Child Welfare System-Level Factors Associated with All-Cause Mortality Among Children in Foster Care in the United States, 2009–2018

Autor: Joyce Y. Lee, Danielle L. Steelesmith, Barbara H. Chaiyachati, Jaclyn Kirsch, Smitha Rao, Cynthia A. Fontanella
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Child Maltreatment. :107755952311773
ISSN: 1552-6119
1077-5595
Popis: Little is known about the impact of child welfare system-level factors on child mortality as an outcome within foster care. Using data from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System, 2009–2018, we examined the associations between county-level sociodemographic, foster care performance, and judicial reform characteristics with all-cause mortality rates. Results of random effects negative binomial regression analyses showed that higher proportions of younger children (
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