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- Title
Child Maltreatment, Trauma, and Physical Health Outcomes: The Role of Abuse Type and Placement Moves on Health Conditions and Service Use for Youth in Foster Care.
- Authors
Jackson, Yo; Cushing, Christopher C.; Gabrielli, Joy; Fleming, Kandace; O'Connor, Bridget M.; Huffhines, Lindsay
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>The purpose of the study was to investigate the relations between abuse types, non-maltreatment-related trauma, and health service utilization in a sample of youth in foster care with and without chronic medical conditions.<bold>Method: </bold>A total of 213 youth, aged 8-21 years, provided self-report of general trauma and abuse exposure. Medicaid claims for each child were collected from official state databases.<bold>Results: </bold>Exposure to sexual abuse, neglect, or general trauma but not exposure to physical abuse or psychological abuse increased the rates of medical visits, while only general trauma increased medical hospitalizations. <bold>Conclusions: </bold>Trauma types are not equally predictive of health care utilization for youth with chronic health conditions.
- Subjects
MIDWEST (U.S.); UNITED States; CHILD abuse; CHILDREN'S injuries; HEALTH outcome assessment; FOSTER home care; AT-risk youth; CHRONIC diseases; MEDICAL care; MEDICAID; RESEARCH funding; SELF-evaluation
- Publication
Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 2016, Vol 41, Issue 1, p28
- ISSN
0146-8693
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1093/jpepsy/jsv066