Future Recommendations for Research on Young Adults
Future studies on the role of social work in a young adults life needs to be conducted. There should be additional demographic resources on young adults raising children and how they engage with the community. When researching for practice recommendations on working with this demographic, there was not much information available to help the group as a whole. However, there was research on specific issues and how to treat those, but still this information was limited. It was difficult to find practice recommendations; therefore, this area should be further studied. Future research should also include reasons for increase in risk factors for depression and anxiety. Research on what factors are viewed to be the transition point into adulthood would be helpful.
In addition to this, we believe the gaps in the literature that should be addressed is how young people can better protect themselves to promote healthy practices. We also think there should be more programs and policies in place by the government as a whole to address development and implementation of natural health for adolescents to promote physical and mental health.
According to King and Rukh-Kamma (2013), recent laws have allowed some foster care residents to stay in care past the age of 18 (p.56). The majority of these residents will be those with developmental disabilities and those who have not graduated from high school. Because of the recent changes there are no studies correlating the outcome between children aging out of foster care at 18 and those who choose to stay longer. Future research in this study could prove to be beneficial in decreasing the likelihood for risky behavior for foster care youth.
In addition to this, we believe the gaps in the literature that should be addressed is how young people can better protect themselves to promote healthy practices. We also think there should be more programs and policies in place by the government as a whole to address development and implementation of natural health for adolescents to promote physical and mental health.
According to King and Rukh-Kamma (2013), recent laws have allowed some foster care residents to stay in care past the age of 18 (p.56). The majority of these residents will be those with developmental disabilities and those who have not graduated from high school. Because of the recent changes there are no studies correlating the outcome between children aging out of foster care at 18 and those who choose to stay longer. Future research in this study could prove to be beneficial in decreasing the likelihood for risky behavior for foster care youth.