NOMADIC YOUTH CARE

Providing nomadic people with health care.

Nomadic computing (keynote address)

Nomadic computing is a phenomenon in computing and communications that is spreading rapidly. At this stage of its technology, the key problems and the basic understanding of its underlying principles are only beginning to be identified. Analysis and design tools are needed to assist in its development. In this paper, we discuss the nature of the tools and what one might look for in the way of a...

Health care transition for youth with special health care needs.

PURPOSE Youth with special health care needs (YSHCN) increasingly live into adulthood, and approximately 500,000 U.S. youth transition from pediatric to adult health care systems annually. Through a systematic literature review, we sought to (1) determine adult outcomes for YSHCN who have no special transition interventions and (2) identify evidence for strategies that lead to better outcomes, ...

Health care of youth aging out of foster care.

Youth transitioning out of foster care face significant medical and mental health care needs. Unfortunately, these youth rarely receive the services they need because of lack of health insurance. Through many policies and programs, the federal government has taken steps to support older youth in foster care and those aging out. The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act o...

Prevention of suicide by youth health care.

The objective of this study was to examine the effect of freely accessible consultation hours in secondary schools by youth health care departments, on population rates for suicide and parasuicide. To this end, an ecologic case-referent study design was used, with data from the Netherlands Bureau of Statistics, the National Hospital Discharge Register, the High-School Students Study, the youth ...