A cross-sectional examination of birth rates among adolescent girls in foster care

King, Bryn; Putnam‐Hornstein, Emily; Cederbaum, Julie A.; Needell, Barbara

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.11.007

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“…The proportion of women with foster care histories in the non-poor group was too small to allow for multivariate investigation. However, King and colleagues (2014) found a small difference in teen childrearing by foster care history which was similar to the small difference between no family and the combined parenting groups in the present study. The relationship between increased reports and single parenthood compared to “no family” is somewhat counter to the literature on risky behaviors and chronic maltreatment (Jonson-Reid, et al, 2012).…”

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“…Southerland and colleagues (2009) found that transition age youth (age 18–21 years) who were involved in child maltreatment investigations as adolescents were more likely to begin parenting early. Another study found that adolescent girls or young women with histories of foster care were at a somewhat greater risk of early child rearing though the magnitude of risk associated with foster care as compared to prior maltreatment per se was unclear (King, Putnam-Hornstein, Cederbaum, & Needell, 2014). An investigated report of maltreatment increased the risk of teen pregnancy by about 60% in a study controlling for family and community poverty as well as other youth risk behaviors (Garwood, Gerassi, Jonson-Reid, Plax, & Drake, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Family formation: A positive outcome for vulnerable young women?

Ben‐David

Jonson‐Reid

Bright

et al. 2016

Children and Youth Services Review

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While marriage and childbirth are generally considered positive adult outcomes, it is not clear that this holds true among low income young women. Beyond adolescent parenting, little empirical data exists on various types of family formation in this population. The aims of this study were twofold: (1) to understand predictors of type of family formation (e.g., none, childrearing, marriage, or both) among 4,385 young women with childhood histories of poverty and/or maltreatment; and (2) to explore whether family formation patterns were associated with negative adult behavioral and health outcomes. Results of the AIM 1 multinomial regression analysis of family formation indicated that the likelihood of childrearing with or without marriage increased with an increase in the number of adolescent risk behaviors after controlling for the maltreatment and/or poverty histories. Among women with maltreatment histories, early onset maltreatment was associated with childrearing or marriage compared to no family. Among previously maltreated women, predictors of family formation varied according to prior poverty history. AIM 2 Cox regression results indicated that having children with or without marriage was associated with a higher risk of negative outcomes after controlling for maltreatment and adolescent risk factors. Bivariate analyses suggested that most of the increased risk was associated with having at least two children. Findings underscore the importance of preventing adolescent risk behaviors among low income and maltreated girls as well as early and unplanned births among vulnerable young adult women.

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confidence: 86%

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confidence: 99%

Family formation: A positive outcome for vulnerable young women?

Ben‐David

Jonson‐Reid

Bright

et al. 2016

Children and Youth Services Review

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“…We also included a number of variables related to substance abuse, mental health and criminality among the index girls' parents, all being associated with elevated risks for teenage child bearing King et al, 2014;Madigan, Wade, Tarabulsy, Jenkins, & Shouldice, 2014;Woodward, Fergusson, & Horwood, 2001). These variables are also crude indicators of childhood adversity (Björkenstam et al, 2013;cf.…”

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“…In a recent meta-analytic review, Goesling and colleagues found that the lack of replications constituted the biggest knowledge gap in this field of intervention research (Goesling, Colman, Trenholm, Terzian, & Moore, 2014). Since US adolescent pregnancies and childbirths have declined in the last decade, prevention efforts have increasingly begun to target high risk groups, including child welfare youth (Boonstra, 2011;King, Putnam-Hornstein, Cederbaum, & Needell, 2014;Love, McIntosh, Rosst, & Tertzakian, 2005). For these groups, there is a dearth of knowledge about effective prevention strategies.…”

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confidence: 95%

“…Several scholars have stressed factors that are highly frequent in this subgroup, like adverse family background (often coupled with poverty), experiences or child maltreatment, and specific characteristics of OHC environments, especially for girls in group care settings (Corlyon & McGuire, 1999;Dworsky & Courtney, 2010;Geiger & Schelbe, 2014;King et al, 2014;Överlien & Hydén, 2004;Rutman, Strega, Callahan, & Dominelli, 2002). Others have focused more on prominent risk factors found in studies of teenage childbirth among majority population peers, like school failure, intergenerational transmission of teenage parenthood, low family socioeconomic status, and family disruption (Barn & Mantovani, 2007;Vinnerljung, Berlin, & Hjern, 2010, Vinnerljung, Franzén, et al, 2007.…”

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Risk factors for teenage childbirths among child welfare clients: Findings from Sweden

Brännström

Vinnerljung

Hjern

2015

Children and Youth Services Review

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This study contributes to the literature on preventing teenage childbirths by asking whether the pattern and strength of risk factors is the same for high-risk child welfare clients, as for their peers in the majority population. Longitudinal register data on more than 700,000 Swedish females, including around 29,000 child welfare clients, were analyzed by means of linear probability models and calculations of population attributable fractions. Comparisons of effect sizes suggest that the differences in pattern were marginal, but there were notable differences in strength. The girls' school failure was the most prominent risk factor across all groups, also when prevalence was taken into account. In the majority population, the hypothetical reduction of teenage childbirths is on the scale of 30% if this risk factor could be eliminated. In the child welfare subgroups, however, the hypothetical improvement was even larger, around 40%. Reducing the high rate of school failure could thus yield a profound reduction in teenage childbirths in child welfare subgroups, where the incidence of teenage childbirth is substantially higher compared to other peers.

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Mothers with a History of Child Welfare Involvement: A Brief Literature Review of Cross Generational Impact of Maternal Trauma

Zhukova

2020

New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

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A number of studies to this day have examined the role of maternal childhood trauma in parenting styles, mental health, and child attachment patterns; however, there are limited data on parenting of mothers who were raised in institutional care (IC) and involved in the child welfare system. The current review focuses on maternal history of institutionalization and foster care placement and its impact on parenting and child development. Studies show that the history of maternal trauma such as maltreatment, which is often linked to an orphan status, can be transferred to children through maladaptive parenting strategies, evoking a cycle of cross‐generational maltreatment. Mothers raised in institutions show an early sexual debut that is often resulting in unplanned pregnancies, and are lacking competence in taking care of their own children. Directions for future research involving mothers with a history of IC are discussed.

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A cross-sectional examination of birth rates among adolescent girls in foster care

Cited by 52 publications

References 37 publications

Family formation: A positive outcome for vulnerable young women?

Family formation: A positive outcome for vulnerable young women?

Risk factors for teenage childbirths among child welfare clients: Findings from Sweden

Mothers with a History of Child Welfare Involvement: A Brief Literature Review of Cross Generational Impact of Maternal Trauma

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