Housing instability in child welfare-involved families: Impact on emotional, beh

描述（由申请人提供）：本研究拟对全国儿童和青少年福祉调查（NSCAW）进行二次数据分析，NSCAW是一项具有全国代表性的儿童虐待和忽视调查家庭纵向研究。该项目的目的是向主要由于无法获得安全和负担得起的住房而与儿童福利服务机构接触的家庭提供信息。调查结果将告知R01提案的开发，该提案使用自然随机对照试验来测试住房券提供与常规服务相比的影响。 本研究旨在验证这一假设，即住房不稳定会扰乱儿童的情感，行为和学业成果的发展。分析将首先审查住房不稳定性的个人内部变化以及随着时间的推移发展成果的相关增长。通过明确建模住房的变化，分析直接估计的影响，搬进和搬出住房的稳定性发展的增长轨迹。分析还建议审查儿童发育问题是否减轻或预防时，照顾者收到住房券（以前称为第8节）。如果住房不稳定预示着结果，那么获得寻找和支付住房的援助应该与更好的结果有关。在缺乏实验数据的情况下，本研究建议使用倾向评分匹配（PSM）程序，以尽量减少选择偏差和测试的影响，住房券对儿童福利涉及的家庭。 公共卫生相关性：该项目的目的是向由于无法获得安全和负担得起的住房而与儿童福利服务机构接触的家庭提供信息。调查结果将为了解住房不稳定风险和制定住房干预措施提供信息。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This study proposes to conduct secondary data analyses of the National Survey of Children and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW), a nationally representative longitudinal study of families investigated for child abuse and neglect. The aim of this project is to inform service provision targeted at families in contact with child welfare services primarily due to the inability to secure safe and affordable housing. Findings will inform the development of an R01 proposal to use a natural randomized-controlled trial to test the effects of housing voucher provision compared to services-as-usual. The present study intends to test the hypothesis that housing instability disrupts the development of emotional, behavioral, and academic outcomes in children. Analyses will, first, examine within-individual changes on housing instability and associated growth in developmental outcomes over time. By explicitly modeling housing changes, analyses directly estimate the effects of moving into and out of housing stability on developmental growth trajectories. Analyses also propose to examine whether child developmental problems are mitigated or prevented when caregivers receive housing vouchers (formerly known as Section 8). If housing instability predicts outcomes, then the receipt of assistance to find and pay for housing should relate to better outcomes. In the absence of experimental data, this study proposes to use propensity score matching (PSM) procedures to minimize selection bias and test the effects of housing vouchers on child welfare-involved families. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The aim of this project is to inform service provision targeted at families in contact with child welfare services due to the inability to secure safe and affordable housing. Findings will inform the understanding of risk for housing instability and the development of housing interventions.