Self-report of health problems and health care use among maltreated and comparison adolescents

Janet U. Schneiderman, Sonya Negriff and Penelope K. Trickett

Children and Youth Services Review, 2016, vol. 61, issue C, 1-5

Abstract: The study aims were to compare maltreated and comparison adolescents' health problems and to identify how individual, family and home characteristics and maltreatment status affect adolescents' self-report of health status and health care use. The sample was 224 maltreated adolescents (mean age=18.3years) and 128 comparison adolescents (mean age=18.15years). Comparison adolescents reported more cold and pain symptoms during the previous 30days but no differences in other physical health problems, self-assessment of their physical and mental health or health care use compared to maltreated adolescents. Girls were more likely to have had a dental checkup, to have seen a psychological counselor, and to self-identify their physical health as poor compared to boys. Older adolescents were less likely to have had a medical checkup or seen a psychological counselor than younger adolescents. A history of maltreatment was not related to health or health care disparities for adolescents growing up in the same low-income environment as adolescents without a maltreatment report. The environmental context and geographical location in which these adolescents grew up may be the primary driver in their health behaviors and health problems and not the experience of maltreatment.

Keywords: Adolescents; Maltreatment; Health care; Mental health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.12.001

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