Exposure to out-of-home care in childhood and adult all-cause mortality: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children placed in out-of-home care (OHC) have exceedingly high rates of health problems. Their poor health tends to persist across adolescence and into young adulthood, resulting in increased risks of mortality. Yet, very little is known about this group's mortality risks later in life. The aim of this study was to investigate whether OHC was associated with the risk of all-cause mortality across adulthood, and whether these risks varied across different placement characteristics. Moreover, the study addressed potential confounding by including two comparison groups with children who grew up under similarly adverse living conditions but did not experience placement.

Methods

Data were derived from a 60-year follow-up of a Stockholm cohort born in 1953 ( n = 15 048

SUBMITTER: Gao M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5837321 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature