The sexual and reproductive health of youth in foster care
Routledge/Taylor and Francis, 2018
Amy Dworsky, PhD, MSW, BA
Dworsky, A. (2018). The sexual and reproductive health of youth in foster care. In Elizabeth Trejos and Nancy Trevino (Eds.), Handbook of foster youth. New York: Routledge/Taylor and Francis. https://www.routledgehandbooks.com/doi/10.4324/9781351168243-8
This chapter provides an overview of what we know about sexual behavior, pregnancy, and parenting among this population. It discusses the sexual and reproductive health care needs of this population and how those needs are (or are not) being addressed by federal and state policies. Finally, it examines the state of the evidence on interventions aimed at preventing pregnancy and promoting sexual health among youth in foster care.