title: Health beliefs and practices of foster parents.
abstract: This study considers how foster parents and social workers contribute to the routine health care of foster children. Health beliefs and practices of foster parents, their relationship to obtaining health care for foster children, and issues of social workers' and foster parents' responsibility for coordinating and obtaining medical care are explored. Suggestions for improved coordination are tendered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, S.W. Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75235.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Cain
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Barth
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services; D005260:Female; D005581:Foster Home Care / Q000523:psychology*; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged