Caregiver instability and early life changes among infants reported to the child welfare system

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 498-509

  Casanueva, Cecilia ^a   Dozier, Mary ^b   Tueller, Stephen ^a   Dolan, Melissa ^a   Smith, Keith ^a   Webb, Mary Bruce ^c   Westbrook, T'Pring ^d   Harden, Brenda Jones ^e  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^d Administration for Children and Families   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver instability; Child welfare system; Early life changes: Infants; NSCAW

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER INSTABILITY; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD WELFARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL SURVEY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT WELL BEING INDEX; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; FOSTER CARE; INFANT; NEWBORN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84898544871     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.07.016     Document Type: Article

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