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Schneiderman, J., Prindle, J., & Putnam-Hornstein, E.

Infant Deaths From Medical Causes After a Maltreatment Report

Infants reported for abuse or neglect had a risk of medical-related death almost twice as high as infants never reported. Periods of foster care placement were protective.

infant, medical-cause death, child protection

https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/pediatrics/early/2021/08/20/peds.2020-048389.full.pdf

This study explores how the foster care population in the US is shifting age-wise. Increasingly, children under the age of 1 represent a growing proportion of children admitted to care.

Infants, newborns, foster care, admission rates, urbanity

fcda.chapinhall.org

Women and infants in care proceedings in England

Vulnerable Birth Mothers and Recurrent Care Proceedings in England: Mixed Methods Study (2014-2018)

Mixed methods, repeat proceedings, age of children in care proceedings

Infants, Toddlers and Child Protection, International Perspectives: Reasons for removal

Infants, Toddlers and Child Protection, International Perspectives: Reasons for removal

EUSARF conference presentation

In this EUSARF presentation, Professor Ward discusses why infants are removed from the care of their birth parents.

Infants; removals; ethics; increasing rates

A longitudinal investigation of infants and out-of-home care

Examines infant placements( (n=5,789) over the course of childhood (18 years) to determine ultimate permanency outcomes.

infants, permanency, child protection, child welfare, foster care

https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2022.2036294

Discussion of the Knowns and Unknowns of Child Protection During Pregnancy in Australia

13 pages. doi:10.1080/0312407X.2021.2001835

Legislative provisions for accepting unborn child reports into the child protection system in Australia have coincided with a noticeable rise in the number of infants entering care. This article colla

child protection; pregnancy; unborn children; infant removals; out-of-home care

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0312407X.2021.2001835

A Systems Model of Repeat Court-Ordered Removals: Responding to Child Protection Challenges Using a Systems Approach

The British Journal of Social Work

Volume 51, Issue 6, September 2021, Pages 2038–2060

Repeat removals, where parents lose successive infants and children to out-of-home care, is a systems problem requiring a systems approach to broaden our thinking and expand our choices for action. A

birth mother; child protection; out-of-home care; repeat removal; systems approach; systems thinking

https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcaa031

On Causal Inference and the Limits of Disproportionality as a Construct: The Case of Foster Care Placement

The unwarranted disparities in our foster care system are the result of historical and structural causes. If we hope to correct these disparities by addressing their root causes, we must measure them

Foster care, disparity, causal inference, poverty, disproportionality, model specification

On Causal Inference and the Limits of Disproportionality as a Construct: The Case of Foster Care Placement

In this paper, I ask whether our usual measures of Black child/White child placement differences tell us what we need to know to act on those disparities with greater certainty.

Foster care, disparity, causal inference, poverty, disproportionality, model specification

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366055308_On_Causal_Inference_and_the_Limits_of_Disproportionality_as_a_Construct_The_Case_of_Foster_Care_Placement