Substance Use and Abuse for Youths in Foster Care: Results From the Communities That Care Normative Database

This study uses the Communities That Care Normative database to examine the prevalence of drug and alcohol use and abuse among foster care youths in comparison to youths not living in a foster home setting. The foster youths were more likely to have used all of the examined illicit substances, and t...

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Published in:Journal of child & adolescent substance abuse 2014-07, Vol.23 (4), p.262-268
Main Authors: McDonald, Thomas P., Mariscal, E. Susana, Yan, Yueqi, Brook, Jody
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
adolescent substance use
Alcohol Abuse
Alcohol use
Children & youth
Communities That Care
Demographics
Drug Abuse
Drug use
Females
Foster Care
Prevention
Substance Abuse
substance use
Youth
youths in foster care
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Summary:This study uses the Communities That Care Normative database to examine the prevalence of drug and alcohol use and abuse among foster care youths in comparison to youths not living in a foster home setting. The foster youths were more likely to have used all of the examined illicit substances, and these differences generally remained after controlling for a number of demographic differences between the two groups. These negative differences appear to be amplified for females in foster care. The overall high-risk profile of foster youths makes them an especially important population for targeted prevention.
ISSN:1067-828X
1547-0652
DOI:10.1080/1067828X.2014.912093