Children and adolescents in foster care placement represent a unique population with
special health care needs, often resulting from pre-placement early adversity and neglected …

Children in foster care exhibit physical health problems at alarming rates. Moreover, these
problems are frequently undiagnosed before entry into foster and too often go untreated …

Nearly 750 000 children are currently in foster care in the United States. Recent trends in
foster care include reliance on extended family members to care for children in kinship care …

Objective. Most research on health problems of children in foster care has been cross-
sectional, resulting in overselection of children who have been in care long-term and …

Children in foster care are the most vulnerable to experiencing poor health compared with
any other group of children in the United States. Children enter foster care due to …

Greater numbers of infants and young children with increasingly complicated and serious
physical, mental health, and developmental problems are being placed in foster care. All …

Health and mental health considerations present many challenges to the child welfare
system and play a significant role in the care of children in out-of-home care. This paper …

Youth in foster care represent a unique population with complex mental and behavioral
health, social-emotional, and developmental needs. For this population with special …

METHODS: We used data from the 2011–2012 National Survey of Children's Health, a
nationally representative sample of noninstitutionalized children in the United States, and …

This article reviews the challenges health care systems face as they attempt to improve
health care outcomes for children in foster care. It discusses several of the promising health …