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Effect of domestic violence on the risk of out-of-home placement: a propensity score analysis
- Authors:
- OGBONNAYA Ijeoma Nwabuzor, GUO Shenyang
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 4(3), 2013, Online only
- Publisher:
- Society for Social Work and Research
Increased attention is being given to domestic violence as a risk factor for out-of-home placement. This analysis uses data from the US National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being to examine the rate of out-of-home placement (i.e., time to out-of-home placement following a child welfare investigation of alleged child maltreatment) across time among a sample of 1,965 children with female caregivers. Among the caregivers, 657 reported domestic violence and 1,308 did not report domestic violence. To best determine whether domestic violence contributes to greater likelihood of out-of-home placement, propensity score analysis was used to statistically mimic a randomized clinical trial by balancing both groups of caregivers based on observed characteristics. Findings indicate children whose caregivers report domestic violence enter out-of-home care 37% faster (i.e., remain in the home fewer days) than children whose caregivers did not report domestic violence. The study findings highlight the importance of screening for domestic violence and providing intensive services for families affected by domestic violence as a critical element of increasing child safety and preventing out-of-home placement. (Edited publisher abstract)
Research on timing of foster care outcomes: one methodological problem and approaches to its solution
- Authors:
- GUO Shenyang, WELLS Kathleen
- Journal article citation:
- Social Service Review, 77(1), March 2003, pp.1-24.
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
Discusses the use of event history analysis, specifically the Cox proportional hazards model, in research on timing of foster care outcomes. Examined previous studies of foster care outcomes which used the Cox Proportional Hazards Model. Focuses on the inclusion of autocorrelated data in the model, a statistical problem that has received little attention in studies of the timing of exit from or reentry into foster care. This article describes the Cox model, the problem posed by use of the model with autocorrelated data, and promising solutions to the problem. It focuses on one solution, the WLW model, and shows its benefits with data drawn from the authors' research programme.
Welfare reform and child welfare outcomes: a multiple-cohort study
- Authors:
- WELLS Kathleen, GUO Shenyang
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 28(8), August 2006, pp.941-960.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This article reports the results of a study of whether children placed in foster care prior to welfare reform return home more quickly than do children placed in foster care after reform. The study also examines whether specific factors such as a child's mother's loss of cash assistance show a stronger relationship to the speed with which a child returns home after reform than before. The study relies on administrative data; has a prospective multiple-cohort design; and includes a sample of 1560 children. The analysis shows that children who entered foster care after reform are reunified more slowly within 12 months of their placements than are children who entered foster care before reform and that family-income-related variables have a strong relationship to reunification speed.
Characteristics and trajectories of treatment foster care youth
- Authors:
- HUSSEY David L., GUO Shenyang
- Journal article citation:
- Child Welfare Journal, 84(4), July 2005, pp.485-506.
- Publisher:
- Child Welfare League of America
Using cross-sectional analyses in conjunction with dynamic modeling (hierarchical linear modeling), the authors profiled 119 treatment foster care youth and constructed behavioral change trajectories for a subset of 97 children. Children generally showed improvements in internalizing the critical pathology problem domains but remained the same on measures of externalizing behaviors and total problem score. The number of previous out-of-home placements was positively associated with increased levels of psychiatric symptomatology and served as the most robust predictor for modeling treatment response trajectories across problem domains. Placement instability places the well-being of children at heightened risk, therefore, accurate assessment of child need and risk in relation to caregiver capacities is critical.
Reunification and reentry of foster care
- Authors:
- WELLS Kathleen, GUO Shenyang
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 21(4), April 1999, pp.273-294.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This article reports the results of a case study of foster children in the USA. It examines questions pertaining to the child, family, and placement use characteristics associated with the timing of children's reunification and, for those who are reunified, reentry into foster care. Discusses the strengths and limitations of the findings and draws out the implications for future research.