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Medical Status of School-Age Children Reentering Foster CareUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Medical status changes between foster care placements were investigated to determine whether medical status improves and whether medical status changes predict reentry into care. Three hundred and ninety-two school-age children reentering foster care received comprehensive medical evaluation on each foster care entry. Results indicated that students reentering care had worsened medical status. Comparison with matched students having a single foster care placement did not show medical status predictive of foster care reentry but suggested that some medical status declines were age related.
Key Words: foster care reentry medical status education
This version was published on November
1, 2009 Child Maltreatment, Vol. 14, No. 4,
382-386 (2009) |
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