Anita Skårstad Storhaug
Biographic Data
| ID | 3557782 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anita Skårstad Storhaug |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anita Skårstad |
| FAMILY NAME | Storhaug |
| SIGNATURE | STORHAUG A S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2192-5761 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Balancing child participation and protection in emergency cases
Which participation practices can be found in child welfare service records
Several studies show insufficient practices regarding children's participation in child welfare cases. This article is based on document analysis of 216 child welfare records from four Norwegian Child Welfare Services. Our study aims to investigate whether varying degrees and forms of participation are found in different phases of child welfare work: investigation, supportive measures, and in care. With whom the child talks, the topic, and the ph…
Mental Health and Parenting Practices and Styles Among Parents Receiving Child Welfare Services in Norway
Interventions to enhance positive parenting practices have become a cornerstone of many Western child welfare services. Parental mental health is a crucial factor that influences parenting practices and styles. However, research on the associations between mental health and parenting among parents involved with child welfare services is scarce. The aim of the study was to investigate the associations between self‐reported mental health and parent…
How Do Child Welfare Workers Understand and Practice Child Participation
Child participation is strongly emphasized as a value and a right in the Norwegian child welfare (CW) system. Based on focus group interviews with 24 CW employees, we explore how CW workers understand and practice child participation in various work phases: assessment; supportive measures in the home; out‐of‐home placements. Two main forms of participation were identified: indirect participation, where the child is observed or communicates with o…
Decision making in child protection emergency cases in Norway
Research on decision-making factors in child protection emergency cases is scarce, and even less is known about factors that can avert emergency placement. This study aims to explore factors that distinguish emergency cases that conclude in emergency placement (EP) from emergency cases that conclude in averted emergency placement (AEP). Participants and setting: The study is based on data from an electronic survey on child protection emergency wo…
The decision-making ecology of child welfare emergency placements
Child welfare decisions are often made amid uncertainty, in which child welfare workers must consider a range of complex factors. Especially in emergency cases, the decision process is often challenging due to limited time and information. Based on individual interviews with child welfare workers from Norwegian child welfare services (n=19) and emergency services (n=7), this article examines what affects decisions being made in emergency cases. I…
Predictors of child participation in child welfare emergency placements—A Norwegian case file study
Background Although child participation has attained significant awareness in child welfare research, little is known about how this right is upheld in emergency cases. Therefore, the various degrees to which children participate in child welfare services' emergency cases and factors predicting such participation were explored. Method Degrees of participation found in 148 case files (M age = 11–12 years old, range; 3–18 years; 59% girls, 48% with…
Assessing appeals against emergency placements in Norway
This article explores what the County Social Welfare Boards (CSWBs) emphasize in their decisions on appeals against emergency placements due to concerns of violence. A qualitative document analysis of 23 appeal cases focused on how the CSWBs assess the cause and context of the violence, parents’ potential for change, and how children’s statements were weighted in decisions. The results show a zero-tolerance attitude toward violence. Exceptions ar…
The What, Why and How of Child Participation—A Review of the Conceptualization of “Child Participation” in Child Welfare
This review explores the conceptualization of “child participation” in a child welfare context. The analyses are based on the theories, models and concepts researchers apply when framing their studies. Central to the authors’ conceptualizing is the understanding of why children should participate. Children’s rights are a common starting point for many authors, but they differ on whether children should participate out of consideration for childre…
Norwegian child welfare workers' perceptions of emergency placements
Emergency placements in child welfare services have increased during the last 10 years in Norway. At the time of placement, some of these children have been in the child welfare system for several years. Based on qualitative interviews, our study explores Norwegian child welfare workers' perceptions of long‐term cases resulting in emergency placements. The participants reported that they felt they had intervened too late, as it took them too long…
Social Class and Child Welfare
By the end of the 20th century, social class appeared to be an old-fashioned and outdated concept. Serious doubts were expressed about the theoretical and empirical relevance of social class in understanding inequalities in contemporary society. However, experiences from completing research with children and families receiving support from child welfare services shows that applying a class perspective is useful. The purpose of our study was to ex…
Fathers and child welfare services in Norway
