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Health Risk Behavior of Youth in Foster Care

PROBLEM: Many adolescent health problems are predominantly caused by risk behavior. Foster adolescents have disproportionately poor health;...
Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 05/01/09 by Gramkowski, Bridget; Kools, Susan; Paul, Steven; Boyer, Cherrie B; Monasterio, Erica; Robbins, Nancy · More from publication
Pediatric Hyperlipidemia: Child and Adolescent Disease Understandings and Perceptions About Dietary Adherence

PURPOSE. Pediatric hyperlipidemia increases cardiovascular disease risk. The cornerstone of treatment is a restrictive, lipid-lowering diet. Child...
Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 07/01/08 by Kools, Susan; Kennedy, Christine; Engler, Marguerite; Engler, Mary · More from publication
Adolescents' Pain Experiences Following Acute Blunt Traumatic Injury: Struggle for Internal Control

ISSUES AND PURPOSE. Although blunt trauma injury is a common cause for adolescent pain, little is known about the experience of pain as perceived...
Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 10/01/07 by Crandall, Margie; Kools, Susan; Miaskowski, Christine; Savedra, Marilyn · More from publication
Foster child health and development: implications for primary care

Children in foster care are the most vulnerable to experiencing poor health compared with any other group of children in the United States....
Pediatric Nursing, 01/01/03 by Susan Kools · More from publication
A model of recovery from substance abuse and dependence for korean adolescents

PROBLEM. There is a need for a model that illuminates the recovery process from substance abuse and dependence for Korean adolescents, identifies...
Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 01/01/03 by Hyun, Myung Sun; Kools, Susan; Kim, Sun Ah · More from publication
Caregiver understanding of adolescent development in residential treatment

PROBLEM. Caretaker knowledge and understanding of adolescent development and its application to clinical practice with severely emotionally...
Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 10/01/02 by Kools, Susan; Spiers, Jude · More from publication

Self-protection in adolescents in foster care

PROBLEM. Adolescents in long-term foster care experience significant health and mental health problems. Little is known about their perceptions of...
Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 10/01/99 by Kools, Susan · More from publication

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