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

项目摘要/摘要 目前的研究检查了一项旨在减少儿童虐待的预防方案的能力 酒精使用及相关问题。具体地说，这个项目利用了来自萨克拉门托的数据 2000年初开展的邻里预防酒精项目(SNAPP)S分析 与虐待儿童的变化有关。寻求减少供应的环境预防努力 有针对与酒精有关的问题的历史，如袭击和交通事故，但 尚未研究与虐待儿童和忽视儿童有关的问题。然而，酒精使用在病因学中的作用 虐待和疏忽的养育方式是很重要的。 目前这项研究的目的是： 目标1：确定Snapp是否干预以及其特定成分的剂量如何减少 虐待儿童的总体和具体类型(例如忽视、身体虐待)比率(通过转诊来衡量 以供调查、证实的虐待个案及寄养项目) 2014年； 目标2：确定Snapp干预是否作为一个整体，以及哪些组件更有可能 减少干预地区与酒精有关的虐待儿童行为(以个案计划目标衡量)； 和 目标3：调查Snapp导致的实证性或寄养条目的变化是否受到 父母年龄e.随着Snapp解决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的这个年龄段中虐待儿童的结果会有更大的减少 与对照组和年长的父母相比。 通过检查酒精环境预防方法在减少儿童数量方面的有效性 为了防止虐待，我们正在扩大这种干预努力的可能范围。这样的信息将 允许我们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干预措施的剂量对儿童虐待发生率的影响将允许 对我们来说，哪些组件在减少虐待方面更有效。

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.