Do employment and type of exit influence child maltreatment among families leaving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families?

Beimers, David; Coulton, Claudia J.

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.02.002

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“…All five studies classed as medium quality showed meaningful relationships between exposure and outcome, although two showed slightly mixed results for different measures of childhood SEP 36 37…”

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Relationship between childhood socioeconomic position and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs): a systematic review

Walsh

McCartney

Smith

et al. 2019

J Epidemiol Community Health

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Background‘Adverse childhood experiences’ (ACEs) are associated with increased risk of negative outcomes in later life: ACEs have consequently become a policy priority in many countries. Despite ACEs being highly socially patterned, there has been very little discussion in the political discourse regarding the role of childhood socioeconomic position (SEP) in understanding and addressing them. The aim here was to undertake a systematic review of the literature on the relationship between childhood SEP and ACEs.MethodsMEDLINE, PsycINFO, ProQuest and Cochrane Library databases were searched. Inclusion criteria were: (1) measurement of SEP in childhood; (2) measurement of multiple ACEs; (3) ACEs were the outcome; and (4) statistical quantification of the relationship between childhood SEP and ACEs. Search terms included ACEs, SEP and synonyms; a second search additionally included ‘maltreatment’. Overall study quality/risk of bias was calculated using a modified version of the Hamilton Tool.ResultsIn the ACEs-based search, only 6 out of 2825 screened papers were eligible for qualitative synthesis. The second search (including maltreatment) increased numbers to: 4562 papers screened and 35 included for synthesis. Eighteen papers were deemed ‘high’ quality, five ‘medium’ and the rest ‘low’. Meaningful statistical associations were observed between childhood SEP and ACEs/maltreatment in the vast majority of studies, including all except one of those deemed to be high quality.ConclusionLower childhood SEP is associated with a greater risk of ACEs/maltreatment. With UK child poverty levels predicted to increase markedly, any policy approach that ignores the socioeconomic context to ACEs is therefore flawed.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42017064781.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 97%

Relationship between childhood socioeconomic position and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs): a systematic review

Walsh

McCartney

Smith

et al. 2019

J Epidemiol Community Health

278

184

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“…More recently, studies have found evidence for a causal relationship between income and child maltreatment, particularly for child neglect (Berger, Font, Slack, & Waldfogel, ). They suggest that an increase in income through employment, welfare benefits, and tax credits may reduce the risk of child maltreatment (Beimers & Coulton, ; Berger et al, ). We also found that younger children were more vulnerable to resubstantiation for both cases.…”

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Factors influencing resubstantiation of child neglect in South Korea: A comparison with other maltreatment cases

Kim

Yoo

Chin

et al. 2019

Asian Soc Wrk & Pol Rev

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While a high prevalence of child neglect cases has been reported by Child Protective Services (CPS) in Western countries, child neglect cases reported to South Korea's Child Protection Agency (CPA) present different trends than those in Western countries. Nevertheless, child neglect is an understudied area within child welfare. Thus, a need exists to investigate the unique characteristics of child neglect cases substantiated by the CPA in Korea. This study investigates the unique characteristics of child neglect cases and examines how factors associated with the resubstantiation of these cases differ from those of other maltreatment cases. Using CPA administrative data, we employed a multilevel discrete‐time hazard analysis to analyze the risk and protective factors associated with the resubstantiation of child neglect cases and compared the results with other maltreatment cases. In both cases, younger children, perpetrators with alcohol problems, families receiving welfare, and months of agency operation were associated with resubstantiation. For child neglect cases, the provision of child and parent services, and CPAs located in metropolitan area were protective factors that reduced the risk of resubstantiation. The finding in this study highlights the need to expand the provision of services to child neglect cases to prevent resubstantiation.

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“…Not having access to cash transfers, whether from unstable work or programme restrictions like time limits, places economic stress on parents and leads to material hardship, parental stress and depression (Conger et al, 1992). Increased stress in turn increases the likelihood of child welfare involvement among families, and poor social-emotional competence and academic problems among children (Beimers and Coulton, 2011;Cancian et al, 2013;Conger et al, 1992;Conrad-Hiebner and Byram, 2020;Courtney et al, 2005;Duncan et al, 2003;Fein and Lee, 2003;Gershoff et al, 2007;Shook, 1999;Slack et al, 2007;Yang, 2015).…”

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Has the US Child Welfare System Become an Informal Income Maintenance Programme? A Literature Review

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Anti‐poverty policies and income maintenance programmes aim to reduce poverty and income inequality, yet rates of poverty and income inequality have remained stable or increased in 20 of 29 developed nations. Although poverty and income inequality have increased in the USA, the depth and reach of income maintenance programmes have eroded, placing undue strain on other societal systems like education and child welfare. The burden of poverty on child welfare is troubling given the strong association between poverty and child welfare involvement. We conducted a literature review to examine the extent to which the US child welfare system acts as an informal income maintenance programme. Three interrelated research questions were explored: (a) How and when, and under what circumstances, does the US child welfare system provide families with cash and in‐kind transfers, that is, income, food, shelter and durable goods? (b) Which cash and in‐kind transfers are most common in the US child welfare system? (c) How do cash and in‐kind transfers impact families in the child welfare system? Our review yielded eight articles. These articles indicated that cash and in‐kind transfers improve programme retention and reduce child welfare involvement. Implications for research, policy and practice are discussed.‘We conducted a literature review to examine the extent to which the US child welfare system acts as an informal income maintenance programme’Key Practitioner Messages US child welfare programmes offer cash and in‐kind transfers similar to those provided in centralised income maintenance programmes. Cash and in‐kind transfers like food, housing and strollers reduce child welfare involvement and increase programme retention. Conditional cash transfers are cash incentives that boost recruitment and retention in parenting programmes. Even inexpensive material support like donated clothing improve family and programme outcomes in the child welfare system.

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Do employment and type of exit influence child maltreatment among families leaving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families?

Cited by 27 publications

References 33 publications

Relationship between childhood socioeconomic position and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs): a systematic review

Relationship between childhood socioeconomic position and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs): a systematic review

Factors influencing resubstantiation of child neglect in South Korea: A comparison with other maltreatment cases

Has the US Child Welfare System Become an Informal Income Maintenance Programme? A Literature Review

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