Substantiated Reports of Child Maltreatment From the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect 2008: Examining Child and Household Characteristics and Child Functional Impairment

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dc.contributor.authorAff, T. O., Taillieu, T., Cheung, K., Katz, L. Y., Tonmyr, L., & Sareen, J.
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-13T17:14:18Z
dc.date.available2017-02-13T17:14:18Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractIdentifying child and household characteristics that are associated with specific child maltreatment types and child functional impairment are important for informing prevention and intervention efforts. Our objectives were to examine the distribution of several child and household characteristics among substantiated child maltreatment types in Canada; to determine if a specific child maltreatment type relative to all other types was associated with increased odds of child functional impairment; and to determine which child and household characteristics were associated with child functional impairment. Data were from the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (collection 2008) from 112 child welfare sites across Canada (n = 6163 children). Physical abuse, sexual abuse, and emotional maltreatment were highly prevalent among children aged 10 to 15 years. For single types of child maltreatment, the highest prevalence of single-parent homes (50.6%), social assistance (43.0%), running out of money regularly (30.7%), and unsafe housing (30.9%) were reported for substantiated cases of neglect. Being male, older age, living in a single-parent home, household running out of money, moving 2 or more times in the past year, and household overcrowding were associated with increased odds of child functional impairment. More work is warranted to determine if providing particular resources for single-parent families, financial counselling, and facilitating adequate and stable housing for families with child maltreatment histories or at risk for child maltreatment could be effective for improving child functional outcomes.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAff, T. O., Taillieu, T., Cheung, K., Katz, L. Y., Tonmyr, L., & Sareen, J. (2015). Substantiated reports of child maltreatment from the Canadian incidence study of reported child abuse and neglect 2008: examining child and household characteristics and child functional impairment. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 60(7), 315-323.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4500181/
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/3221
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe Canadian Journal of Psychiatryen_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectneglecten_US
dc.subjectchild welfareen_US
dc.subjectsuicidal ideationen_US
dc.subjectself-injurious behaviouren_US
dc.subjectdepressionen_US
dc.subjectanxietyen_US
dc.subjectalcohol abuseen_US
dc.subjectdrug abuseen_US
dc.subjectsingle parenten_US
dc.subjectInternational Resourcesen_US
dc.subjectCanadaen_US
dc.titleSubstantiated Reports of Child Maltreatment From the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect 2008: Examining Child and Household Characteristics and Child Functional Impairmenten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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