Nearly 13 million children in the United States live in households struggling with food insecurity. Although biosocial theories suggest a strong link between the lack of food and child maltreatment...
#1Christopher A. Swann(UNCG: University of North Carolina at Greensboro)H-Index: 9
Abstract Food security in an important public policy issue. In 2015, approximately 1 in 8 U.S. households experienced food insecurity at some point in the year. Low-income families are at higher risk for food insecurity than other families, and these families may also face higher levels of disruption (e.g., moves, loss of income, or individuals entering or leaving the household) than other families. I use data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation to explore the relationship betwee...
#1Dylan B. Jackson(UTSA: University of Texas at San Antonio)H-Index: 14
#2Jamie Newsome(UC: University of Cincinnati)H-Index: 8
Last. Kecia R. Johnson(MSU: Mississippi State University)H-Index: 8
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Abstract Purpose The present study examines whether experiences of household food insecurity during childhood are predictive of low self-control and early involvement in delinquency. Methods In order to examine these associations, we employ data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) – a national study that follows a large group of children born in the U.S. between 1998 and 2000. Results Children raised in food insecure households exhibit significantly lower levels of self-c...
We illustrate how partial identification methods can be used to provide credible inferences on the causal impacts of food assistance programs, focusing on the impact that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the Food Stamp Program) has on food insecurity among households with children. Recent research applies these methods to address two key issues confounding identification: missing counterfactuals and nonrandomly misclassified treatment status. In this paper, ...
ABSTRACTSupplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation has been demonstrated to improve household food insecurity, yet not all those who are eligible for the program participate. This article describes findings from both peer-reviewed and grey literature pertaining to factors that influence SNAP participation. SNAP participation has demonstrated benefits for low-income individuals and families for improving dietary intake, reducing food insecurity, and ultimately providing one st...
This study examines the time to re-report following the close of a maltreatment investigation for cases involving food neglect. Data on families of children 0 to 17 involved in Child Protective Services (CPS) investigations from a merger of the 2010 cohort of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW II) and the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) were used (n=3580). More than half of the families had a history of CPS involvement, a third received CPS servic...
Last. Alexis R Piquero(UTD: University of Texas at Dallas)H-Index: 15
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Food insecurity and hunger during childhood are associated with an array of developmental problems in multiple domains, including impulse control problems and violence. Unfortunately, extant research is based primarily on small convenience samples and an epidemiological assessment of the hunger-violence link is lacking. The current study employed data from Wave 1 (2001–2002) and Wave 2 (2004–2005) of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC). The NESARC is a na...
Objectives This study among 51 parents of young children under age four investigated how parents that report marginal, low and very low food security characterize how trade-offs associated with food insecurity affect parents’ mental health and child well-being.
Almost fifty million people are food insecure in the United States, which makes food insecurity one of the nation’s leading health and nutrition issues. We examine recent research evidence of the health consequences of food insecurity for children, nonsenior adults, and seniors in the United States. For context, we first provide an overview of how food insecurity is measured in the country, followed by a presentation of recent trends in the prevalence of food insecurity. Then we present a survey...
Many criminological scholars explore the social causes of crime while giving little consideration to the possibility that genetic factors underlie the observed associations. Indeed, the standard social science method (SSSM) assumes genetic influences do not confound the association between X and Y. Yet, a nascent stream of evidence has questioned the validity of this approach by revealing many criminological variables are at least partially affected by genetic influences. As a result, a substant...
Poverty is among the most robust correlates of child maltreatment. This chapter explores the evolving knowledge on the relationship between poverty and child abuse and neglect. Poverty is defined and key aspects of poverty relevant to child maltreatment are detailed. We suggest that the commonly found tendency towards increased maltreatment among the poor and in poor communities is a genuine finding, and not merely an artifact of bias resulting in overreporting of the poor. A range of theoretica...
The current study examines whether the link between low self-control and perceptions of procedural justice among urban-born youth is contingent on acts of officer intrusiveness. Data come from the ...
#2Shawna J. Lee(UM: University of Michigan)H-Index: 24
Last. Doris F. Pu(UAB: University of Alabama at Birmingham)H-Index: 3
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The Covid-19 pandemic upended the country, with enormous economic and social shifts. Given the increased contact from families living in virtual confinement coupled with massive economic disarray, the Covid-19 pandemic may have created the ideal conditions to witness a rise in children's experience of abuse and neglect. Yet such a rise will be difficult to calculate given the drop in official mechanisms to track its incidence. The current investigation utilized two studies conducted early in the...
A growing body of literature demonstrates exclusionary discipline (e.g., suspension, expulsion) elevates the risk of arrest and incarceration. Even so, the bulk of research to date overlooks the in...
OBJECTIVE The present study examines the association between mild and moderate-to-severe household food insecurity and school readiness among a nationally representative sample of preschool-aged children. DESIGN Cross-sectional data pertaining to household availability of food as well as four domains of school readiness - early learning skills, self-regulation, social-emotional development, and physical health & motor development - were employed. SETTING The United States. PARTICIPANTS 15,402 ch...
OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence, type, and associations of parental and child adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in children presenting with burn injuries. METHODS Parents of burned children completed an ACE-18 survey, including questions on parent and child ACEs, needs, and resiliency. Demographics, burn injury, hospital course, and follow up data were collected. Family needs and burn outcomes of children with and without ACEs' exposure (NO ACE vs. 1-2 ACE vs ≥ 3 ACE) was analyzed. P < ...
#1Amy A. Hunter(UConn: University of Connecticut)H-Index: 3
#2Glenn Flores(UConn: University of Connecticut)H-Index: 61
Background Child maltreatment causes substantial numbers of injuries and deaths, but not enough is known about social determinants of health (SDH) as risk factors. The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review of the association of SDH with child maltreatment. Methods Five data sources (PubMed, Web of Science Core Collection, SCOPUS, JSTORE, and the Social Intervention Research and Evaluation Network Evidence Library) were searched for studies examining the following SDH: poverty, par...
Abstract Purpose The current study extends the literature on both Gottfredson and Hirschi's (1990) self-control theory and adolescent police stops by exploring the role of low self-control in the features and consequences of police stops among urban-born youth. Methods Data come from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS). Logistic, negative binomial, and ordinary least squares regression are utilized to analyze the data. Mediating hypotheses are examined using the Karlson-Holm-B...
Introduction Research has linked adverse childhood experiences to a host of negative health outcomes. The present study examines the link between individual and cumulative adverse childhood experience exposure and household food insecurity in a recent, nationally representative sample of children, and whether parent self-rated well-being attenuates these associations. Methods Data from the 2016 National Survey of children's Health were analyzed in 2018 (n=50,212). Information concerning children...
