Children in out-of-home care in NSW: What do their case files tell us about their health care?

Title: Children in out-of-home care in NSW: What do their case files tell us about their health care?
Creator: Vimpani, Graham; Boland, Kerryn; Barr, Margo; Marshall, Jenny
Relation: Developing Practice , Issue 30, p. 51-62
Publisher: Association of Childrens Welfare Agencies
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2011
Description: It is well established that children and young people in out-of-home care (OOHC) are more likely to have significant, often unrecognised and unmet, acute and chronic health needs than those in the general population (Royal Australasian College of Physicians, 2006). Data from Australia and overseas, including studies from NSW, indicate that children and young people entering OOHC tend to have poor physical and mental health, increased rates of developmental difficulties and are less likely to access preventative health services such as immunisation compared to the general population (Tzioumi and Nathanson, 2007).
Subject: foster home care; childrens health; out-of-home care; chronic health needs
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1325476
Identifier: uon:25280
Identifier: ISSN:1445-6818
Language: eng
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