Child Welfare and Child Well-Being New Perspectives From the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being

by Webb, Mary Bruce; Dowd, Kathryn; Harden, Brenda Jones; Landsverk, John; Testa, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780199863426
• ISBN10: 0199863423
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Mary Bruce Webb, PhD, is Director, Division of Child and Family Development, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Kathryn L. Dowd, PhD, is Senior Director, Centers for Survey Research, Research Triangle Institute.

Brenda Jones Harden, PhD, is Associate Professor, Institute for Child Study, Department of Human Development, University of Maryland.

John Landsverk, PhD, is Director, Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego.

Mark Testa, PhD, is Associate Professor of Social Work and Director of the Children and Family Research Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Table of Contents

1. Study Design and Methods
Paul P. Biemer, Kathryn L. Dowd, and Mary Bruce Webb

Part I. Moving Toward a Developmental Framework in Child Welfare

2. Quality of the Early Caregiving Environment and Preschool Well-Being: An Examination of Children Entering the Child Welfare System During Infancy
Brenda Jones Harden, Jessica Vick, Gregory Hancock, and Kevin Wang

3. Risk and Resilience Among Children Referred to the Child Welfare System: A Longitudinal Investigation of Child Well-Being in Multiple Domains
Anne Shaffer, Byron Egeland, and Kevin Wang

4. Latent Classification of Physical Abuse as a Predictor of Adolescent Functioning
Charles V. Izzo, Elliot G. Smith, John J. Eckenrode, Paul P. Biemer, and Sharon L. Christ

5. Effects of Intimate-Partner Violence on Child Psychopathology
William Gardner, Kelly Kelleher, and Kathleen Pajer

Part II. Child Welfare, Social Capital, and Child Well-Being

6. Comparative Safety, Stability, and Continuity of Children's Placements in Formal and Informal Substitute Care
Mark Testa, Christina M. Bruhn, and Jesse Helton

7. The Social Capital of Youth in Foster Care: An Assessment and Policy Implications
Matthew Stagner and Daniel Kuehn

8. Explaining Reunification and Reentry 3 Years After Placement in Out-of-Home Care
Richard P. Barth, Shenyang Guo, Sharon L. Christ, Christina M. Bruhn, and Rebecca L. Green

9. Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Initial Child Welfare Experience: Exploring Areas of Convergence and Divergence
Robert M. Ortega, Andrew Grogan-Kaylor, Mary Ruffolo, Jenell Clarke, and Rebecca Karb

Part III. The Survey Study Design and Mental Health Services Research

10. Patterns and Predictors of Mental Health Services Use by Children in Contact with the Child Welfare System
Sarah McCue Horwitz, Michael S. Hurlburt, and Jinjin Zhang

11. Exits from Out-of-Home Care and Continuity of Mental Health Service Use
John Landsverk, Michael S. Hurlburt, Laurel Leslie, Jennifer Rolls, and Jinjin Zhang

12. Caregiver Depression, Mental Health Service Use, and Child Outcomes
Barbara J. Burns, Sarah A. Mustillo, Elizabeth M. Z. Farmer, David J. Kolko, Julie McCrae, Anne M. Libby, and Mary Bruce Webb

13. Organizational Climate and Service Outcomes in Child Welfare Systems
Charles Glisson

14. Information Management, Interagency Collaboration, and Outcomes in Child Welfare Agencies
E. Michael Foster, Rebecca Wells, and Yu Bai