title: Maternal Intimate Partner Violence Victimization Before and During Pregnancy and Postbirth Child Welfare Contact: A Population-Based Assessment.
abstract: We conducted a population-based prospective cohort study to help elucidate the predictive relationship between a maternal prebirth self-reported history of intimate partner violence (IPV) and any postbirth reported allegation to Child Protective Services (CPS) by age 2. We linked data from the 2009-2010 Alaska Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System with CPS data through 2012. Among this cohort, we found that 8.0%w self-reported experiencing IPV 12 months prior or during pregnancy, and 8.0%w of the offspring experienced at least one CPS report of alleged maltreatment during the study period. The predictive relationship varied by maternal educational attainment. Among mothers with 12+ years education completed, the odds of a CPS report were 3.9 times compared to those with no IPV, while among mothers with <12 years education completed, no association was noted. These results suggest that for a subset of Alaskan families, maternal history of IPV is a strong independent predictor of future CPS contact.
authors.affiliation: Alaska Division of Public Health, Section of Women's, Children's, and Family Health, MCH Epidemiology Unit, Anchorage, AK, USA University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Injury Prevention Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, USA jared.parrish@alaska.gov.
authors.forename: Jared W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Parrish
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina School of Social Work, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lanier
authors.affiliation: Alaska Division of Public Health, Section of Women's, Children's, and Family Health, MCH Epidemiology Unit, Anchorage, AK, USA.
authors.forename: Abigail
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Newby-Kew
authors.affiliation: Alaska Child Trauma Center, Anchorage Community Mental Health Services, Anchorage, AK, USA.
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arvidson
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Injury Prevention Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Meghan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shanahan
mesh_terms: D002669:Child Welfare / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008429:Maternal Welfare / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: attachment; child maltreatment; interpersonal relationships; longitudinal research; missing data; partner violence