Half of Children in Welfare have Special Health Care Needs Medical Video by Pediatrics

Half of Children in Welfare have Special Health Care Needs

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Half of the children in the nation's child welfare system have a history of special health care needs, according to a new study by researchers at RTI International and the University of Illinois.The study, published in the July 7, 2008 online issue of Pediatrics, found that during a three-year period, half of the children involved in the Child Welfare System had special health care needs that included chronic health conditions, such as asthma, as well as behavioral, emotional and developmental problems. Heather Ringeisen, Ph.D., is the director of the Children and Families Research Program at RTI and the studys lead author.