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Placement, duration and re-entry outcomes for children in foster care with disabilities
Jill McLeigh, PhD; Gunjan Singh; Rong Huang; and Alan Huang
National, longitudinal studies exploring characteristics and outcomes of children in foster care (CFC) with disabilities are lacking. This study explores the prevalence, characteristics and relative risk of experiencing placement instability, staying in care for longer than 2 years, and returning to care within 3 years for CFC with a disability and by disability type.
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Preventable Emergency Department Utilization Among Patients with Foster Care History Compared to Patients Without Foster Care History
Lauren Malthaner, Jill McLeigh, Gregory Knell, Katelyn K. Jetelina, Folefac Atem, and Sarah Messiah
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Barriers and facilitators to kinship care in Texas: A multi-stakeholder, mixed methods perspective
Jill McLeigh, PhD; Mike Henson-Garcia; Hilda Loria, MD; Erinne Conner, LMSW; and Lauren Malthaner
Kinship caregivers face numerous barriers to providing care for children placed with them and limited facilitators to help ensure successful placements. Although the needs of kinship caregivers are being examined and prioritized in the legislature, operational and policy-level interventions are needed. Results from this study allow for interventions tailored to the needs of kinship caregivers in the State of Texas as identified by a multitude of stakeholder groups.
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The Impact of Health Status on Health Care Utilization of Children in Foster Care
Jill McLeigh, PhD; Gunjan Singh; and Rong Huang
This study sought to understand the health status of children in foster care; the relationship between their health status and health care utilization; and demographic and placement factors associated with health care utilization.
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