Understanding the Risks of Child Neglect: An Exploration of Poverty and Parenting Characteristics

Slack, Kristen S.; Holl, Jane L.; McDaniel, Marla; Yoo, Joan; Bolger, Kerry E.

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“…These findings are consistent with literature indicating significant positive associations of unemployment [15, 29–31] and foreclosure [20] rates with incidence of child abuse and neglect.…”

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Longitudinal Association of County-Level Economic Indicators and Child Maltreatment Incidents

Frioux

Wood

Fakeye

et al. 2014

Matern Child Health J

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To evaluate the association between economic indicators (unemployment and mortgage foreclosure rates) and volume of investigated and substantiated cases of child maltreatment at the county level from 1990 to 2010 in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. County-level investigated reports of child maltreatment and proportion of investigated cases substantiated by child protective services in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania were compared with county-level unemployment rates from 1990 to 2010, and with county-level mortgage foreclosure rates from 2000 to 2010. We employed fixed-effects Poisson regression modeling to estimate the association between volume of investigated and substantiated cases of maltreatment, and current and prior levels of local economic indicators adjusting for temporal trend. Across Pennsylvania, annual rate of investigated maltreatment reports decreased through the 1990s and rose in the early 2000s before reaching a peak of 9.21 investigated reports per 1,000 children in 2008, during the recent economic recessionary period. The proportion of investigated cases substantiated, however, decreased statewide from 33 % in 1991 to 15 % in 2010. Within counties, current unemployment rate, and current and prior-year foreclosure rates were positively associated with volume of both investigated and substantiated child maltreatment incidents (p < 0.05). Despite recent increases in investigations, the proportion of investigated cases substantiated decreased by more than half from 1990 to 2010 in Pennsylvania. This trend suggests significant changes in substantiation standards and practices during the period of study. Economic indicators demonstrated strong association with investigated and substantiated maltreatment, underscoring the urgent need for directing important prophylactic efforts and resources to communities experiencing economic hardship.

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Longitudinal Association of County-Level Economic Indicators and Child Maltreatment Incidents

Frioux

Wood

Fakeye

et al. 2014

Matern Child Health J

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“…21 Childhood neglect was not included due to high poverty within the sample, which made distinction between neglectful behaviour and poverty-related inability to provide difficult. 22 …”

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Physical, emotional and sexual adolescent abuse victimisation in South Africa: prevalence, incidence, perpetrators and locations

Meinck

Cluver

Boyes

et al. 2016

J Epidemiol Community Health

121

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BackgroundPhysical, emotional and sexual abuse of children is a major problem in South Africa, with severe negative outcomes for survivors. To date, no known studies have used data directly obtained from community-based samples of children to investigate prevalence, incidence, locations and perpetrators of child abuse victimisation. This study aims to investigate prevalence and incidence, perpetrators, and locations of child abuse victimisation in South Africa using a multicommunity sample.Methods3515 children aged 10–17 years (56.6% female) were interviewed from all households in randomly selected census enumeration areas in two South African provinces. Child self-report questionnaires were completed at baseline and at 1-year follow-up (96.7% retention).ResultsPrevalence was 56.3% for lifetime physical abuse (18.2% past-year incidence), 35.5% for lifetime emotional abuse (12.1% incidence) and 9% for lifetime sexual abuse (5.3% incidence). 68.9% of children reported any type of lifetime victimisation and 27.1% reported lifetime multiple abuse victimisation. Main perpetrators of abuse were reported: for physical abuse, primary caregivers and teachers; for emotional abuse, primary caregivers and relatives; and for sexual abuse, girlfriend/boyfriends or other peers.ConclusionsThis is the first study assessing current self-reported child abuse through a large, community-based sample in South Africa. Findings of high rates of physical, emotional and sexual abuse demonstrate the need for targeted and effective interventions to prevent incidence and re-victimisation.

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“…Also in the study of Nuhu and Nuhu there was significant relationship between parents' attitude toward child abuse with their income and poor parents had more positive attitude toward child abuse (13). Family poverty is an important factor in child abuse occurrence and numerous studies have shown that child abuse often happened in poor families (20)(21)(22)(23).…”

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Parents’ Attitude Toward Child Abuse Conducted in the Health Centers of Tabriz

Asadollahi¹,

Jabraeili²,

Jafarabadi³

et al. 2016

Int J School Health

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Background: Attitudes are very important in the formation of behaviors. Parents' attitudes toward children and behaviors with them are the main causes of child abuse. Identifying these attitudes and their related factors can be the primary basic action for prevention of child abuse. Objectives: This study was conducted to investigate the parents' attitudes toward child abuse in the health centers of Tabriz. Patients and Methods:In this cross-sectional study 384 parents with children 2 to 12 years old, filled a questionnaire about parents' attitude toward child abuse in the 13 health centers of Tabriz. Data was analyzed using SPSS (version 16.0). Results:The results showed that the mean score of total attitude toward child abuse was significantly higher than the middle (P < 0.001) and was correlated significantly with 'parents' educational level, number of children they have, attendance status and economic status (P < 0.05). Conclusions:The results showed that the parents' attitudes toward child abuse were negative, but because of the relationship between parents' attitudes with some of their demographic characteristics, parents should be supported economically and socially to prevention of child abuse.

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Understanding the Risks of Child Neglect: An Exploration of Poverty and Parenting Characteristics

Cited by 286 publications

References 52 publications

Longitudinal Association of County-Level Economic Indicators and Child Maltreatment Incidents

Longitudinal Association of County-Level Economic Indicators and Child Maltreatment Incidents

Physical, emotional and sexual adolescent abuse victimisation in South Africa: prevalence, incidence, perpetrators and locations

Parents’ Attitude Toward Child Abuse Conducted in the Health Centers of Tabriz

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