Comparing the Health Status of Low-Income Children in and out of Foster Care

From: Child Welfare | Date: July 1, 2004| Author: Barton, Keith; Joye, Nancy R; Mawjee, Fatema Lakhani; Metcalf, Mary B; Hansen, Robin L | Copyright information

Children in foster care face poverty, family dysfunction, neglect, and abuse, with high rates of chronic health, emotional, and developmental problems. This study compared the overall health status of a group of children entering foster care with a group of Medicaid-eligible children living with their parents, matched for age and gender. It identified significantly more health and developmental problems in children in foster care than in the comparison group. Possible contributors to the high...

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