Housing Instability Among Families With Young Children With Special Health Care Needs

Children with special health care needs (SHCNs) have significant medical and educational expenses affecting household finances. Housing instability can be detrimental to family well-being. Our objective was to evaluate housing instability in households of children with and without SHCNs. Cross-secti...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 2019-08, Vol.144 (2), p.e20181704
Main Authors: Rose-Jacobs, Ruth, Ettinger de Cuba, Stephanie, Bovell-Ammon, Allison, Black, Maureen M, Coleman, Sharon M, Cutts, Diana, Chilton, Mariana, Heeren, Timothy, Casey, Patrick, Ochoa, Eduardo, Frank, Deborah A, Sandel, Megan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Care and treatment
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Consumer spending
Cross-Sectional Studies
Demographics
Demography
Female
Health risk assessment
Health Services for Persons with Disabilities - economics
Health Services for Persons with Disabilities - trends
Health Services Needs and Demand - economics
Health Services Needs and Demand - trends
Homeless people
Homelessness
Households
Housing
Housing - economics
Humans
Income - trends
Infant
Influence
Male
Pediatrics
Poverty - economics
Poverty - trends
Regression analysis
Safety and security measures
Security
Well being
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Summary:Children with special health care needs (SHCNs) have significant medical and educational expenses affecting household finances. Housing instability can be detrimental to family well-being. Our objective was to evaluate housing instability in households of children with and without SHCNs. Cross-sectional surveys (2013-2017) in English and Spanish of caregivers with children
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.2018-1704