Administrative Data and Child Welfare Research: Using Linked Data to Improve Child Welfare Research, Policy, and Practice

ISBN-13: 9781138295926 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 134 str.

Terry Shaw; Bethany R. Lee; Jill L. Farrell

Opis

Administrative and big data systems are important in increasing the efficiency of public child welfare services. This book provides examples of how administrative data can foster better understanding of service populations, program outcomes, and enhance efficiency. It was published as a special issue of the Journal of Public Child Welfare.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Four Principles of Big Data Practice for Effective Child Welfare Decision Making  2. Child Well-Being: Where Is It in Our Data Systems?  3. Dual-System Families: Cash Assistance Sequences of Households Involved With Child Welfare  4. Antipsychotic Use and Foster Care Placement Stability Among Youth With Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity/Disruptive Behavior Disorders  5. From Maltreatment to Delinquency: Service Trajectories After a First Intervention of Child Protection Services  6. Children in Out-of-Home Care and Adult Labor-Market Attachment: A Swedish National Register Study  7. The Relationship Between Child Maltreatment, Intimate Partner Violence Exposure, and Academic Performance 

O autorze

Terry V. Shaw is Director of the Ruth H. Young Center for Families and Children and an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Maryland, USA. His research is focused on the experience of children in the child serving systems and how to leverage existing administrative data systems to improve policy and practice.

Bethany R. Lee is the Associate Dean for Research and an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Maryland, USA. Her research is centered on services for youth involved in the public systems of child welfare and/or mental health.

Jill L. Farrell is a Research Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Maryland, USA. Her research centers on evidence-based practices and the use of data to inform policy, with particular regard to juvenile justice.