Health status and type of out-of-home placement: Informal kinship care in an investigated sample

Academic Pediatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 559-564

  Stein, Ruth E K ^a   Hurlburt, Michael S ^b,c   Heneghan, Amy M ^d,e   Zhang, Jinjin ^c   Rolls Reutz, Jennifer ^c   Landsverk, John ^c   McCue Horwitz, Sarah ^f  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Foster children; Health; Insurance; Kinship care; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NATIONAL SURVEY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT WELL BEING II; OUT OF HOME PLACEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; ADOLESCENT; FAMILY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923125478     PISSN: 18762859     EISSN: 18762867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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