Dimensions of health in young people in foster care.

Unlabelled: To describe the dimensions of health and illness from the perspective of adolescents in foster care.

Methods: Descriptive analyses of dimensions of health were conducted on N = 105 adolescents in foster care. Differences among demographic (age, gender, race/ethnicity) and foster care placement (age at first placement, reason(s) for foster care placement, length of time in care, number, and types of placement) variables and the dimensions and subdimensions of health (Child Health and Illness Profile- Adolescent Edition) were determined using T-tests and ANOVA.

Hospitalized children with history of sexual abuse: incidence and care issues.

This study used a questionnaire to identify the incidence of sexual abuse history and behavioral characteristics of prepubertal children in 110 psychiatric inpatient settings. Suggestions of clinical care issues that arise for staff working with this population were generated. Implications of the findings are considered and the need for development of special staff training programs and milieu treatment planning is highlighted.