Accessing the library databases
OACAS's library databases are available to staff at Ontario Children's Aid Societies and Indigenous Well-being Agencies. For information and instructions on accessing the library databases, see the guide here.
Journal articles and academic research
- Experiences of a Child Abuse Program in the Time of COVID-19 byPublication: Hospital PediatricsPublication Date: 2021
- Research Snapshot: COVID-19 impacts among 2SLGBTQ+ youth experiencing homelessness byPublication: eeNet Research SnapshotsPublication Date: 2021
- Child abuse in natural disasters and conflicts: A systematic review byPublication: Trauma, Violence, & AbusePublication Date: 2019
- Child maltreatment and disaster prevention: A qualitative study of community agency perspectives byPublication: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 14(4)Publication Date: 2013
- Children and disasters: Understanding vulnerability, developing capacities, and promoting resilience – An introduction byPublication: Children, Youth and Environments, 18(1)Publication Date: 2008Note: you have to be authenticated by OACAS’s library databases to access
- Compassion fatigue following the September 11 terrorist attacks: A study of secondary trauma among New York City social workers byPublication: International Journal of Emergency Mental Health, 6(2)Publication Date: 2004
- The emotional labour of austerity: How social workers reflect and work on their feelings towards reducing support to needy children and families byPublication: The British Journal of Social Work, 48(7)Publication Date: 2018Note: you have to be authenticated by OACAS’s library databases to access
- Family dysfunction and social isolation as moderators between stress and child physical abuse risk byPublication: Journal of Family Violence, 29(2)Publication Date: 2014Note: you have to be authenticated by OACAS’s library databases to access
- If schools are closed, who will watch our kids? Family caregiving and other sources of role conflict among nurses during large-scale outbreaks byPublication: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 24(4)Publication Date: 2009
- Impacts of natural disasters on children byPublication: Future of Children, 26(1)Publication Date: 2016
- An overview of systematic reviews on the public health consequences of social isolation and loneliness byPublication: Public Health, 152Publication Date: 2017
- Repositioning risk in social work education: Reflections arising from the threat of SARS to social work students in Hong Kong during their field practicum byPublication: Social Work Education, 26(4)Publication Date: 2007Note: you have to be authenticated by OACAS’s library databases to access
- Resilience and coping for the healthcare community: A post-disaster group work intervention for healthcare and social service providers byPublication: Journal of Family Strengths, 1Publication Date: 2019
- The role of parents, parenting and the family environment in children’s post-disaster mental health byPublication: Current Psychiatry Reports, 18(6)Publication Date: 2016
- Social isolation from communities and child maltreatment: A cross-cultural comparison byPublication: Child Abuse & Neglect, 27(2)Publication Date: 2003
- Surviving Hurricane Michael - Helping individuals with serious and persistent mental illness, foster families and child welfare involved families prepare and recover byPublication: Journal of Family Strengths, 1Publication Date: 2019
