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ArticleJournal of public child welfare2026

County variations in child maltreatment risk and service responses during and post the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods study.

Liwei Zhang, Patricia L Kohl, Jana Leigh Woodiwiss, Joyce Joy Wanjiru Ndungu

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Article in Journal of public child welfare, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Liwei ZhangSchool of Social Work, University of Georgia, Athens, USA.
Patricia L KohlBrown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, USA.
Jana Leigh WoodiwissSchool of Social Work, University of Georgia, Athens, USA.
Joyce Joy Wanjiru NdunguCollege of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, USA.

Funding

State economic support policies on the prevention of child abuse and neglect during and post the COVID-19 pandemic: Bridging evidence with policy implementationK01HD110683 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI Liwei Zhang · 2023 to 2026
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NICHD NIH HHS K01 HD110683
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Using a mixed-methods design, this study examines changes in child maltreatment risk and service delivery from pre- to post-pandemic, focusing on county-to-county variations. Administrative data from Missouri were analyzed to assess county-level differences, with interviews of service providers (

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child and family servicechild maltreatmentCounty variationsmixed methodsthe COVID-19 pandemic

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PMID42099574
PMCPMC13148370

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