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The neglected ones: Time at home during COVID-19 and child maltreatment

Lindsey Rose Bullinger1, Kerri M Raissian2, Megan Feely3

  • 1School of Public Policy, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA 30332, United States.

Children and Youth Services Review
|November 29, 2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic

Area of Science:

  • Child Health and Well-being
  • Public Health
  • Sociology

Background:

  • The COVID-19 pandemic created significant social and economic disruptions, impacting child health.
  • Factors like isolation, job loss, and reduced access to services posed risks to children.
  • Understanding the pandemic's effect on child maltreatment is crucial for public health interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between intensive stay-at-home measures during COVID-19 and child maltreatment.
  • To analyze how mobility restrictions influenced child maltreatment reports and confirmed cases.
  • To identify specific demographic or geographic factors associated with changes in child maltreatment.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized early release child maltreatment reports from Indiana.
  • Integrated novel mobile phone movement data to quantify "stay-at-home" intensity.
  • Employed geospatial analysis to compare areas with varying levels of home confinement.

Main Results:

  • Overall, stay-at-home policies correlated with a reduction in child maltreatment reports.
  • However, areas with higher adherence to stay-at-home orders saw increased confirmed child maltreatment, especially neglect.
  • This increase was concentrated in metropolitan counties, suggesting a complex interplay of risk and service access.

Conclusions:

  • Intensive stay-at-home mandates during COVID-19 had paradoxical effects on child maltreatment.
  • Metropolitan areas experienced a rise in confirmed maltreatment, particularly neglect, despite overall report reductions.
  • Families require ongoing support as the pandemic's long-term consequences unfold.

Keywords:
COVID-19Child abuse and neglectStay-at-home orders

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