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HEY Statistics: Employment Barriers for Current & Former Foster Youth [PDF]

, 2010
HEY Statistics paint a picture of the barriers foster youth face while searching for and keeping employment. Foster youth often have more barriers to finding and keeping jobs than youth who are connected to a family, and the emotional and economic ...

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Does Long‐Term Lower Extremity Strength Training in Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis and Varus Alignment Reduce Knee Joint Loading During Gait?

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We examined whether 18 months of strength training in individuals with knee varus alignment and medial tibiofemoral osteoarthritis (OA) reduced knee joint loads during walking compared to an attention control group. Methods This study was a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial that compared the effects of strength training to a ...
Stephen P. Messier, Matthew N. Vigliotti, Paige E. Rice, Brian Pietrosimone, Shannon L. Mihalko, Edward H. Ip, Richard F. Loeser, David J. Hunter, Ali Guermazi, Ryan Hill, Santiago Saldana, Kim L. Bennell, Paul DeVita   +12 more
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The Lived Experiences of Former Foster Care Children in Iceland

Nordisk Välfärdsforskning
This study aimed to illuminate the experiences of former foster care children in Iceland through both quantitative and qualitative methods. Participants aged 20 to 25 completed a questionnaire, with responses from 71 individuals yielding a 38% response ...
Freydís Jóna Freysteinsdóttir, Heiður Sævarsdóttir, Birgitta Rós Laxdal   +2 more
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Findings from the California Youth Transitions to Adulthood Study (CalYOUTH): Conditions of Foster Youth at Age 17 [PDF]

, 2015
This report presents findings from the Baseline Youth Survey, providing the most comprehensive view to date of young people approaching the transition to adulthood from foster care in the wake of the federal Fostering Connections Act.
Katherine Halsted, Laura Napolitano, Mark E. Courtney, Nathanael J. Okpych, Pajarita Charles   +4 more
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Reply to Letter: “Limitations of Complement Activity Assays as Biomarkers for Ravulizumab Therapeutic Monitoring” by Saccà and Pelto Regarding “Inhibition of Classical and Alternative Complement Pathway by Ravulizumab and Eculizumab”

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
Lea Gerischer, Jutta Schroeder‐Braunstein, Guido Wabnitz, Andreas Meisel   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Systematic Review of the Evaluation of Foster Care Programs

Psychosocial Intervention
Objetive: The aim of this study was to conduct an exhaustive synthesis to determine which instruments and variables are most appropriate to evaluate foster care programs (foster, kinship, and professional families). This evaluation includes the children,
Laura Vallejo-Slocker, Nahia Idoiaga-Mondragon, Inge Axpe, Rosalind Willi, Mercedes Guerra-Rodríguez, Carme Montserrat, Jorge F. del Valle   +6 more
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“Everything Sounds Great on Paper”: Drivers of Housing Instability as Youth Transition out of Foster Care

Adolescents
Transition-age youth exiting foster care (TAY) are at high risk for housing instability, with nearly half experiencing homelessness before age 26. Multi-level factors are associated with greater risk, including individual, social, and geographic contexts.
Sarah Carter Narendorf, Caitlyn Mytelka, Jody Gardner, Seonyeong Kim   +3 more
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Related Foster Parents Less Likely to Receive Support Services Compared With Nonrelative Foster Parents [PDF]

, 2014
This brief identifies gaps in support services among foster parents using data from a nationally representative survey of children involved in the child welfare system (the second National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being).
Mattingly, Marybeth J., Walsh, Wendy A.
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Integrating Patient‐Reported Quality Measures in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Development of the American College of Rheumatology Implementation Guide

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective To support high‐quality, patient‐centered care for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) developed evidence‐based measures incorporating clinical and patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs). Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR), we conducted semistructured interviews ...
Catherine Nasrallah, Cherish Wilson, Christine Hariz, Christie M. Bartels, Shanthini Kasturi, Wambui Machua, Amy Bennett, Kate Chiseri, Allison Plitman, Starla Hairston Blanks, April Jorge, Patti Katz, Jinoos Yazdany, Shivani Garg   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Obesity Subtypes and Longitudinal Trajectories of Function Over Seven Years of Follow‐Up: Data From the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Obesity, defined by body mass index (BMI) ≥30 kg/m2, is a risk factor for functional limitations in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, function varies among such individuals. Our objective was to evaluate the implications of obesity subtypes on longitudinal patterns of physical functioning in people with or at risk for knee OA ...
Kristine Godziuk, Sarah Tilley, Michael LaValley, Michael C. Nevitt, Cora E. Lewis, James C. Torner, Tuhina Neogi, for the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study Group   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source