Physical illness in looked-after children: a cross-sectional study

Martin, Alice; Ford, Tamsin; Goodman, Robert; Meltzer, Howard; Logan, Stuart

doi:10.1136/archdischild-2013-303993

Cited by 23 publications

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“…Physical abuse, neglect and family disruption are the most common reasons for children being placed in foster care 6,9,13 . Although foster children suffer from the same health problems as children living in other family settings, they often enter the care system in a poorer state of health because of poverty, abuse and neglect [14][15][16] . Family adversity has long-lasting effects: foster children consistently report poor educational, psychological and health outcomes [17][18][19] .…”

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confidence: 99%

How do foster carers manage the oral health of children in foster care? A qualitative study

Muirhead

Subramanian

Wright

et al. 2017

Comm Dent Oral Epid

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This is the first study to explore foster carers' oral health perspectives and the foster family environment within the oral health context. It highlights the unrecognized and important role that foster carers have in improving the oral health of vulnerable children. Further research is needed to explore the relationship between foster carers and dentists and to support the development of health and social care interventions to improve foster children's oral health.

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confidence: 99%

How do foster carers manage the oral health of children in foster care? A qualitative study

Muirhead

Subramanian

Wright

et al. 2017

Comm Dent Oral Epid

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“…However, in this study the parental income and not of the patients themselves was addressed [25]. In general it has been shown earlier that epilepsy correlates with psychosocial and socioeconomic difficulties, lower academic levels, higher unemployment rates and less frequent marriages than in the General population [8,[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38].…”

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confidence: 93%

The General and Social Health Long-Term Outcome of Adult Epilepsy Patients at the Kork Epilepsy Center

Burkhardt

Bacher

Kornmeier

et al. 2018

Neurology International Open

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Objectives The majority of epidemiological studies show that there is an increased burden of somatic comorbidities among people with epilepsy (PWE) compared with the general population. We sought that in the subgroup of patients with satisfactory and stable seizure situation and healthy style of living, the general health and quality of life might be similar to people without epilepsy and investigated the long-term outcome and the prevalence of comorbidities and the social outcome of adult patients who had been continuously treated at our center for at least 25 years. Material and methods We consecutively collected our adult out-patients for 10 months and identified those patients who had been treated at our center for at least 25 years. Among this group we assessed demographic data, epilepsy syndrome, seizure situation, antiepileptic therapy, the number of previous AEDs, the socioeconomic situation and co-morbidities. Results Out of a total of 1672 patients, 14.4 % (n = 241) patients fulfilled our inclusion criterion. In 200 the files allowed an appropriate analysis of the data. Mean treatment duration in Kork was 36 years (25 – 52). 60% of patients were seizure-free for more than one year. 80% of the seizure-free patients did not complain of adverse events. Adverse events were more often among patients with ongoing seizures. Somnolence, gait disturbances and tremor were the leading symptoms. Better seizure outcome correlated with higher education, better professional education and lower unemployment rates. Diseases such as cardiovascular diseases or diabetes mellitus were not more frequent than in the general population. PWE do not have necessarily an impaired prognosis of their general health.

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“… 7 For example, children in OHC have poorer mental and physical health than their peers, 8–10 are more likely to engage in risky behaviours such as smoking, drinking and drug-taking 11 and have higher rates of teenage pregnancy and premature death. 12 The causes of these adverse outcomes are complex and there is considerable heterogeneity among looked-after children.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Many studies of looked-after children in the UK are based on surveys; 8–10 however, these may have selection and/or recall biases, and an alternative administrative data source that can be used is the Children Looked After Return (CLA). The CLA offers an important resource to improve understanding about the characteristics of children placed in OHC, how patterns of care vary across the country and are changing over time, and the relationships between the type or pattern of care and subsequent outcomes.…”

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confidence: 99%