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Unpacking Race, Culture, and Class in Rural Alaska: Native and Non-Native Multidisciplinary Professionals' Perceptions of Child Sexual Abuse
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Bubar, Roe; Bundy-Fazioli, Kimberly – Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 2011
The purpose of this study was to unpack notions of class, culture, and race as they relate to multidisciplinary team (MDT) professionals and their perceptions of prevalence in child sexual abuse cases in Native and non-Native rural Alaska communities. Power and privilege within professional settings is significant for all social work professionals…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Rural Areas, Social Work
Examining Maternal Depression and Attachment Insecurity as Moderators of the Impacts of Home Visiting for At-Risk Mothers and Infants
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Duggan, Anne K.; Berlin, Lisa J.; Cassidy, Jude; Burrell, Lori; Tandon, S. Darius – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2009
Home visiting programs for at-risk mothers and their infants have proliferated nationally in recent years, yet experimental studies of home visiting have yielded mixed findings. One promising strategy for explicating the effects of early home visiting is to examine moderators of program impacts. This study assessed the roles of maternal depression…
Descriptors: Community Services, Home Visits, At Risk Persons, Mothers
Infant Maltreatment-Related Mortality in Alaska: Correcting the Count and Using Birth Certificates to Predict Mortality
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Parrish, Jared W.; Gessner, Bradford D. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2010
Objectives: To accurately count the number of infant maltreatment-related fatalities and to use information from the birth certificates to predict infant maltreatment-related deaths. Methods: A population-based retrospective cohort study of infants born in Alaska for the years 1992 through 2005 was conducted. Risk factor variables were ascertained…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Public Health, Mortality Rate, Infant Mortality
The Effect of Alaska's Home Visitation Program for High-Risk Families on Trends in Abuse and Neglect
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Gessner, Bradford D. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2008
Objectives: At 6 sites serving 21 communities, Alaska implemented Healthy Families Alaska, a home visitation program using paraprofessionals designed to decrease child abuse and neglect. The primary study objective was to compare changes over time in Child Protective Services outcomes by Healthy Families Alaska enrollment status. Methods:…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Child Abuse, Home Visits, Program Effectiveness
Impact of a Statewide Home Visiting Program to Prevent Child Abuse
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Duggan, Anne; Caldera, Debra; Rodriguez, Kira; Burrell, Lori; Rohde, Charles; Crowne, Sarah Shea – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2007
Objectives: To assess the impact of a voluntary, paraprofessional home visiting program in preventing child maltreatment and reducing the multiple, malleable psychosocial risks for maltreatment for which families had been targeted. Methods: This collaborative, experimental study focused on 6 Healthy Families Alaska (HFAK) programs; 325 families…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Risk, Mothers, Home Visits
The Incidence of Infant Physical Abuse in Alaska
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Gessner, Bradford D.; Moore, Martha; Hamilton, Bernita; Muth, Pam T. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2004
Objectives: To determine the incidence of and risk factors associated with infant (less than 1 year of age) physical abuse in Alaska. Methods: A population-based retrospective cohort study for the 1994-2000 resident birth cohort was conducted by linking data from birth certificates, Child Protective Services, a statewide hospital-based trauma…
Descriptors: Infants, Child Abuse, Risk, Injuries
Healthy Families.
Powell, Jeff – Family Health Dataline, 1997
Healthy Families Alaska is a program that identifies families at risk of having children with poor health outcomes and provides intensive paraprofessional home visitation services specific to individual family needs and culturally relevant to Native families. Program goals, elements of effective home visitations, enrollment procedures, service…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, At Risk Persons, Case Studies, Child Abuse