Specialized knowledge and skills applicable to caring for children in foster care include
guidelines developed to address this population's special health care needs, cross-system …

Objectives The US National Viral Hepatitis Action Plan calls for major efforts to expand
hepatitis C virus (HCV) diagnosis and treatment; prenatal care settings are potential venues …

Children in foster care in the United States face unique challenges related to access to
health and education services. With the COVID-19 pandemic, many of those services were …

Background Children in foster care are classified as a highly vulnerable population and
struggle with both physical and mental health problems. Medical conditions, like poor …

Children in child welfare protective custody (eg, foster care) are known to have increased
health concerns compared to children not in protective custody. The poor health …

Background Children in foster care are considered at high risk for infectious diseases, and
guidelines recommend screening for tuberculosis, hepatitis B and C, syphilis, gonorrhea …

The purpose of this study was to compare the utilization of primary care services and
presence of mental health disorder diagnoses among children in foster care to children on …

The most recent data from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System
(AFCARS), which collects information on children involved in the welfare system, show that …

Children exposed to maltreatment and foster care (ie, out-of-home care) experience
disproportionately high healthcare utilization; however, the etiology of these differences is …

BACKGROUND Foster youth may have increased exposure to Coronavirus Disease 2019
(COVID-19) due to transient living arrangements and crowding in congregate care settings …