Author

Karen Crawford

Observed name: Crawford, Karen

Observed institution: University of Glasgow

ORCID: 0000-0003-1615-0575

Observed ORCID: 0000-0003-1615-0575

OpenAlex ID: A5040294163

The expected and the unexpected in recovery and development after abuse and neglect: The role of early foster carer commitment on young children's symptoms of attachment disorders and mental health problems over time

2022 · Fiona Turner, Enrico Venturini, et al. · Child Abuse & Neglect · 18

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“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

2022 · Fiona Turner, Gary Kainth, et al. · Child Abuse & Neglect · 13

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The Best Services Trial (BeST?): a cluster randomised controlled trial comparing the clinical and cost-effectiveness of New Orleans Intervention Model with services as usual (SAU) for infants and young children entering care

2022 · Karen Crawford, Bridie Fitzpatick, et al. · Trials · 10

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Recruiting hard-to-reach pregnant women at high psychosocial risk: strategies and costs from a randomised controlled trial

2021 · Alice MacLachlan, Karen Crawford, et al. · Trials · 10

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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

2025 · Karen Crawford, Robin Young, et al. · Nature Medicine · 8

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Process evaluation protocol for the BeST ? Services trial

2022 · Gary Kainth, Fiona Turner, et al. · Developmental Child Welfare · 6

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Interventions for pre‐school children in foster care: A systematic review of randomised controlled trials of child‐related outcomes

2024 · Natalie Kirby, Camilla Biggs, et al. · JCPP Advances · 5

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Introducing a randomized controlled trial into Family Proceedings: Describing the ‘how?’ and defending the ‘why?’

2023 · Carol Atkinson, Matt Forde, et al. · International Journal of Law Policy and the Family · 3

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Embedding an Infant Mental Health Intervention within the UK Social Care and Legal Contexts: The Process Evaluation of the Best? Services Trial

2024 · Gary Kainth, Fiona Turner, et al. · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2

Evaluation of parenting interventions for those with additional health and social care needs during pregnancy: THRIVE a multi-arm RCT with embedded economic and process components

2025 · Marion Henderson, Anja Wittkowski, et al. · Public Health Research · 1

Economic evaluation of a complex intervention to improve the mental health of maltreated children in foster care (BeST? Services trial)

2025 · Manuela Deidda, Helen Minnis, et al. · Journal of Public Health · 1

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How can we BeST ? meet the needs of adoptive families? Relevant findings from a major Randomised Controlled Trial of infants in foster care in the UK

2026 · Fiona Turner, Gary Kainth, et al. · Adoption & Fostering

A longitudinal study examining emotional, behavioural and attachment disorder symptoms of care-experienced young children: the role of early adversity and age at entry to care

2026 · Jessica Oldridge, Karen Crawford, et al. · European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

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Family support for parents: the value of relationship building and trust

2026 · Karen Crawford, Anne Scwartz, et al. · SSRN Electronic Journal

Trial of Healthy Relationship Initiatives for the Very Early-years (THRIVE) - anonymised data

2026 · Henderson, Marion, Wittkowski, Anja, et al. · University of Glasgow

Trial of Healthy Relationship Initiatives for the Very Early-years (THRIVE) - identifiable data

2026 · Henderson, Marion, Wittkowski, Anja, et al. · University of Glasgow

A longitudinal study examining the effect of carer-child relationship quality on child’s emotional and behavioural difficulties while in care

2025 · Rosa Sparks, Jala Rizeq, et al. · European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

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Infant Parent Support (IPS): a multidisciplinary intervention to improve the mental health of children with a social worker - a study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial with embedded process evaluation

2025 · Jaycee Pownall, Karen Crawford, et al. · Pilot and Feasibility Studies

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Helping themselves and helping others: how the passage of time influences why mothers with addictions take part in research

2023 · Karen Crawford, Lynda Russell, et al. · Frontiers in Psychiatry

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Trial of healthy relationship initiatives for the very early years (THRIVE), evaluating Enhanced Triple P for Baby and Mellow Bumps additional social and care needs during pregnancy and their infants who are at higher risk of maltreatment: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

2019 · Marion Henderson, Anja Wittkowski, et al. · Newcastle University ePrints (Newcastle Univesity)

Engaging young children in the research process

2019 · Minnis, Helen, Crawford, Karen, et al. · Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde)

Engaging young children in the research process [Report]

2019 · Helen Minnis, Karen Crawford, et al. · Queen Margaret University Publications Repository (Queen Margaret University)

Works count: 26

Citation count: 77

H-index: 6

I10-index: 4