Palmer Alyssa R, Piescher Kristine, Berry Daniel, Dupuis Danielle, Heinz-Amborn Britt, Masten Ann S
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, United States of America.
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, United States of America.
Child Abuse Negl. 2023 Jan;135:105972. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105972. Epub 2022 Dec 1.
The experience of homelessness and child protection involvement pose risks to children's school success. Elucidating processes by which these interrelated systems affect child well-being is important for guiding policy and practice.
This study examines the temporal relation between emergency shelter or transitional housing use and child protection involvement among school-aged children. We evaluated effects of both risk indicators on school attendance and school mobility.
Using integrated administrative data, we identified 3278 children (ages 4 to 15) whose families used emergency or transitional housing in Hennepin and Ramsey County of Minnesota during the 2014 and 2015 academic years. A propensity-score-matched comparison group of 2613 children who did not use emergency or transitional housing.
Through a series of logistic regressions and generalized estimating equations, we tested the temporal associations of emergency/transitional housing and child protection involvement as well as how both experiences affected school attendance and mobility.
Experiences of emergency or transitional housing often proceeded or occurred concurrently with child protection involvement and increased the likelihood of child protection services. Emergency or transitional housing and child protection involvement posed risks for lower school attendance and greater school mobility.
A multisystem approach to assist families across social services may be important for stabilizing children's housing and bolstering their success at school. A two-generation approach focused on residential and school stability and enhancing family resources could boost adaptive success of family members across contexts.
无家可归的经历以及儿童保护机构的介入会对儿童学业成功构成风险。阐明这些相互关联的系统影响儿童福祉的过程对于指导政策和实践至关重要。
本研究探讨学龄儿童使用紧急庇护所或过渡性住房与儿童保护机构介入之间的时间关系。我们评估了这两个风险指标对上学出勤率和转学率的影响。
利用综合行政数据，我们识别出2014至2015学年期间在明尼苏达州亨内平县和拉姆西县其家庭使用紧急或过渡性住房的3278名儿童（4至15岁）。一个由2613名未使用紧急或过渡性住房的儿童组成的倾向得分匹配对照组。
通过一系列逻辑回归和广义估计方程，我们检验了紧急/过渡性住房与儿童保护机构介入之间的时间关联，以及这两种经历如何影响上学出勤率和转学率。
紧急或过渡性住房经历往往先于或与儿童保护机构介入同时发生，并增加了儿童保护服务的可能性。紧急或过渡性住房以及儿童保护机构介入对较低的上学出勤率和较高的转学率构成风险。
跨社会服务领域协助家庭的多系统方法对于稳定儿童住房及促进其学业成功可能很重要。聚焦于居住和学校稳定性以及增强家庭资源的两代人方法能够提升家庭成员在不同环境下的适应性成功。
