*Data Available*: Child Neglect: Cross Sector Service Paths and Outcomes (1993-2001)

[Andres Arroyo <aa17@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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The Natianal Data Archive on Child Abuse and 
Neglect (NDACAN) at Cornell University is pleased 
to announce the availability of the data for the study entitled:

"Child Neglect: Cross Sector Service Paths and Outcomes (1993-2001)"

Investigator: Johnson-Reid, M.

The NDACAN User's Guide for these data contains 
the codebook and is available for free download at this page:
http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/Ndacan/Datasets/Abstracts/DatasetAbstract_116.html
There you will also find a link to ordering instructions.

Abstract: "Child Neglect: Cross Sector Service 
Paths & Outcomes" was the first phase of a 
project that is part of a competitive renewal 
(scheduled to end in 2008). Using administrative 
data drawn from education, health, juvenile 
corrections and social service agencies, this 
study compared cross sector service paths and 
outcomes of children in families receiving AFDC 
and reported to child welfare agencies 
(1993-1994) compared to a group of children 
matched by birth year and county of residence in 
families receiving AFDC, but not reported to 
child welfare agencies. Children were born 1982 
through 1994 and were all under the age of 12 at 
the study onset. The total number of children in 
the sample is 10,187. Of the total sample, 5,087 
of the children were in the Maltreatment/AFDC 
group and 5,100 children were in the AFDC Only group.
  The first phase study AIMS compared maltreated 
to non-maltreated children according to: (1) 
Cross-sector service use (sequence, frequency, 
co-occurrence & duration); (2) The relationship 
of service patterns to child and adolescent 
outcomes (e.g. mortality, foster care entry, 
entry into Special Education, etc.); (3) The 
association between certain caretaker level 
outcomes (e.g., permanent exit from AFDC) and 
child and adolescent outcomes. The AIMS were also 
examined according to type of maltreatment within 
the maltreated sample group. Key findings 
indicate that a report of maltreatment does 
contribute to the risk of special education 
entry, death, and entry into juvenile corrections 
above and beyond poverty. Overall, low-income 
children who also had maltreatment reports had 
higher rates of service use and negative outcomes 
across systems. The children in the maltreated 
group also entered more service systems on 
average than the low-income only group. A 
caretaker's permanent exit from a first spell on 
AFDC was associated with lower risk of certain 
negative outcomes like juvenile court petitions. 
This relationship was stronger for the low-income 
only group. In general, first reports of neglect, 
physical abuse or mixed type maltreatment were 
equally likely to result in later poor outcomes. 
However, children reported for neglect and mixed 
type (majority includes neglect) maltreatment 
were more likely to have recurrent reports of 
maltreatment and recurrent reports were associated with more negative outcomes.

http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/Ndacan/Datasets/Abstracts/DatasetAbstract_116.html

Sincerely,
   Andrés Arroyo
   Administrative Assistant
   National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN)
   Beebe Hall - FLDC
   College of Human Ecology
   Cornell University
   Ithaca NY 14853
Phone: 607-255-7799 * Fax: 607-255-8562
E-mail: NDACAN@cornell.edu
Web site: www.ndacan.cornell.edu



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