ArticleChild abuse & neglect2022
Modeling changes in adolescent health risk behaviors approaching and just after the time of emancipation from foster care.
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- Estimating the impact of out-of-home placement on health risk behavior in adolescents exposed to maltreatment: An advanced causal inference approach.Child abuse & neglect · 2026Article
- Sex differences in high-risk health behaviors among school-going adolescents in Yazd, Iran; a cross-sectional study.Heliyon · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundEmancipated foster youth frequently engage in behaviors that contribute to poor health. Whether health risk behaviors increase following emancipation or are established while in foster care remains unclear.
objectiveThis secondary data analysis examined substance use and attitudes toward sexual risk behaviors to understand continuity in risk behaviors among foster youth before emancipation and following emancipation. PARTICIPANTS AND
settingYouth ages 16-20 (N = 151) who had been in foster care for at least 12 months and were expected to emancipate were recruited. The urban county where the study was conducted allowed youth to remain in foster care until 21 years of age.
methodsParticipants completed surveys assessing substance use and attitudes toward sexual risk behaviors at baseline, 6 and 12 months. Multilevel models estimated trajectories of health behaviors and attitudes, with emancipation timing as the primary predictor. Individual and child welfare characteristics were included as covariates.
resultsSubstance use did not change with emancipation (B
conclusionsSubstance use and attitudes about sexual risk behaviors are established before emancipation; interventions prior to emancipation are necessary to improve health outcomes.
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