@article{ref1,
title="Home visiting and child welfare involvement: a matched comparison group study",
journal="Child maltreatment",
year="2024",
author="Doe, Hilary A. and Osborne, Cynthia and Huffman, Jennifer and Craig, Sean M. and Shero, Mason",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="The present study is one of the largest quasi-experimental studies to date on the effects of home visiting on documented child maltreatment during a child's first two years of life. In this matched comparison group study, we compare 8796 families that participated in a home visiting program (HV families) to 8796 similar non-participating families (non-HV families) selected from birth records using Coarsened Exact Matching. Using sequential logistic regression, we identify that HV families have significantly higher odds of experiencing a child maltreatment investigation by their child's second birthday compared to non-HV families; however, among those that were investigated, HV families have significantly lower odds of having their first investigation substantiated for maltreatment. Overall, HV families do not differ significantly from non-HV families in the odds of experiencing a substantiated investigation over 2 years. We share implications for considering surveillance bias, and we highlight the importance of including both substantiated and unsubstantiated investigations when studying the effects of home visiting on documented child maltreatment.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-5595",
doi="10.1177/10775595241268227",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10775595241268227"
}