Inadequate housing and the child protection system response
Inadequate housing and the child protection system response
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DOI：
10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.08.012
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发表时间：
2013-11-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Warren, Emily J.
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作者：
Font, Sarah A.;Warren, Emily J.
参与儿童保护服务在住房条件不足的家庭中很常见。与其他物质匮乏问题一样，住房不足是一个难以确定忽视与贫困之间区别的领域，儿童保护制度对住房不足家庭的反应基本上没有得到充分研究。本研究使用了一个具有全国代表性的儿童保护调查样本，探讨两种类型的住房不足加倍和无家可归的经验和系统的结果之间的关联。特别是，我们确定，在考虑其他风险因素后，住房不足与接受服务密切相关，但与证实或结案没有直接关系。此外，住房问题与其他风险因素，特别是心理健康和药物滥用以及家庭暴力相互作用时，可能与案件结果有不同的关联。总体而言，结果表明，虽然儿童保护工作者并不认为住房不足本身就是一种忽视，但他们确实将住房问题视为一种服务需求。(C)2013爱思唯尔有限公司保留所有权利，
Involvement with child protective services (CPS) is common among families experiencing inadequate housing conditions. As with other issues of material deprivation, inadequate housing is an area where the distinction between neglect and poverty is difficult to ascertain, and the response of the child protection system to inadequately-housed families is largely understudied. This study uses a nationally representative sample of child protection investigations to explore the associations between two types of inadequate housing doubling up and experiences of homelessness and system outcomes. Specially, we identify that, after accounting for other risk factors, inadequate housing is significantly associated with the receipt of services, but not directly associated with either substantiation or case closure. Moreover, housing concerns may have a different association with case outcomes when interacted with other risk factors, specifically mental health and substance abuse, and domestic violence. Overall, results suggest that, while child protection workers do not view inadequate housing as neglect in and of itself, they do identify housing issues as a service need. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved,