Informal Kinship Care – Falling Short of the Needs of the Child?

doi:10.1542/gr.33-4-44

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Source: Stein RE, Hurlburt MS, Heneghan AM, et al. Health status and type of out-of-home placement: informal kinship care in an investigated sample. Acad Pediatr. 2014; 14( 6): 559– 564; doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2014.04.002OpenUrl CrossRef PubMed

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Question: Among children living in out-of-home placement, is placement type associated with differences in health of children and caregivers?

Question type: Descriptive

Study design: Survey

Investigators from multiple institutions used data from the second National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being (NSCAW-II) to characterize the sociodemographics, mental health, and general health of both children and their caregivers in different out-of-home placements after child welfare investigation. Study participants included in the analysis had child welfare investigations between February 2008 and April 2009. Out-of-home placements were categorized as informal kinship (caregiving arrangements occurring without involvement of a child welfare agency), formal kinship (where …

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