Long-term Health and Social Outcomes in Children and Adolescents Placed in Out-of-Home Care.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Children who are placed in out-of-home care may have poorer outcomes in adulthood, on average, compared with their peers, but the direction and magnitude of these associations need clarification.

Objective

To estimate associations between being placed in out-of-home care in childhood and adolescence and subsequent risks of experiencing a wide range of social and health outcomes in adulthood following comprehensive adjustments for preplacement factors.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort and cosibling study of all children born in Finland between 1986 and 2000 (N = 855 622) monitored each person from their 15th birthday either until the end of the study period (December 2018) or until they migrated, died, or experienced the outcome of interest. Cox

SUBMITTER: Sariaslan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8546624 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature