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

描述(申请人提供)：这项研究建议对全国儿童和青少年幸福感调查(NSCAW)进行二级数据分析，这是一项具有全国代表性的纵向研究，对因虐待和忽视儿童而接受调查的家庭进行调查。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接触儿童福利服务的家庭提供服务。研究结果将为R01提案的制定提供参考，该提案使用自然随机对照试验来测试提供住房代金券与正常服务相比的效果。本研究旨在验证住房不稳定会扰乱儿童情绪、行为和学习成绩发展的假设。首先，分析将考察个人内部对住房不稳定性的变化以及随着时间的推移发展成果的相关增长。通过明确建模住房变化，分析直接估计迁入和迁出住房稳定对发展增长轨迹的影响。分析还建议审查当照顾者收到住房凭证(以前称为第8条)时，儿童发展问题是否得到缓解或预防。如果住房不稳定预示着结果，那么接受援助以寻找和支付住房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分数匹配(PSM)程序来最小化选择偏差，并测试住房代金券对涉及儿童福利的家庭的影响。 与公共健康相关：该项目的目的是向因无法获得安全和负担得起的住房而接触儿童福利服务的家庭提供服务。调查结果将有助于理解住房不稳定的风险和制定住房干预措施。

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.