Titre : | Foster care children and family homelessness. (1998) |
Auteurs : | C. ZLOTNICK ; L. KLEE ; D. KRONSTADT ; Center for the Vulnerable Child at Children's Hospital Oakland. Oakland Calif. USA |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | American journal of public health (vol. 88, n° 9, 1998) |
Pagination : | 1368-1370 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Placement familial ; Sans domicile fixe ; Famille ; Pauvreté ; Enfant ; Homme ; Etats Unis ; Amérique du Nord ; Amérique |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST OR0x6KGj. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. This study examined the association between family homelessness and children's placement in foster care. Methods. The prevalence of home-lessness in a random sample of 195 young foster children was examined. Results Almost half of the birth parents of the foster children had experienced homelessness. Those children were more likely than other foster children to have siblings in foster care and to be piaced with nonrelatives. Conclusions An extremely high prevalence of family homelessness was found among children in foster care. Policy implications of the association between family homelessness and placeme into foster care are discussed. |