University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, United States of America.
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, United States of America.
Child Abuse Negl. 2023 May;139:106156. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106156. Epub 2023 Mar 27.
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.
无家可归和儿童保护介入的经历会给儿童的学业成功带来风险。阐明这些相互关联的系统影响儿童福利的过程对于指导政策和实践非常重要。
本研究考察了学龄儿童使用紧急避难所或过渡性住房与儿童保护介入之间的时间关系。我们评估了这两个风险指标对出勤率和学校流动性的影响。
利用综合行政数据，我们确定了 2014 年至 2015 学年在明尼苏达州亨内平县和拉姆齐县使用紧急或过渡性住房的 3278 名（4 至 15 岁）儿童。与未使用紧急或过渡性住房的 2613 名儿童进行了倾向评分匹配比较。
通过一系列逻辑回归和广义估计方程，我们测试了紧急/过渡性住房和儿童保护介入的时间关联，以及这两种经历如何影响出勤率和流动性。
紧急或过渡性住房的经历往往先于或同时发生儿童保护介入，并增加了获得儿童保护服务的可能性。紧急或过渡性住房和儿童保护介入会降低出勤率和增加学校流动性。
跨社会服务部门为家庭提供多系统方法可能对于稳定儿童住房和增强他们在学校的成功非常重要。一个关注住房和学校稳定以及增强家庭资源的两代人方法可以提高家庭成员在不同环境中的适应性成功。
