Paternal Risks and Child Maltreatment Prevention
This research project focuses on examining fathers' individual and contextual risks of child abuse and neglect and engaging fathers in safe and positive ways to prevent child maltreatment. A new study in this area includes using data from the Building Strong Families project, which includes a large and racially diverse sample of mothers and fathers from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds, to examine whether poverty and its sequelae are key risk factors of fathers' risk of maltreating their children as proposed by the Family Stress Model. Additionally related studies and publications in this area include:
- Yoon, S., Lee, J. Y., Ploss, A., Benavides, L., & Kirsch, J. (2023). Engaging fathers in child welfare programs and services. In R. W. Denby & C. Ingram (Eds.). Child and Family-Serving Systems: A Compendium of Policy and Practice. Volume II: Approaches to Child and Family Protection: Core Opportunities and Challenges in Child- and Family-Serving Systems. Child Welfare League of America.
- Maguire-Jack, K., Hardi, F., Stormer, B., Lee, J. Y., Feely, M., Klika, B., Rostad, W., Ford, D., Merrick, M., & Murphy, C. (2022). Early childhood education and care policies in the United States and their impact on family violence. Children and Youth Services Review, 144, 106653. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106653
- Pace, G. T., Lee, J. Y., Schneider, W., & Klika, J. B. (2022). Supporting fathers to prevent child maltreatment: How paid family leave and child care subsidies are part of a public health approach. International Journal on Child Maltreatment. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42448-022-00124-x
- Klika, J. B., Lee, S., & Lee, J. Y. (2019). Prevention of child maltreatment. In J. B. Klika & J. R. Conte (Eds.), The APSAC Handbook on Child Maltreatment, Fourth Edition (pp. 235-251). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.