The risk of teenage pregnancy among transitioning foster youth: Implications for extending state care beyond age 18
The risk of teenage pregnancy among transitioning foster youth: Implications for extending state care beyond age 18
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DOI：
10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.06.002
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发表时间：
2010-10-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Courtney, Mark E.
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作者：
Dworsky, Amy;Courtney, Mark E.
本研究的目的是探讨如何常见的少女怀孕是在年轻妇女和老龄化的寄养，并确定是否怀孕的风险可以通过延长寄养超过18岁。该研究使用了前两波中西部前寄养青年成人功能评估的数据，这是一项对中西部三个州寄养青年向成年过渡的纵向研究，以及全国青少年健康纵向研究。估计考克斯比例风险模型，以检查护理状况和青少年怀孕的风险之间的关系。寄养青少年比一般人群中的同龄人更有可能经历少女怀孕，但即使考虑到其他因素的影响，继续接受护理似乎也能降低她们怀孕的风险。我们的研究结果提供了额外的证据，表明儿童福利机构需要更加协调一致的努力，以帮助寄养青少年避免怀孕，并建议允许18岁以上的青少年继续寄养可能是减少青少年怀孕的一种方法。(C)2010爱思唯尔有限公司保留所有权利。
The purpose of this study is to examine how common teenage pregnancy is among young women in and aging out of foster care and to determine whether the risk of becoming pregnant can be reduced by extending foster care beyond age 18. The study used data from the first two waves of the Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth, a longitudinal study of foster youth making the transition to adulthood in three Midwestern states, as well as the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Cox proportional hazard models were estimated to examine the relationship between care status and the risk of teenage pregnancy. Foster youth are more likely to experience teenage pregnancy than their peers in the general population but staying in care seems to mitigate their risk of becoming pregnant even after the effects of other factors are taken into account. Our findings provide additional evidence of the need for a more concerted effort by child welfare agencies to help youth in foster care avoid becoming pregnant and suggest that allowing young people to remain in foster care beyond age 18 may be one way to reduce teenage pregnancy among this population. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.