title: Medical status of school-age children reentering foster care.
abstract: Medical status changes between foster care placements were investigated to determine whether medical status improves and whether medical status changes predict reentry into care. Three hundred and ninety-two school-age children reentering foster care received comprehensive medical evaluation on each foster care entry. Results indicated that students reentering care had worsened medical status. Comparison with matched students having a single foster care placement did not show medical status predictive of foster care reentry but suggested that some medical status declines were age related.
authors.affiliation: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA.
authors.forename: Jill J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Fussell
authors.forename: Larry D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005581:Foster Home Care; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010808:Physical Examination; D012008:Recurrence