Youth in foster care with adult mentors during adolescence have improved adult outcomes

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Ahrens, Kym R ^a   DuBois, David Lane ^c   Richardson, Laura P ^a   Fan, Ming Yu ^b   Lozano, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Foster care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TEACHER; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 38849181155     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0508     Document Type: Article

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