Fostering Health: Health Care for Children and Adolescents in Foster Care, 2nd Edition
Developed by an AAP multidisciplinary panel of experts, Fostering Health has been designed for use by medical, mental health, and developmental health care professionals, as well as foster parents, social welfare agencies, members of the legal community, health insurance agencies, and policy makers.
Standards of health care for children and adolescents in foster care are detailed in 10 chapters. The members of the AAP Task Force on Foster Care hope that this manual will result in the integration of the health care plan with child welfare's permanency plan for each child or adolescent in foster care.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary
CHAPTER 1: Statement of Purpose
CHAPTER 2: Practice Parameters for Primary Health Care
CHAPTER 3: Practice Parameters for Developmental and Mental Health Care
CHAPTER 4: Practice Parameters for Child Abuse and Neglect
CHAPTER 5: Health Care Management
CHAPTER 6: Medical Consents for Children and Adolescents in Foster Care
CHAPTER 7: Confidentiality
CHAPTER 8: Qualifications of Health Care Professionals
CHAPTER 9: Quality Assessment and Improvement
CHAPTER 10: Health Care Financing for Children and Adolescents in Foster Care
APPENDIX A: Health Care of Young Children in Foster Care
APPENDIX B: Developmental Issues for Young Children in Foster Care
APPENDIX C: Identification and Care of HIV-Exposed and HIV-Infected Infants, Children, and Adolescents in Foster Care
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