Health outcomes for adults in family foster care as children: An analysis by ethnicity

Susy Villegas, James A. Rosenthal, Kirk O'Brien and Peter Pecora

Children and Youth Services Review, 2011, vol. 33, issue 1, 110-117

Abstract: Studies have linked the experience of child abuse or adversity to health problems in adulthood, and researchers have long documented health problems affecting children in foster care. Yet, the adult health outcomes of maltreated children placed in foster care have not been sufficiently isolated. Although information on transitioning youth and young adults is now beginning to emerge, the impact of ethnicity on adult health outcomes has been largely ignored. Given the overrepresentation of ethnic minority children in foster care and the national disparities in the health of ethnic minorities, this study examined the relationship between ethnicity and physical health outcomes for African American, Hispanic, and White adults who experienced family foster care as children. Logistic regression models indicated that ethnicity was not a significant predictor of physical health (p > .05). However, gender and age were associated significantly with their physical health outcomes.

Keywords: Foster; care; Out-of-home; care; Racial; health; disparity; Adult; health; outcomes; Child; welfare; Disproportionality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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