Using administrative data to assess child safety in out-of-home care.
This article describes efforts to produce useful safety measures from administrative data. A measure similar to that proposed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is presented and compared to a measure that takes into account the length of time children are in placement. These measures are also reported for out-of-home care placement types. The challenges posed in constructing such measures from extant data are discussed.
Garnier
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Children and Family Research Center, School of Social Work, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA.
Poertner
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D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002655:Child Custody / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003625:Data Collection; D019992:Databases as Topic; D006078:Government Programs / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois / Q000453:epidemiology; D019221:Mandatory Reporting; D012449:Safety / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012947:Social Work / Q000592:standards*; D013997:Time Factors