The Cedar Project: Negative Health Outcomes Associated with Involvement in the Child Welfare System among Young Indigenous Peoples Who Use Injection and Non-injection Drugs in Two Canadian Cities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adam F. Clarkson
Wayne M. Christian
Margo E. Pearce
Kate A. Jongbloed
Nadine R. Caron ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 106, no. 5, July/August 2015, pp. 265-270
Description
Sample of 605 individuals between the ages of 14 and 30 years of age from Prince George and Vancouver, British Columbia. Those who had been taken from their biological parents were more likely to be HIV-positive, homeless, paid for sex, diagnosed and hospitalized with mental illness, self-harmed, and had thought about or attempted suicide.