Child maltreatment reporting during the initial weeks of COVID-19 in the US: Findings from NCANDS

被引:14
作者
Shusterman, Gila R. [1 ,5 ]
Fluke, John D. [2 ]
Nunez, Juan J. [1 ,3 ]
Fettig, Nicole B. [1 ]
Kebede, Bethel K. [4 ]
机构
[1] WRMA Inc, Trimetrix Co, Rockville, MD 20852 USA
[2] Univ Colorado, Kempe Ctr, Dept Pediat, Sch Med, Aurora, CO 80302 USA
[3] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Luskin Sch Publ Affairs, Dept Social Welf, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
[4] CDC Global Hlth Fellowship Program, PHI, Atlanta, GA USA
[5] TriMetrix Co, WRMA Inc, 12300 Twinbrook Pkwy, Suite 305, Rockville, MD 20852 USA
关键词
COVID-19; NCANDS; Child maltreatment reporting; Child protective services; UNITED-STATES; ABUSE;
D O I
10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105929
中图分类号
D669 [社会生活与社会问题]; C913 [社会生活与社会问题];
学科分类号
1204 ;
摘要
Background: After the national COVID-19 emergency declaration in the U.S. in March 2020, child welfare agencies observed large reductions in maltreatment reporting. Objective: To quantify the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child maltreatment reporting nationally to inform policy for future emergencies.Participants and setting: Administrative data from the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) for 48 states for federal fiscal years (FFYs) 2017 through 2020.Methods: Analyses focused on reports to child protective services (CPS) between weeks 12 and 24 of calendar years 2017 through 2020 (mid-March through mid-June). Report sources of screened in and substantiated reports were compared with those during the prior year. Likelihood of a report being substantiated in 2020 compared with 2019 based on report source was calculated using odds ratios. Results: In 2020, CPS screened in 39 % fewer reports than during the same period in 2019 and the proportion of reports substantiated increased from 18 to 22 %. Reports from all report sources decreased, especially from education personnel (90 % decrease) and child daycare providers (65 % decrease). The odds for substantiation were significantly higher during 2020 than in 2019 for reports from all but three sources.Conclusion: During the initial weeks following the national COVID-19 emergency declaration, the number of reports to CPS declined sharply at the national level and across all states, primarily in association with a large reduction in referrals from education sentinels. Explanations for the in-crease in percent of substantiation in the context of reduction of reports are considered.
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