a Howard University School of Social Work.
Soc Work Public Health. 2019;34(1):75-85. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2018.1562400. Epub 2019 Jan 30.
For several decades, child welfare researchers have explored the issue of disproportionality in child welfare. Top-level government reports have confirmed that African-American children are disproportionately represented in the child welfare system. This knowledge led to the concern that equity standards are not being implemented in child welfare systems partially due to implicit bias and insufficient data to track services to this population of children. The lack of data and recognition of the disparate entry of African Americans into care will continue unless systems move to having the child welfare system understand overrepresentation and the need for equity in the provision of services. This article shares findings of a research study and is focused on the use of data as a strategy to improve racial equity in child welfare. It uses critical race theory (CRT) to explain how racism can impact equity in the provision of child welfare services.
几十年来，儿童福利研究人员一直在探讨儿童福利领域的不成比例问题。高层政府报告证实，非裔美国儿童在儿童福利系统中所占比例过高。这一认识引发了人们的担忧，即由于隐性偏见和缺乏足够的数据来跟踪向这部分儿童提供的服务，儿童福利系统并未实施公平标准。除非系统采取措施，让儿童福利系统了解服务提供方面的过度代表和公平性的必要性，否则非裔美国人进入护理系统的这种差异将继续存在。本文分享了一项研究的发现，重点是将数据用作提高儿童福利服务公平性的策略。它使用批判种族理论 (CRT) 来解释种族主义如何影响儿童福利服务提供的公平性。
