Health outcomes for adults in family foster care as children: An analysis by ethnicity

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 110-117

  Villegas, Susy ^a   Rosenthal, James A ^a   O'Brien, Kirk ^c   Pecora, Peter ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Casey Family Programs ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adult health outcomes; Child welfare; Disproportionality; Foster care; Out of home care; Racial health disparity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649961303     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.08.020     Document Type: Article

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