This article is based on interviews with 15 men whose children have, or have had, involvement with Norwegian child welfare services (CWS). The aim is to contribute to an increased knowledge of their experience of fatherhood, factors affecting their self-concept and the consequences this has for their fathering practice. The fathers’ relationship to their parents appears important – in terms of what they emphasise in their childcare, and the impor…
Emergency out‐of‐home placements in Norway
The number of emergency placements of children has increased rapidly in Norway over the recent years. Nevertheless, there is little knowledge about how parents experience the processes involved in emergency placements. We conducted 64 survey interviews with parents who have experienced this kind of placement of their children. One third of the participants' children had received interventions prior to the emergency placement. Another third were k…
Fathers' involvement with the Child Welfare Service
Fathers' encounters with the Child Welfare Service
Social Class and Child Welfare
By the end of the 20th century, social class appeared to be an old-fashioned and outdated concept. Serious doubts were expressed about the theoretical and empirical relevance of social class in understanding inequalities in contemporary society. However, experiences from completing research with children and families receiving support from child welfare services shows that applying a class perspective is useful. The purpose of our study was to ex…
Emergency out‐of‐home placements in Norway
The number of emergency placements of children has increased rapidly in Norway over the recent years. Nevertheless, there is little knowledge about how parents experience the processes involved in emergency placements. We conducted 64 survey interviews with parents who have experienced this kind of placement of their children. One third of the participants' children had received interventions prior to the emergency placement. Another third were k…
Predictors of child participation in child welfare emergency placements—A Norwegian case file study
Background Although child participation has attained significant awareness in child welfare research, little is known about how this right is upheld in emergency cases. Therefore, the various degrees to which children participate in child welfare services' emergency cases and factors predicting such participation were explored. Method Degrees of participation found in 148 case files (M age = 11–12 years old, range; 3–18 years; 59% girls, 48% with…
Which participation practices can be found in child welfare service records
Several studies show insufficient practices regarding children's participation in child welfare cases. This article is based on document analysis of 216 child welfare records from four Norwegian Child Welfare Services. Our study aims to investigate whether varying degrees and forms of participation are found in different phases of child welfare work: investigation, supportive measures, and in care. With whom the child talks, the topic, and the ph…
How Do Child Welfare Workers Understand and Practice Child Participation
Child participation is strongly emphasized as a value and a right in the Norwegian child welfare (CW) system. Based on focus group interviews with 24 CW employees, we explore how CW workers understand and practice child participation in various work phases: assessment; supportive measures in the home; out‐of‐home placements. Two main forms of participation were identified: indirect participation, where the child is observed or communicates with o…
Norwegian child welfare workers' perceptions of emergency placements
Emergency placements in child welfare services have increased during the last 10 years in Norway. At the time of placement, some of these children have been in the child welfare system for several years. Based on qualitative interviews, our study explores Norwegian child welfare workers' perceptions of long‐term cases resulting in emergency placements. The participants reported that they felt they had intervened too late, as it took them too long…
Fathers' encounters with the Child Welfare Service
Assessing appeals against emergency placements in Norway
This article explores what the County Social Welfare Boards (CSWBs) emphasize in their decisions on appeals against emergency placements due to concerns of violence. A qualitative document analysis of 23 appeal cases focused on how the CSWBs assess the cause and context of the violence, parents’ potential for change, and how children’s statements were weighted in decisions. The results show a zero-tolerance attitude toward violence. Exceptions ar…
Fathers' involvement with the Child Welfare Service
Balancing child participation and protection in emergency cases
Fathers' encounters with the Child Welfare Service
Fathers' involvement with the Child Welfare Service
Fathers and child welfare services in Norway
This article is based on interviews with 15 men whose children have, or have had, involvement with Norwegian child welfare services (CWS). The aim is to contribute to an increased knowledge of their experience of fatherhood, factors affecting their self-concept and the consequences this has for their fathering practice. The fathers’ relationship to their parents appears important – in terms of what they emphasise in their childcare, and the impor…
Emergency out‐of‐home placements in Norway
The number of emergency placements of children has increased rapidly in Norway over the recent years. Nevertheless, there is little knowledge about how parents experience the processes involved in emergency placements. We conducted 64 survey interviews with parents who have experienced this kind of placement of their children. One third of the participants' children had received interventions prior to the emergency placement. Another third were k…
