Fighting For the Forgotten: Risk and Resilience of Children and Families Involved With the Foster Care System
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
8-9-2016
School
Child and Family Studies
Abstract
Children and youth in foster care are some of the most underserved and holistically unhealthy people in our country today. Toxic stress, mental illness, environmental instability, and unrecognized or under diagnosed chronic disease are just a few issues that plague this special population of children that then grow into ill or maladapted adults with higher rates of morbidity and mortality than their “nonfoster” counterparts. Their story is not complete however. We can increase the resilience of our foster children and rewrite the outcomes of their futures through the responsible and intentional interventions of our health care professionals, child welfare workers, and communities.
Publication Title
Family Resilience and Chronic Illness
First Page
133
Last Page
151
Recommended Citation
Shropshire, D.,
Williams, A.,
Burge, L.,
Hines, L.
(2016). Fighting For the Forgotten: Risk and Resilience of Children and Families Involved With the Foster Care System. Family Resilience and Chronic Illness, 133-151.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/20854
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