Vânia S Pinto
Biographic Data
| ID | 4415748 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vânia S Pinto |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vânia S |
| FAMILY NAME | Pinto |
| SIGNATURE | PINTO V S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6156-6222 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Why do people become a foster parent? Insights from a national study
Why do people become foster parents and how to recruit new families? A multi-informant study
Relocating Adolescents’: The Costs of Out-of-Area Placements as a Response to Extra-Familial Risk/Harm
In the UK, there has been increased awareness of the harm adolescents face beyond their families. There is no national strategy for safeguarding adolescents. One intervention that comes with particularly high costs is relocation placements by children’s social care that move adolescents some distance from their communities. This research aims to contribute to the evidence about the relocation of adolescents exposed to, or at risk of extra-familia…
Perceived barriers, drivers and enablers to becoming a foster family: An exploratory study in Portugal
The role of foster carers in England and Portugal: Is it solely a parenting role
The role of foster carers can be described as similar to the role of parents, but with some additional tasks. Through focus groups, children in care, young adults who are care‐experienced, foster carers, and social workers in England and Portugal shared their views on this role. Key themes included the need to promote children's sense of belonging and relationships with foster carers and their birth family, to support children's individual needs,…
Reasons, willingness, and intention to be a foster family: A community-sample study
Tomada de decisão no sistema de proteção das crianças e jovens: Um estudo comparativo entre as atitudes de profissionais e de estudantes
Este estudo tem como principal objetivo analisar as atitudes de 200 estudantes do ensino superior e 200 profissionais, responsáveis pela supervisão de casos e pelas recomendações para a intervenção, em domínios relacionados com os processos de tomada de decisão no sistema de proteção das crianças e jovens, em matérias como o acolhimento familiar e o acolhimento residencial. O estudo adota uma estratégia quantitativa e os dados foram recolhidos em…
Family contact in foster care in Portugal. The views of children in foster care and other key actors
This is a pilot study on the sensitive issue of how children and young people experience family contact in foster care, and the views of key adults in their lives on the same issue. There is a special focus on the children's experiences, opinions, and feelings. The study is a response to the relative scarcity of literature on family contact based on the experiences of children and adults in caring roles. This is a qualitative and exploratory stud…
Professional judgements and decisions on placement in foster care and reunification in Portugal
This study aims to analyse professional judgements and decisions made in the Portuguese child care system in face of a case vignette of child maltreatment. Using the approach proposed by Benbenishty et al. [(2015). Decision making in child protection: An international comparative study on maltreatment substantiation, risk assessment and interventions recommendations, and the role of professionals’ child welfare attitudes. Child Abuse & Neglect, 4…
Carers and Professionals' Perspectives on Foster Care Outcomes: The Role of Contact
This study investigates the association between the contact of children or young people in care with their family, and the foster care placement evaluation (positive or negative) in Portugal. According to the perspectives of foster carers and service professionals' perceptions regarding children and young people's reactions, during and after the visits, are measured. Utilizing a quantitative approach, two fostering services teams and 140 foster c…
Criteria for the selection of foster families and monitoring of placements
Family contact in foster care in Portugal. The views of children in foster care and other key actors
This is a pilot study on the sensitive issue of how children and young people experience family contact in foster care, and the views of key adults in their lives on the same issue. There is a special focus on the children's experiences, opinions, and feelings. The study is a response to the relative scarcity of literature on family contact based on the experiences of children and adults in caring roles. This is a qualitative and exploratory stud…
Why do people become foster parents and how to recruit new families? A multi-informant study
Carers and Professionals' Perspectives on Foster Care Outcomes: The Role of Contact
This study investigates the association between the contact of children or young people in care with their family, and the foster care placement evaluation (positive or negative) in Portugal. According to the perspectives of foster carers and service professionals' perceptions regarding children and young people's reactions, during and after the visits, are measured. Utilizing a quantitative approach, two fostering services teams and 140 foster c…
Criteria for the selection of foster families and monitoring of placements
Professional judgements and decisions on placement in foster care and reunification in Portugal
This study aims to analyse professional judgements and decisions made in the Portuguese child care system in face of a case vignette of child maltreatment. Using the approach proposed by Benbenishty et al. [(2015). Decision making in child protection: An international comparative study on maltreatment substantiation, risk assessment and interventions recommendations, and the role of professionals’ child welfare attitudes. Child Abuse & Neglect, 4…
Criteria for the selection of foster families and monitoring of placements
Professional judgements and decisions on placement in foster care and reunification in Portugal
This study aims to analyse professional judgements and decisions made in the Portuguese child care system in face of a case vignette of child maltreatment. Using the approach proposed by Benbenishty et al. [(2015). Decision making in child protection: An international comparative study on maltreatment substantiation, risk assessment and interventions recommendations, and the role of professionals’ child welfare attitudes. Child Abuse & Neglect, 4…
Carers and Professionals' Perspectives on Foster Care Outcomes: The Role of Contact
This study investigates the association between the contact of children or young people in care with their family, and the foster care placement evaluation (positive or negative) in Portugal. According to the perspectives of foster carers and service professionals' perceptions regarding children and young people's reactions, during and after the visits, are measured. Utilizing a quantitative approach, two fostering services teams and 140 foster c…
Tomada de decisão no sistema de proteção das crianças e jovens: Um estudo comparativo entre as atitudes de profissionais e de estudantes
Este estudo tem como principal objetivo analisar as atitudes de 200 estudantes do ensino superior e 200 profissionais, responsáveis pela supervisão de casos e pelas recomendações para a intervenção, em domínios relacionados com os processos de tomada de decisão no sistema de proteção das crianças e jovens, em matérias como o acolhimento familiar e o acolhimento residencial. O estudo adota uma estratégia quantitativa e os dados foram recolhidos em…
Family contact in foster care in Portugal. The views of children in foster care and other key actors
This is a pilot study on the sensitive issue of how children and young people experience family contact in foster care, and the views of key adults in their lives on the same issue. There is a special focus on the children's experiences, opinions, and feelings. The study is a response to the relative scarcity of literature on family contact based on the experiences of children and adults in caring roles. This is a qualitative and exploratory stud…
The role of foster carers in England and Portugal: Is it solely a parenting role
The role of foster carers can be described as similar to the role of parents, but with some additional tasks. Through focus groups, children in care, young adults who are care‐experienced, foster carers, and social workers in England and Portugal shared their views on this role. Key themes included the need to promote children's sense of belonging and relationships with foster carers and their birth family, to support children's individual needs,…
Reasons, willingness, and intention to be a foster family: A community-sample study
Perceived barriers, drivers and enablers to becoming a foster family: An exploratory study in Portugal
Relocating Adolescents’: The Costs of Out-of-Area Placements as a Response to Extra-Familial Risk/Harm
In the UK, there has been increased awareness of the harm adolescents face beyond their families. There is no national strategy for safeguarding adolescents. One intervention that comes with particularly high costs is relocation placements by children’s social care that move adolescents some distance from their communities. This research aims to contribute to the evidence about the relocation of adolescents exposed to, or at risk of extra-familia…
Why do people become a foster parent? Insights from a national study
Why do people become foster parents and how to recruit new families? A multi-informant study
Child Welfare and Adoption (10 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Foster care (7 works) · Nursing (7 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Context (archaeology (3 works)