Foster Home Care - Statistics & numerical data
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

State variation in psychotropic medication use by foster care children with autism spectrum disorder.

18 Jul 2009 OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to compare on a national cohort of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) the concurrent use of >or=3 psychotropic medications between children in foster care and children who have disabilities and ... Read more...

Pathways to and from homelessness and associated psychosocial outcomes among adolescents leaving the foster care system.

16 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the prevalence and nature of housing problems among adolescents leaving foster care because of their age to provide evidence that can inform public and programmatic policies designed to prevent homelessness. METHODS: Housing ... Read more...

Social health outcomes following thermal injuries: a retrospective matched cohort study.

13 Jun 2009 INTRODUCTION: Over 50% of children admitted with burns are aged under 3 years. US studies suggest that up to 26% of childhood burns are non-accidental, although UK reports are lower (1-16%). OBJECTIVES: To determine the social health outcomes of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Foster Home Care - Statistics & numerical data'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• State variation in psychotropic medication use by foster care children with autism spectrum disorder. 18 Jul 2009
• Pathways to and from homelessness and associated psychosocial outcomes among adolescents leaving the foster care system. 16 Jun 2009
• Social health outcomes following thermal injuries: a retrospective matched cohort study. 13 Jun 2009
• Pregnancy rates among juvenile justice girls in two randomized controlled trials of multidimensional treatment foster care. 30 May 2009
• Intra-household differences in health seeking behaviour for orphans and non-orphans in an NGO-supported and non-supported sub-county of Luwero, Uganda. 30 May 2009
• Institutional rearing and psychiatric disorders in Romanian preschool children. 30 May 2009
• The experiences of Sudanese unaccompanied minors in foster care. 30 May 2009
• Health risks for older US adolescents in foster care: the significance of important others' health behaviours on youths' health and health behaviours. 29 Apr 2009
• Health problems and health behaviors of Korean preschoolers living with parents and under guardianship. 29 Apr 2009
• Economic cost of autism in the UK. 29 Apr 2009
• Achieving better health care outcomes for children in foster care. 30 Mar 2009
• Characteristics of children whose siblings have fetal alcohol syndrome or incomplete fetal alcohol syndrome. 27 Feb 2009
• Disinhibited social behavior among internationally adopted children. 30 Dec 2008
• Morning cortisol Levels in preschool-aged foster children: differential effects of maltreatment type. 30 Dec 2008
• Disabled children living away from home in foster care and residential settings. 29 Nov 2008
• Preadoptive child sexual abuse as a predictor of moves in care, adoption disruptions, and inconsistent adoptive parent commitment. 23 Nov 2008
• Profile of young people attending alcohol and other drug treatment services in Aotearoa, New Zealand: clinical file search. 30 Oct 2008
• Use of multiple psychotropic medications among adolescents aging out of foster care. 30 Aug 2008
• Discrepancies between UN models and DHS survey estimates of maternal orphan prevalence: insights from analyses of survey data from Zimbabwe. 30 Jul 2008
• Special health care needs among children in the child welfare system. 29 Jun 2008

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Technical information about 'Foster Home Care'

Definition: Families who care for neglected children or patients unable to care for themselves.

Descriptor UI: D005581

Alternative terms: Foster Home Care; Care, Foster Home; Fostering; Kinship Care; Care, Kinship; Adult Foster Care; Care, Adult Foster; Foster Care, Adult;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; psychology;

Tree Number: E02.760.352; I01.880.787.416; N02.421.143.452; N02.421.585.352;