2025

Crawford, K. et al. (2025) Infant mental health services for birth and foster families of maltreated pre-school children in foster care (BeST?): a cluster-randomized phase 3 clinical effectiveness trial. Nature Medicine, 31(5), pp. 1617-1625. (doi: 10.1038/s41591-025-03534-9) (PMID:40312587) (PMCID:PMC12092239)

Deidda, M. et al. (2025) Economic evaluation of a complex intervention to improve the mental health of maltreated children in foster care (BeST? services trial). Journal of Public Health, (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdaf038) (PMID:40188478) (Early Online Publication)

2023

Turner, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4972-3926, Kainth, Gary, MacDonald, Sara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5380-6943, O'Connor, Rory ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3650-4994, Crawford, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1615-0575 and Minnis, Helen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945 (2023) “I will commit to this child as much as I can for the time that they are with me:” a qualitative examination of how foster carer commitment relates to short-term foster care for young children following abuse and neglect. Child Abuse and Neglect, 135, 105983. (doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105983)

2022

Kainth, Gary, Turner, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4972-3926, Crawford, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1615-0575, Watson, Nicholas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0364-427X, Dundas, Ruth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3836-4286 and Minnis, Helen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945 (2022) Process evaluation protocol for the (BeST?) Services trial. Developmental Child Welfare, 4(1), pp. 56-72. (doi: 10.1177/25161032211070861)

2017

Turner-Halliday, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4972-3926, Kainth, Gary, Young-Southward, Genevieve, Cotmore, Richard, Watson, Nicholas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0364-427X, McMahon, Lynn and Minnis, Helen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945 (2017) Clout or doubt? Perspectives on an infant mental health service for young children placed in foster care due to abuse and neglect. Child Abuse and Neglect, 72, pp. 184-195. (doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.07.012)

Articles

Crawford, K. et al. (2025) Infant mental health services for birth and foster families of maltreated pre-school children in foster care (BeST?): a cluster-randomized phase 3 clinical effectiveness trial. Nature Medicine, 31(5), pp. 1617-1625. (doi: 10.1038/s41591-025-03534-9) (PMID:40312587) (PMCID:PMC12092239)

Deidda, M. et al. (2025) Economic evaluation of a complex intervention to improve the mental health of maltreated children in foster care (BeST? services trial). Journal of Public Health, (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdaf038) (PMID:40188478) (Early Online Publication)

Turner, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4972-3926, Kainth, Gary, MacDonald, Sara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5380-6943, O'Connor, Rory ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3650-4994, Crawford, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1615-0575 and Minnis, Helen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945 (2023) “I will commit to this child as much as I can for the time that they are with me:” a qualitative examination of how foster carer commitment relates to short-term foster care for young children following abuse and neglect. Child Abuse and Neglect, 135, 105983. (doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105983)

Kainth, Gary, Turner, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4972-3926, Crawford, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1615-0575, Watson, Nicholas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0364-427X, Dundas, Ruth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3836-4286 and Minnis, Helen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945 (2022) Process evaluation protocol for the (BeST?) Services trial. Developmental Child Welfare, 4(1), pp. 56-72. (doi: 10.1177/25161032211070861)

Turner-Halliday, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4972-3926, Kainth, Gary, Young-Southward, Genevieve, Cotmore, Richard, Watson, Nicholas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0364-427X, McMahon, Lynn and Minnis, Helen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945 (2017) Clout or doubt? Perspectives on an infant mental health service for young children placed in foster care due to abuse and neglect. Child Abuse and Neglect, 72, pp. 184-195. (doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.07.012)