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Abstract
Context.
Children in foster care suffer with serious illness at end of life. However, the relationship between prior trauma exposure and serious illness has received little empirical attention.
Objectives
The objectives were to examine the prevalence and type of trauma exposure, and investigate the relationship between prior trauma and serious illness among foster children at end of life.
Methods
We used national longitudinal foster care data. We included children who were less than 18 years with residence in the United States. Serious illness (i.e., physical health…
The KidsCount Data Book for 2014 is produced by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. It is the 25th edition of this data book, which measures state trends and demographics in child wellbeing in the United States. This edition compares data from 2014 to the set of data collected in the first edition of the Data Book in 1990, as well as some comparisons to other years.
The data in this report are organized around four central themes: (1) economic wellbeing, (2) education, (3) health, and (4) family and community. This report features national-level data under each of these themes and also…