The Community Context of Rural and Urban Child Neglect

描述（由申请人提供）：本研究的具体目的是 研究社区对发生率、识别和应对 忽视儿童。重点是农村和城市社区的差异 以及不同社会组织水平的社区之间的关系。研究 将扩大目前的知识，为什么报告和调查的比率 忽视儿童的情况因社区而异。研究的目的是 为儿童福利从业人员、管理人员、政策制定者和当地 社区的基本信息的影响因素的数量 儿童忽视事件正式采取行动;社区因素， 在CPS筛选过程中有影响力;以及正式和非正式的范围 对农村和城市社区发生的忽视儿童现象的反应。的 基本研究设计是分层次的，涉及个人和社区 水平的措施，并涉及定量和定性的方法。 在内布拉斯加州50个社区进行的结构化电话调查 由10个儿童保护服务办公室提供服务，形成基础数据集。 包括的其他数据来自人口普查和其他社区来源 内布拉斯加州卫生和人类服务系统的特征和数据， 忽视儿童。多层次线性模型将用于分析 的定量数据。从社区居民收集的定性数据， 一个社区样本中的主要领导人提供了一个更详细的观点， 社区.从CPS摄入量中收集了摄入量时CPS决策的数据 通过调查、访谈和政策收集研究， 在10个选定的CPS办事处进行。

DESCRIPTION (provided by the applicant): The specific aims of this research are to examine community effects on the incidence, identification and response to child neglect. The focus is on variations across rural and urban communities and between communities varying in levels of social organization. The research will expand the current knowledge of why the rates of reported and investigated child neglect cases differ across communities. The objective of the research is to provide child welfare practitioners, administrators, policy makers and local communities with essential information on the factors that influence the number of child neglect incidents formally acted upon; the community factors that are influential in the CPS screening process; and the range of formal and informal responses to child neglect which occur in rural and urban communities. The basic study design is hierarchical, involving both individual and community level measures, and involves both quantitative and qualitative methods. Structured telephone surveys conducted in each of 50 Nebraska communities served by 10 Child Protective Services offices form the base data set. Additional data included is from census and other sources on community characteristics and data from Nebraska Health and Human Services System on child neglect. Multi-level hierarchical linear models will be used to analyze the quantitative data. Qualitative data collected from community residents and key leaders in a sample of communities provides a more detailed view of the communities. Data on CPS decision making at intake is collected from CPS intake staff and supervisors through surveys, interviews, and a policy capturing study conducted in each of the 10 selected CPS offices.