Norwegian child welfare workers' perceptions of emergency placements
Emergency placements in child welfare services have increased during the last 10 years in Norway. At the time of placement, some of these children have been in the child welfare system for several years. Based on qualitative interviews, our study explores Norwegian child welfare workers' perceptions of long‐term cases resulting in emergency placements. The participants reported that they felt they had intervened too late, as it took them too long…
Social Class and Child Welfare
By the end of the 20th century, social class appeared to be an old-fashioned and outdated concept. Serious doubts were expressed about the theoretical and empirical relevance of social class in understanding inequalities in contemporary society. However, experiences from completing research with children and families receiving support from child welfare services shows that applying a class perspective is useful. The purpose of our study was to ex…
The What, Why and How of Child Participation—A Review of the Conceptualization of “Child Participation” in Child Welfare
This review explores the conceptualization of “child participation” in a child welfare context. The analyses are based on the theories, models and concepts researchers apply when framing their studies. Central to the authors’ conceptualizing is the understanding of why children should participate. Children’s rights are a common starting point for many authors, but they differ on whether children should participate out of consideration for childre…
Assessing appeals against emergency placements in Norway
This article explores what the County Social Welfare Boards (CSWBs) emphasize in their decisions on appeals against emergency placements due to concerns of violence. A qualitative document analysis of 23 appeal cases focused on how the CSWBs assess the cause and context of the violence, parents’ potential for change, and how children’s statements were weighted in decisions. The results show a zero-tolerance attitude toward violence. Exceptions ar…
Decision making in child protection emergency cases in Norway
Research on decision-making factors in child protection emergency cases is scarce, and even less is known about factors that can avert emergency placement. This study aims to explore factors that distinguish emergency cases that conclude in emergency placement (EP) from emergency cases that conclude in averted emergency placement (AEP). Participants and setting: The study is based on data from an electronic survey on child protection emergency wo…
The decision-making ecology of child welfare emergency placements
Child welfare decisions are often made amid uncertainty, in which child welfare workers must consider a range of complex factors. Especially in emergency cases, the decision process is often challenging due to limited time and information. Based on individual interviews with child welfare workers from Norwegian child welfare services (n=19) and emergency services (n=7), this article examines what affects decisions being made in emergency cases. I…
Predictors of child participation in child welfare emergency placements—A Norwegian case file study
Background Although child participation has attained significant awareness in child welfare research, little is known about how this right is upheld in emergency cases. Therefore, the various degrees to which children participate in child welfare services' emergency cases and factors predicting such participation were explored. Method Degrees of participation found in 148 case files (M age = 11–12 years old, range; 3–18 years; 59% girls, 48% with…
Which participation practices can be found in child welfare service records
Several studies show insufficient practices regarding children's participation in child welfare cases. This article is based on document analysis of 216 child welfare records from four Norwegian Child Welfare Services. Our study aims to investigate whether varying degrees and forms of participation are found in different phases of child welfare work: investigation, supportive measures, and in care. With whom the child talks, the topic, and the ph…
Mental Health and Parenting Practices and Styles Among Parents Receiving Child Welfare Services in Norway
Interventions to enhance positive parenting practices have become a cornerstone of many Western child welfare services. Parental mental health is a crucial factor that influences parenting practices and styles. However, research on the associations between mental health and parenting among parents involved with child welfare services is scarce. The aim of the study was to investigate the associations between self‐reported mental health and parent…
How Do Child Welfare Workers Understand and Practice Child Participation
Child participation is strongly emphasized as a value and a right in the Norwegian child welfare (CW) system. Based on focus group interviews with 24 CW employees, we explore how CW workers understand and practice child participation in various work phases: assessment; supportive measures in the home; out‐of‐home placements. Two main forms of participation were identified: indirect participation, where the child is observed or communicates with o…
Balancing child participation and protection in emergency cases
Psychology (15 works) · Welfare (13 works) · Political science (12 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (10 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (9 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (9 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (6 works)