Nursing, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Psychology, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
BMJ Open. 2023 Feb 28;13(2):e069623. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069623.
The aim of this scoping review is to provide an overview of the existing qualitative research concerning the lived experiences of children and young people currently in foster care.
Lived experience of foster care is an area of limited research. Studies tend to focus on foster caregiver retention rates, education performance outcomes, evaluations and policy development. Although these studies are important, they provide little insight into the everyday lives of those currently in foster care, which is likely to influence these previous areas of research.
The scoping review will be guided by Arksey and O'Malley's approach to scoping studies. A systematic database search of PubMed, CINAHL and PsycINFO will be conducted followed by a systematic chain search of referenced and referencing literature. English-language peer-reviewed qualitative studies of children and young people currently in foster care will be included. We will exclude studies linked to transitioning out of foster care and studies with samples mixed with other types of out-of-home care. Mixed-methods studies will be excluded in addition to programme, treatment or policy evaluations. Following removal of duplicates, titles and abstracts will be screened, followed by a full-text review. Two researchers will independently screen references against inclusion and exclusion criteria using Covidence software. The quality of the included studies will be assessed by two independent reviewers using the appropriate Critical Appraisal Skills Programme checklist.
Information gathered in this research will be published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at national and international conferences relevant to foster care services and quality improvement. Reports will be disseminated to relevant foster care agencies, where relevant. Ethical approval and informed consent are not required as this protocol is a review of existing literature. Findings from the included studies will be charted and summarised thematically in a separate manuscript.
标题： 现有关于寄养儿童和青少年生活体验的定性研究概述
背景： 寄养生活体验是一个研究范围有限的领域。研究往往集中在寄养照顾者保留率、教育表现结果、评估和政策制定上。尽管这些研究很重要，但它们对目前处于寄养状态的人的日常生活几乎没有深入了解，而这些日常生活很可能会影响到之前的这些研究领域。
目的：本范围综述旨在概述目前关于寄养儿童和青少年生活体验的现有定性研究。
方法：本范围综述将遵循 Arksey 和 O'Malley 的范围研究方法。将对 PubMed、CINAHL 和 PsycINFO 进行系统的数据库搜索，然后对参考文献和引用文献进行系统的链式搜索。将纳入目前处于寄养状态的儿童和青少年的英语同行评议定性研究。我们将排除与过渡到寄养之外有关的研究以及样本与其他类型的家庭外护理混合的研究。此外，将排除混合方法研究、方案、治疗或政策评估。在去除重复项后，将筛选标题和摘要，然后进行全文审查。两名研究人员将使用 Covidence 软件独立筛选参考资料，以确定是否符合纳入和排除标准。两名独立的评审员将使用适当的批判性评估技能计划清单评估纳入研究的质量。
结果：本研究将在同行评议期刊上发表，并在与寄养服务和质量改进相关的国家和国际会议上展示。报告将在相关的寄养机构中分发，如有必要。由于本方案是对现有文献的综述，因此不需要伦理批准和知情同意。从纳入研究中提取和总结的发现将以单独的手稿形式以主题形式呈现。
