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ArticleChild abuse & neglect2023

Counts and child protection reports of diagnosed child maltreatment before and after the COVID-19 pandemic onset.

Rebecca Rebbe, Julia Reddy, Jeannie S Huang, Cynthia L Kuelbs, Emily Putnam-Hornstein

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rebecca RebbeUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work, 325 Pittsboro St, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. Electronic address: rebbe@unc.edu.
Julia ReddyUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health, 135 Dauer Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. Electronic address: jreddy@email.unc.edu.
Jeannie S HuangRady Children's Hospital, 3020 Children's Way, San Diego, CA 92123, USA; University of California, San Diego Department of Pediatrics, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. Electronic address: jshuang@ucsd.edu.
Cynthia L KuelbsRady Children's Hospital, 3020 Children's Way, San Diego, CA 92123, USA; University of California, San Diego Department of Pediatrics, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. Electronic address: ckuelbs@rchsd.org.
Emily Putnam-HornsteinUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work, 325 Pittsboro St, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Children's Data Network, University of Southern California, 669 W 34th St, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA. Electronic address: eph@unc.edu.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USUniversity of California San Diego · US

Funding

The impact of COVID-19 on child maltreatment-related medical encounters and system responses using linked administrative dataR21HD105907 · NICHD · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI REBBE, REBECCA · 2021 to 2022
$478k
NICHD NIH HHS R21 HD105907
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMechanisms for reporting child maltreatment (CM) were affected by changes in service provision immediately following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

objectiveTo examine changes in counts and CPS reporting of CM medical encounters before and after the onset of COVID-19. PARTICIPANTS AND

settingAll emergency department and inpatient medical encounters with at least one CM diagnosis during the study period at Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, the largest pediatric hospital in California between 2016 and November 2021.

methodsUsing linked medical record and CPS administrative data, interrupted time series models tested for changes in monthly counts and percentages of CM medical encounters reported to CPS with the onset of COVID-19. Logistic regression tested for the likelihood of a CPS report being associated with a CM encounter.

resultsCM medical encounters totaled 2528, including 793 after the onset of COVID-19. Interrupted time series models indicated with the onset of the pandemic, the counts of CM encounters increased 18 % (RR: 1.18, 95 % CI 1.03-1.34) and the percentages reported to CPS increased 10 % (RR: 1.10, 95 % CI: 1.05-1.17). CM encounters that occurred after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic had increased odds of a CPS report (fully adjusted model: OR: 1.08; 95 % CI: 1.05-1.12).

conclusionsThis study found increases in monthly counts and a higher percentage of CM medical encounters with CPS reports after the pandemic onset.

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Child AbuseCOVID-19ChildChild WelfareEmergency Service, HospitalHumansMandatory ReportingPandemicsChild abuseChild maltreatmentChild protectionInjuriesReporting

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PMID37708644
PMCPMC10872595
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