prevent child maltreatment and associated impairment
Systematic review of parenting programs for preterm and low birthweight infants on enhancing parent-infant interaction by improving parental sensitivity
Background and Aims Parental sensitivity has been identified as being important to the infant's developing central nervous system and capacity for affect regulation. However, this can be compromised in parents of preterm and low birthweight (LBW) infants, as a result of stress associated with giving birth to a preterm of low birthweight baby, and the associated processes (eg, threat of death; extended hospitalised; intrusive procedures etc. A num…
Empower – empowering parents to prevent obesity at weaning – exploratory research
Background: The prevalence of obesity among children is increasing in the Netherlands. Intensive treatment for severe obesity in children is required, but evidence-based costeffective options are not yet available
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Background: The prevalence of obesity among children is increasing in the Netherlands. Intensive treatment for severe obesity in children is required, but evidence-based costeffective options are not yet available
Group-Based Parenting Programs for Improving Parenting and Psychosocial Functioning
A Realist Evaluation of the Processes and Outcomes of Infant Massage Programs
The sensitivity of early interactions conveyed through eye contact, voice tone, facial expression, and gentle touch plays a crucial role in healthy development. Recognition of the importance of parent–infant interaction for later attachment has underpinned the search for innovative ways of promoting sensitive parent–infant interaction. One such early intervention is infant massage, but a recent review found no evidence of its effectiveness in pop…
Consequences and determinants of poor nutrition in children aged 0-3 years, and public health interventions that may improve dietary intake
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the evidence base for effective public health interventions which aim to improve the diet of children aged zero to three years. Design/methodology/approach – General review. Findings – Key approaches and components of effective interventions include: repeated tasting, parental modelling, use of rewards, moderate restriction of “unhealthy” foods alongside an increase in portion sizes of fruits and v…
Neurodevelopment in the first three years
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to outline brain structure and development, the relationship between environment and brain development and implications for practice. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on a selected review of the literature and clinical experience. Findings – While genetics determine the sequence of brain maturation, the nature of brain development and functioning is determined by the young child's caregiving …
Excessive stress disrupts the development of brain architecture
Purpose – Drawing on the scientific literature, the purpose of this paper is to elucidate the harmful effects of toxic stress on the developing brain. It explains how severe, chronic adversity during development, in the absence of responsive caregiving, can impair brain architecture. It also outlines policy implications for preventing or mitigating the effects of toxic stress in early childhood. Design/methodology/approach – The National Scientif…
Sensitive parenting is the foundation for secure attachment relationships and positive social-emotional development of children
Purpose – The quality of the attachment relationship between children and their parents is important for children's social-emotional development and can have profound consequences for adaptational processes in later life. The purpose of this paper is to give an overview of the current knowledge about sensitive parenting and its role in affecting infants’ attachment security, and developmental outcomes of attachment. The authors end with a brief d…
Psychological adversity in pregnancy
Purpose – Foetal programming is one of the key mechanisms by which physical and social adversity is biologically embedded during pregnancy. While early interest in such programming focused on the long-term impact of the mother's nutritional state on the child's later physical health, more recent research has identified an increased risk of psychopathology in children of women who have experienced stress, anxiety and depression during pregnancy. T…
Health in pregnancy and post-birth
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the major factors affecting health during pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period and outline the evidence for interventions to improve outcomes in women and their children. Design/methodology/approach – Selective review of the literature. A number of electronic bibliographic databases were searched, including the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, PubMed and PsycINFO, for relevant studie…
Supporting early learning for children under three
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on young children's learning at home and in early childhood settings, in order to identify key caregiving practices which support the learning and development of children under three. Design/methodology/approach – Starting with well-known reviews carried out in England, the USA, Australia and New Zealand, the authors searched the literature for evidence of the developmental needs of …
Family socio-economic status and young children's outcomes
Purpose – This paper was written as part of a suite to inform the Big Lottery Better Start programme and as such has focused on the outcomes that are of interest to that programme. The authors have also focused on outcomes for younger children and the zero to three years age group where data are available. There is a social gradient such that the lower a family's socio-economic status (SES) the greater the likelihood that they have children who a…
An Evidence-Based, Pre-Birth Assessment Pathway for Vulnerable Pregnant Women
The developmental needs of infants during the first year of life have been emphasised by recent research from a variety of sources highlighting the crucial role that early parent-infant interaction plays. Infants identified as being at significant risk of maltreatment need adequate protection within a time frame consistent with their developmental needs. This briefing paper describes a new care pathway established within a UK-based social care te…
Understanding the Relationship Between State Forgiveness and Psychological Wellbeing
Over the last 20 years, increasing attention has been given to associations between dispositional forgiveness and specific mental health problems. However, few studies have assessed whether forgiving real-life interpersonal hurts may be related to diverse psychological health outcomes. The present study addresses this gap by investigating, in depth, relationships between perceptions about state forgiveness and a variety of mental wellbeing outcom…
Developing innovative models of practice at the interface between the NHS and child and family social work where children living at home are at risk of abuse and neglect
The case has been made for introducing a rights‐based, public health approach to child protection in E ngland. A continuum of prevention is proposed, with multi‐agency responses calibrated more carefully to the level of risk identified by children, parents and practitioners. The aim was to allocate inter‐professional authority and resources in such a way as to ensure the safeguarding response is proportionate to the nature and level of concerns e…
Challenges Faced by Young Mothers with a Care History and Views of Stakeholders About the Potential for Group Family Nurse Partnership to Support Their Needs
Women with experience of being ‘looked after’ are more likely than their peers to become young mothers. There has been limited research investigating support for their needs. This study, embedded in a randomised trial of Group Family Nurse Partnership ( gFNP ), involved interviews with young mothers with care experience, Family Nurses delivering group gFNP , and health and social care professionals. This first qualitative study to explore the vie…
The Effectiveness of Parenting Programs
Parenting practices predict important outcomes for children, and parenting programs are potentially effective means of supporting parents to promote optimal outcomes for children. This review summarizes findings of systematic reviews of parenting programs published in the Campbell Library. Six reviews evaluated the effectiveness of a range of parenting programs in the primary and secondary prevention of behavioral problems (children aged 0–3 year…
Forgiveness Therapy for the Promotion of Mental Well-Being
Interpersonal hurts and violence against the individual have a high prevalence and are associated with a range of long-term problems in terms of psychological functioning. There is a growing body of research highlighting the role of forgiveness therapy in improving different aspects of psychological health in populations who have experienced diverse types of hurt, violence, or trauma. This article reports the findings of a systematic review and m…
‘You just prefer to die early!’
INTRODUCTION: Despite the low prevalence of HIV and broad provision of antiretroviral therapy, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) remains the only region where new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths are not declining. There is a dearth of evidence from MENA on antiretroviral therapy engagement. In this qualitative study, we sought to identify the ways in which successful treatment is hindered in Iran, which is home to 24% of HIV infectio…
Modelling the potential for parenting skills interventions to reduce inequalities and population prevalence of children's mental health problems
Parenting programmes can improve parenting quality and, in turn, children's mental health. If scaled-up, they have the potential to reduce population inequalities and prevalence in child mental health problems (MHP). However, this cannot be investigated with trials. Using data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study (18,000 children born 2000-2002), we simulated population impact of scale-up of seven parenting programmes. Predicted probabilities of c…
Psychology (21 obras) · Medicine (19 obras) · Psychiatry (12 obras) · Developmental psychology (11 obras) · Sociology (10 obras) · Child Abuse and Trauma (9 obras) · Political science (9 obras) · Psychological intervention (9 obras) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (8 obras) · Clinical Psychology (7 obras)