Foster Home Care
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Development of a computerized medical history profile for children in out-of-home placement using Medicaid data.

30 Jul 2009 Children in out-of-home placements (foster children) often undergo multiple placement changes while under the care of child protective services. This instability can result in lack of health care continuity and poor health outcomes. This brief ... Read more...

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...

School functioning of children in residential care: the contributions of multilevel correlates.

6 Jul 2009 OBJECTIVE: This study, using an ecological approach, examines the relationships between problems in school functioning (including academic and behavior problems) of children in residential care with a number of variables describing the child and the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Foster Home Care'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Health care for foster kids: fix the system, save a child. 26 Sep 2009
• Development of a computerized medical history profile for children in out-of-home placement using Medicaid data. 30 Jul 2009
• State variation in psychotropic medication use by foster care children with autism spectrum disorder. 18 Jul 2009
• School functioning of children in residential care: the contributions of multilevel correlates. 6 Jul 2009
• The profile and progress of neglected and abused children in long-term foster care. 6 Jul 2009
• A new model of foster care for young children: the Bucharest early intervention project. 29 Jun 2009
• Knowing kids dying of HIV: a traumatic event for AIDS orphans. 29 Jun 2009
• Alternatives to admission for children and adolescents: providing intensive mental healthcare services at home and in communities: what works? 29 Jun 2009
• Contact and truth: the unfolding predicament in adoption and fostering. 29 Jun 2009
• The randomized controlled trial as a demonstration project: an ethical perspective. 29 Jun 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
• Caregivers of victimized children: differences between biological parents and foster caregivers. 30 May 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
• Using behavioral and electrophysiological measures to assess the effects of a preventive intervention: a preliminary study with preschool-aged foster children. 30 May 2009
• The experiences of Sudanese unaccompanied minors in foster care. 30 May 2009
• Antecedents and concomitants of parenting stress in adolescent mothers in foster care. 25 May 2009
• Health risk behavior of youth in foster care. 29 Apr 2009

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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;