%0 Journal Article %T Family %A Chang Su-Russell %A Jonathon J. Beckmeyer %A Luke T. Russell %J Journal of Family Nursing %@ 1552-549X %D 2018 %R 10.1177/1074840717745520 %X Drawing on a social determinants of health framework, we evaluated associations between perceived family-centered care (FCC) and positive developmental outcomes for youth with special health care needs across six different family structures (married biological families, cohabiting biological families, married stepfamilies, cohabiting stepfamilies, divorced/separated single-mother families, and never-married single-mother families). Using data from the 2011-2012 National Survey of ChildrenĄ¯s Health, we found that married biological families perceive greater FCC than do other family structures. Perceived FCC was positively associated with all three positive youth outcomes evaluated (childrenĄ¯s health, participation in extracurricular activities, and flourishing) in married biological families, and two of the three outcomes (childrenĄ¯s health and flourishing) in married stepfamilies and divorced/separated single-mother families. Implications for health care provision and future research with structurally diverse families are discussed %K chronic illness %K families with adolescents %K family caregivers %K quantitative %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1074840717745520