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  • Child Welfare
  • Pediatric Health
  • Public Health Policy

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  • Child abuse and neglect result in approximately 2000 deaths annually.
  • Foster care aims to protect children but its impact on mortality is unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between foster care entry rates and child maltreatment mortality rates.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional analysis of US state-level administrative data from 2010-2023.
  • Examined 3.4 million foster care records and 24,108 child maltreatment fatalities.
  • Assessed state-year rates of foster care entry and child maltreatment deaths.

Main Results:

  • No negative association was found between foster care entry rates and child maltreatment mortality rates (β=0.17).
  • Higher foster care entry rates did not correlate with decreased child abuse fatalities.
  • Child maltreatment mortality rates did not decrease as foster care entry rates increased.

Conclusions:

  • The study suggests no significant negative association between foster care entry rates and child maltreatment mortality.
  • Findings indicate foster care entry rates do not appear to reduce child abuse and neglect deaths.
  • Further research is needed to understand effective interventions for child maltreatment mortality.