Mr Gary Kainth
- Social Work Research Affiliate (School of Health & Wellbeing)
Publications
2026
Sparks, Rosa, Kainth, Gary, Minnis, Helen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945 and Rizeq, Jala
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3915-5846
(2026)
A systematic review and meta-analysis examining the impact of placement instability on the mental health outcomes of care experienced children and young people.
JCPP Advances,
(doi: 10.1002/jcv2.70099)
(Early Online Publication)
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
Sparks, Rosa, Kainth, Gary, Minnis, Helen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945 and Rizeq, Jala
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3915-5846
(2026)
A systematic review and meta-analysis examining the impact of placement instability on the mental health outcomes of care experienced children and young people.
JCPP Advances,
(doi: 10.1002/jcv2.70099)
(Early Online Publication)
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)