TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Substance use and abuse for youths in foster care: results from the Communities That Care normative database
JO  - Journal of child and adolescent substance abuse
A1  - McDonald, Thomas P.
A1  - Mariscal, E. Susana
A1  - Yan, Yueqi
A1  - Brook, Jody
SP  - 262
EP  - 268
VL  - 23
IS  - 4
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1067-828X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1067828X.2014.912093
ID  - ref1
ER  -