Health Risk Behavior in Foster Youth
dc.contributor.author | Gramkowski, B., Kools, S., Paul, S., Boyer, C. B., Monasterio, E., & Robbins, N. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-06T14:18:11Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-07-06T14:18:11Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
dc.description.abstract | Problem Adolescent health problems are predominantly caused by risk behavior. Foster adolescents have disproportionately poor health; therefore identification of risk behavior is critical. Method A secondary analysis of data from a larger study investigated the health risk behavior of 56 foster youth using the CHIP-AE. Findings Foster youth had some increased risk behavior. Younger adolescents and those in kinship care had less risky behavior. Youth had more risk behavior when: in group homes, parental death, histories of physical or emotional abuse, or history of attempted suicide. Conclusions These results point to areas of strength and vulnerability in foster youth. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Gramkowski, B., Kools, S., Paul, S., Boyer, C. B., Monasterio, E., & Robbins, N. (2009). Health risk behavior of youth in foster care. Journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing, 22(2), 77-85. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3436904/ | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11212/4799 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing | en_US |
dc.subject | foster care | en_US |
dc.subject | adolescent health | en_US |
dc.subject | adolescent risk taking | en_US |
dc.subject | Child Health and Illness Profile-Adolescent Edition (CHIP-AE) | en_US |
dc.title | Health Risk Behavior in Foster Youth | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |