How might neighborhood built environment influence child maltreatment? Caregiver perceptions

Haas, Bridget M.; Berg, Kristen A.; Schmidt‐Sane, Megan; Korbin, Jill E.; Spilsbury, James C.

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.08.033

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“…This contrasts with key tenets of community‐based research paradigms, which hold that community insight regarding health change and disease etiology is crucial for any type of health intervention (Wallerstein & Duran, 2006). For example, efforts that build children's playgrounds to increase leisure time physical activity could lead to new but abandoned playgrounds if families find them inaccessible because of concerns for child safety due to neighborhood violence not obvious to well‐intentioned outsiders (Colabianchi et al, 2009; Haas et al, 2018).…”

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“…Though individuals' daily lives extend beyond the geographic bounds of the physical neighborhood (see Cagney et al, 2020), local neighborhood social networks remain important contexts for health and well‐being. For instance, caregivers have noted the presence of accessible parks and other neighborhood green space as important settings for facilitating relational health (e.g., social interaction and parenting social support) (Haas et al, 2018). Studies have additionally found that older adults who perceive greater neighborhood social cohesion are more likely to engage in physical activity which, in turn, bolsters mental health (Kim et al, 2020; Kowitt et al, 2020).…”

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Go‐along interview assessment of community health priorities for neighborhood renewal

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DeRenzo

Carpiano

et al. 2023

American J of Comm Psychol

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Healthcare systems are increasingly investing in approaches to address social determinants of health and health disparities. Such initiatives dovetail with certain approaches to neighborhood development, such as the EcoDistrict standard for community development, that prioritize both ecologically and socially sustainable neighborhoods. However, healthcare system and community development initiatives can be untethered from the preferences and lived realities of residents in the very neighborhoods upon which they focus. Utilizing the go‐along approach to collecting qualitative data in situ, we interviewed 19 adults to delineate residents' community health perspectives and priorities. Findings reveal health priorities distinct from clinical outcomes, with residents emphasizing social connectedness, competing intra‐ and interneighborhood perceptions that potentially thwart social connectedness, and a neighborhood emplacement of agency, dignity, and self‐worth. Priorities of healthcare systems and community members alike must be accounted for to optimize efforts that promote health and social well‐being by being valid and meaningful to the community of focus.

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Go‐along interview assessment of community health priorities for neighborhood renewal

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DeRenzo

Carpiano

et al. 2023

American J of Comm Psychol

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“…1 Further, our understanding of the epidemiology of child maltreatment has increased in the years since the development of our current child welfare system. We now know that maltreatment results from a complex array of stressors, such as poverty and material hardship (e.g., Cancian et al 2013;Maguire-Jack and Font 2017;Pelton 2015;Slack et al 2017;Warren and Font 2015;Yang 2015;Yang and Maguire-Jack 2016), neighborhood disadvantage (Coulton et al 2018;Drake and Pandey 1996;Freisthler 2004;Maguire-Jack and Font 2017;McLeigh et al 2018), lack of social support (e.g., Freisthler et al 2014;Thompson 1995Thompson , 2015Turner and Avison 1985) and community cohesion (e.g., Barnhart and Maguire-Jack 2016;Emery et al 2015;Garbarino and Kostelny 1992; Kim and Maguire-Jack 2015; Maguire-Jack and Showalter 2016; Maguire-Jack and Wang 2016; Molnar et al 2016;Weissbourd and Grimm 1981;Zolotor and Runyan 2006), the built environment (Haas et al 2018;McDonell and Skosireva 2009) and changing family dynamics (e.g., Melton et al 2002). Indeed, mounting research evidence from as early as the 1980s has suggested that comprehensive child maltreatment prevention efforts need to address communitylevel structures and processes (e.g., Barry 1994;Belsky 1980;Garbarino and Kostelny 1992;Garbarino and Sherman 1980;Melton 1992; National Commission on Children 1991; Schorr 1988).…”

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Generating Essentials for Childhood: New Roles in Child Protection for the U.S. Federal Government and the Public Health Sector

McLeigh

Melton

2019

Int. Journal on Child Malt.

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This article offers a commentary on Essentials for Childhood, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) initiative that is the focus of this special issue. The Essentials for Childhood framework seeks to promote positive development of children and families by promoting policies, programs, and norms that ensure children and their caregivers experience safe, stable, and nurturing relationships and environments. According to the theory undergirding the framework, children and caregivers can better cope with the effects of potential stressors that could lead to child maltreatment when these relationships and environments are present (CDC 2013). In focusing on prevention and in recognizing the need for a large-scale, multilevel, and cross-sector approach, CDC's framework represents a shift in the way the government thinks about and supports child protection. Indeed, the foundation of this public health approach to addressing child maltreatment in CDC gives it special weight. A leader of the initiative (also the editor of this issue), Joanne Klevens, and her colleagues deserve recognition not only for their courage in launching Essentials for Childhood, but also for making a careful attempt to document their efforts and evaluate their results. To provide context regarding this shift toward a public health approach to child maltreatment and how CDC has implemented Essentials for Childhood, this commentary considers how the field has developed, how and why past efforts have been misdirected, and how efforts can be placed on course. In addition to recognizing the merits of CDC's leadership in the effort, it describes how the scope and the impact of the initial work may have been limited by their auspice in CDC. The commentary concludes with recommendations for next steps for Essentials for Childhood and more broadly for the field.

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“…The COVID-19 pandemic created a new reality. On the one hand, more time in the home environment increases the likelihood of domestic violence against women and children; on the other hand, social distancing and work restrictions make it more difficult to identify individuals and families, and provide care and assistance to victims of violence, because of the constant presence of the perpetrators at home, among other reasons (Coulton et al , 2007; Haas et al , 2018; Warren and Font, 2015). According to NCC data, between 2019 and 2020, there was a 19% decrease in the number of minors identified by HMOs as victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, and reported to welfare authorities or the police (NCC, 2021).…”

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Why is reporting so hard? Barriers to fulfilling the duty to report among community nurses in Israel

Vilensky

Grinberg

Yisaschar-Mekuzas

2022

JCS

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Purpose This study aims to identify the barriers that prevent community nurses in Israel from reporting cases of child maltreatment. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative study included interviews of 20 community nurses using questions that focused on the following subjects: knowledge of the law and reporting methods, barriers to reporting and the nurses’ outlook on child abuse. Findings Nurses felt they have a lack of the professional knowledge needed to identify suspicious signs. Furthermore, finding indicates that there is a lack of understanding regarding the term “reasonable suspicion” under the law among nurses, and a lack of familiarity with the postreporting procedure. The duty to report is not, by itself, sufficient to increase the rate of reporting. The training in this area is insufficient. Practical implications Policymakers must formulate clear rules to identify various forms of harm in children and determine the existence of a “reasonable basis” to believe that a crime has been committed among community nurses in Israel so that they can fulfill their legal and moral duty. Originality/value Reporting abuse is a professional duty enshrined in law. The enactment of this law in Israel in 1989 created a new reality, designating a legal and moral obligation, on the part of society in general, as well as professionals, to break the code of silence surrounding child abuse. However, the present findings suggest that the rates of reporting among community nurses remain low. As of yet, no research has been conducted as to why nurses are not reporting suspected cases of abuse in Israel, despite the continued existence of this law.

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How might neighborhood built environment influence child maltreatment? Caregiver perceptions

Cited by 12 publications

References 51 publications

Go‐along interview assessment of community health priorities for neighborhood renewal

Go‐along interview assessment of community health priorities for neighborhood renewal

Generating Essentials for Childhood: New Roles in Child Protection for the U.S. Federal Government and the Public Health Sector

Why is reporting so hard? Barriers to fulfilling the duty to report among community nurses in Israel

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