Adverse childhood experiences and their relationship to complex health profiles among child welfare-involved children: A classification and regression tree analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify the clustering of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) that best characterize child welfare-involved children with known complex health concerns.

Data source

Multi-informant data were obtained from Wave I of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW II).

Study design

This study used a cross-sectional design and classification and regression tree (CART) analyses.

Data collection

Data were collected from families with children, aged birth to 17, investigated for child maltreatment and their child protective services caseworkers, including demographic characteristics of the children, their histories of adversity, and a wide range of health concerns.

Principal findings

Results indicate that for children between the a

SUBMITTER: Brown SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6606552 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature