An Exploratory Study of Drug-Exposed Infants: Case Substantiation and Subsequent Child Maltreatment

Autor/inn/en	Sun, An-Pyng; Freese, Margaret P.; Fitzgerald, Mark
Titel	An Exploratory Study of Drug-Exposed Infants: Case Substantiation and Subsequent Child Maltreatment
Quelle	In: Child Welfare, 86 (2007) 3, S.33-50 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-4021
Schlagwörter	Infants; Mothers; Ethnicity; Age; Child Abuse; Alcohol Abuse; Drug Abuse; Child Welfare; Welfare Services; Statistical Analysis; Regression (Statistics); Influences; Urban Areas; Nevada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Mother; Mutter; Ethnizität; Alter; Lebensalter; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Kindeswohl; Fürsorgeeinrichtung; Statistische Analyse; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Urban area; Stadtregion
Abstract	This study explores factors related to drug-exposed infants' case substantiation and subsequent child maltreatment. Child protective services computerized administrative data (from January 1998 to October 2001) were obtained from an urban Nevada county. The data included 457 drug-exposed infant cases. Chi-square, t-test, one-way ANOVA, and logistic regression were used to analyze the data. Results indicate that: (1) drug-exposed infant case substantiation was related to type of drug exposure and the unit to which the case was assigned, but not to the mother's ethnicity; and (2) subsequent maltreatment among drug-exposed infants was related to the mother's age and prior parental alcohol abuse, but not to the type of drug exposure, nor to the initial drug-exposed infant status of case substantiation. Implications for child welfare practice and research are discussed. (Contains 2 tables and 1 footnote.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10