Parental Methamphetamine Use and Manufacture: Child and Familial Outcomes

Messina, Nena; Jeter, Kira

doi:10.1080/15548732.2012.683364

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“…Other studies on methamphetamine and child welfare provide further information into this phenomenon. Messina and Jeter (2012) conducted a small study on the child welfare trajectory of children removed from home-based methamphetamine labs in California between 2001 and 2003. Their results indicated that 94% of CPS allegations (most often neglect) were substantiated.…”

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“…Their results indicated that 94% of CPS allegations (most often neglect) were substantiated. Of the 69 children whose cases received a disposition within the study timeframe, 56 (81%) were returned to the custody of either one or both parents (Messina & Jeter, 2012). Whether the parent who regained custody was a methamphetamine user was not reported, however, and so the impact of parental methamphetamine use on case outcomes in this study remains unknown.…”

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Examining the role of methamphetamine in permanency: A competing risks analysis of reunification, guardianship, and adoption.

Akin¹,

Brook²,

Lloyd³

2015

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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Parental methamphetamine use has drawn significant attention in recent years. Despite prior research that shows that parental substance abuse is a risk factor for lengthy foster care stay, little is known about the effect of specific types of substance use on permanency. This study sought to compare the impact of parental methamphetamine use to alcohol use, other drug use, and polysubstance use on the timing of 3 types of permanency: reunification, guardianship, and adoption. Using an entry cohort of 16,620 children who had entered foster care during a 5-year period, competing risks event history models were conducted for each permanency type. Findings showed that, after controlling for several case characteristics, parent illicit drug use significantly impacted the timing of the 3 types of permanency, but alcohol use did not. Methamphetamine, other drug, and polysubstance with methamphetamine use were associated with lower rates of reunification and higher rates of adoption. Guardianship was also predicted by other drug and polysubstance use without methamphetamine; however, methamphetamine use was not associated with guardianship. Notably, the methamphetamine groups comprised the youngest children and had the shortest median time to adoption. Results suggest that type of parental substance use is predictive of permanency exits and that parental illicit drug use may require tailored strategies for improving permanency outcomes. Further implications of the findings are discussed.

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Examining the role of methamphetamine in permanency: A competing risks analysis of reunification, guardianship, and adoption.

Akin¹,

Brook²,

Lloyd³

2015

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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“… 21 Findings from the literature suggest that children of methamphetamine users and manufacturers are especially vulnerable to neglect. Messina and Jeter 22 examined 99 cases of children who were removed from home-based methamphetamine labs in Los Angeles County from 2001–2003, and found that 94% of the allegations of child neglect among this sample were substantiated by a Child Protective Services case worker. Children who live in homes where methamphetamine labs exist are not only exposed to the drug itself, but often live in unsanitary environments characterized by the presence of animal feces, ticks, cockroaches, garbage, and drug paraphernalia, 22 – 24 and are at high risk of ingesting food that is spoiled, rotten, or contaminated with chemicals.…”

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Improving the outcomes of children affected by parental substance abuse: a review of randomized controlled trials

Calhoun¹,

Conner²,

Miller³

et al. 2015

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Substance abuse is a major public health concern that impacts not just the user but also the user’s family. The effect that parental substance abuse has on children has been given substantial attention over the years. Findings from the literature suggest that children of substance-abusing parents have a high risk of developing physical and mental health and behavioral problems. A number of intervention programs have been developed for parents who have a substance abuse problem. There have also been a number of interventions that have been developed for children who have at least one parent with a substance abuse problem. However, it remains unclear how we can best mitigate the negative effects that parental substance abuse has on children due to the scarcity of evaluations that utilize rigorous methodologies such as experimental designs. The purpose of this study is to review randomized controlled trials of intervention programs targeting parents with substance abuse problems and/or children with at least one parent with a substance abuse problem in order to identify programs that show some promise in improving the behavioral and mental health outcomes of children affected by parental substance abuse. Four randomized controlled trials that met our eligibility criteria were identified using major literature search engines. The findings from this review suggest that interventions that focus on improving parenting practices and family functioning may be effective in reducing problems in children affected by parental substance abuse. However, further research utilizing rigorous methodologies are needed in order to identify other successful interventions that can improve the outcomes of these children long after the intervention has ended.

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“…Numerous papers (4,30,71,77,114,116,117,(132)(133)(134)(135)(136) highlight issues associated with child welfare, drug use and methamphetamine manufacturing. Children from homes where there is drug abuse and manufacturing frequently live in squalor, neglect and abuse (69,71,73,135,136) where lack of stimulation, poor nutrition, unsanitary conditions and medical problems associated pre-and post-natal exposure to drugs and chemicals (12,69).…”

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Exposures associated with clandestine methamphetamine drug laboratories in Australia

Wright

Edwards

Walker

2016

Reviews on Environmental Health

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AbstractThe clandestine manufacture of methamphetamine in residential homes may represent significant hazards and exposures not only to those involved in the manufacture of the drugs but also to others living in the home (including children), neighbours and first responders to the premises. These hazards are associated with the nature and improper storage and use of precursor chemicals, intermediate chemicals and wastes, gases and methamphetamine residues generated during manufacture and the drugs themselves. Many of these compounds are persistent and result in exposures inside a home not only during manufacture but after the laboratory has been seized or removed. Hence new occupants of buildings formerly used to manufacture methamphetamine may be unknowingly exposed to these hazards. Children are most susceptible to these hazards and evidence is available in the literature to indicate that these exposures may result in immediate and long-term adverse health effects. The assessment of exposure within the home can be undertaken by measuring contaminant levels or collecting appropriate biological data from individuals exposed. To gain a better understanding of the available data and key issues associated with these approaches to the characterisation of exposure, a review of the published literature has been undertaken.

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Parental Methamphetamine Use and Manufacture: Child and Familial Outcomes

Cited by 11 publications

References 19 publications

Examining the role of methamphetamine in permanency: A competing risks analysis of reunification, guardianship, and adoption.

Examining the role of methamphetamine in permanency: A competing risks analysis of reunification, guardianship, and adoption.

Improving the outcomes of children affected by parental substance abuse: a review of randomized controlled trials

Exposures associated with clandestine methamphetamine drug laboratories in Australia

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