Caregiver‐endorsed strategies to improving sexual health outcomes among foster youth.
Foster youth are at an increased risk of unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) compared with peers. We conducted 11 semistructured focus groups with 86 foster and kinship caregivers in three child welfare jurisdictions to understand their strategies for monitoring and com...
| Publicado en: | Child & Family Social Work Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 557 - 568 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Aug2020
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=144562352&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 144562352 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 13567500 ETB jtl: Child & Family Social Work issn: 13567500 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Aug2020 vid: 25 iid: 3 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 144562352 144562352 145852617 144562352 10.1111/cfs.12726 144562352 ppf: 557 ppct: 11 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Caregiver‐endorsed strategies to improving sexual health outcomes among foster youth. aug: au: Albertson, Katie Crouch, Julia M. Udell, Wadiya Schimmel‐Bristow, Allison Serrano, Jessica Ahrens, Kym R. affil: Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle WA sug: subj: Caregivers Foster Parents Child, Foster Sexual Health In Infancy and Childhood Sexual Health In Adolescence Quality Improvement Methods Human Male Female Adult Middle Age Aged Focus Groups Thematic Analysis Sexually Transmitted Diseases Prevention and Control Pregnancy, Unplanned Pregnancy Communication Trust Adolescent Development Consumer Health Information Goal-Setting New York Purposive Sample Health Promotion Methods Funding Source Child Adolescence Descriptive Statistics Adolescent Behavior Reproductive Health Caregiver Attitudes Interpersonal Relations Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Child: 6-12 years Adolescent: 13-18 years Male Female ab: Foster youth are at an increased risk of unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) compared with peers. We conducted 11 semistructured focus groups with 86 foster and kinship caregivers in three child welfare jurisdictions to understand their strategies for monitoring and communicating with youth in foster care around sexual health topics, with the overall goal of developing a training for caregivers to reduce STI and unintended pregnancies among youth in foster care. We used thematic analysis to analyse the data. Three main themes emerged: (1) strategies to communicate with youth about sexual health (trust‐building, open/direct communication, tailoring information to each individual youth, creative conversation‐starters, and self‐education), (2) strategies for monitoring youth (e.g., tailoring monitoring to youth development/characteristics, clearly communicating rules, co‐development of rules, spending time with youth/friends/friends' parents, using technology, using a social support system), and (3) other strategies to promote positive youth development (advocating for youth, engaging youth in goal‐setting). Trainings that provide caregivers with (1) information on sexual health and normal adolescent development and (2) strategies and skills to help caregivers engage in open, evidence‐informed communication, and monitor youth in a tailored, developmentally‐informed manner are likely to improve reproductive health and other outcomes among youth in foster care. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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