title: Paid family leave's effect on hospital admissions for pediatric abusive head trauma.
abstract: Paediatric abusive head trauma (AHT) is a leading cause of fatal child maltreatment among young children. Current prevention efforts have not been consistently effective. Policies such as paid parental leave could potentially prevent AHT, given its impacts on risk factors for child maltreatment. To explore associations between California's 2004 paid family leave (PFL) policy and hospital admissions for AHT, we used difference-in-difference analyses of 1995-2011 US state-level data before and after the policy in California and seven comparison states. Compared with seven states with no PFL policies, California's 2004 PFL showed a significant decrease in AHT admissions in both <1 and <2-year-olds. Analyses using additional data years and comparators could yield different results.
authors: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors: Joanne
authors: J
authors: Klevens
authors: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors: Feijun
authors: F
authors: Luo
authors: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors: Likang
authors: L
authors: Xu
authors: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors: Cora
authors: C
authors: Peterson
authors: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors: Natasha E
authors: NE
authors: Latzman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002140:California; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D016524:Parental Leave / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D011050:Policy Making; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology