Assessing Changes in Child Maltreatment due to the Sacramento Neighborhood Alcohol Prevention Project

项目总结/摘要 目前的研究审查了一个旨在减少儿童虐待的项目的预防能力。 酒精使用及相关问题。具体来说，这个项目利用了来自萨克拉门托的数据 邻里酒精预防项目（SNAPP）在2000年初进行，并分析了他们在 与虐待儿童的变化有关。寻求减少供应的环境预防工作 酒精有针对酒精相关问题的历史，如袭击和交通事故，但 尚未对虐待和忽视儿童进行研究。然而，饮酒在病因学中的作用 虐待和疏忽的父母是很重要的。 本研究的目的是： 目的1：确定SNAPP是否干预以及如何减少其特定成分的剂量 总体的和特定类型的（例如，忽视、身体虐待）儿童虐待率（通过转介衡量 调查、证实的虐待个案及寄养服务个案）， 二〇一四年 目标2：确定SNAPP干预是否作为一个整体以及哪些组成部分更有可能 在干预地区减少与酒精有关的虐待儿童行为（按个案计划目标衡量）; 和 目标3：调查由于SNAPP导致的证实或寄养条目的变化是否受到以下因素的调节： 父母年龄E.由于SNAPP解决了15岁年轻人的酒精使用和酒精获取问题， 29，我们预计在研究地区这个年龄组的儿童虐待结果会有更大的减少 与对照区和老年父母相比。 通过研究酒精环境预防方法对减少儿童酒精中毒的有效性， 我们正在扩大这种干预努力的可能范围。这些信息将 让我们来确定这些干预计划是否比最初想象的更具成本效益。 检查五种SNAPP干预措施对儿童虐待率的影响， 哪些成分更能有效地减少虐待。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The current study examines the child maltreatment prevention capacity of a program aimed to reduce alcohol use and related problems. Specifically, this project takes advantage of data from the Sacramento Neighborhood Alcohol Prevention Project (SNAPP) conducted in early 2000's and analyzes them in relation to changes in child maltreatment. Environmental prevention efforts that seek to reduce the supply of alcohol have a history of targeting alcohol-related problems, such as assaults and traffic crashes, but have not yet been studied in relation to child abuse and neglect. Yet, the role of alcohol use in the etiology of abusive and neglectful parenting is significant. The aims for the current study are: Aim 1: Determine whether the SNAPP intervention and how dosage of its specific components reduced overall and type specific (e.g., neglect, physical abuse) rates of child maltreatment (measured by referrals for investigations, substantiated cases of maltreatment, and foster care entries) in study areas from 1998 to 2014; Aim 2: Identify whether the SNAPP intervention as a whole and which components were more likely to reduce alcohol-related child maltreatment (as measured by case plan objectives) in the intervention areas; and Aim 3: Investigate if changes in substantiations or foster care entries due to SNAPP are moderated by parent age e. As SNAPP addressed issues of alcohol use and alcohol access among young adults aged 15- 29, we expect greater reductions in child maltreatment outcomes among this age group in the study areas compared to those in the control area and older parents. By examining the effectiveness of alcohol environmental prevention approaches on reducing child maltreatment, we are expanding the possible reach of such intervention efforts. Such information will allow us to determine if these intervention programs are even more cost effective than originally thought. Examining the effects of dosage of the five SNAPP interventions on child maltreatment rates will allow us to which components are more effective at reducing maltreatment.