Foster Care and Child Maltreatment Mortality Rates in the US
In this cross-sectional study, child maltreatment mortality rates did not appear to decrease with higher foster care entry rates or increase with decreasing foster care entry rates. This evidence suggests that there is not a negative association between child maltreatment mortality rates and foster care entry rates.
Authors
- Frank Edwards (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3151-3194)
- Robert Apel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6235-2333)
- Kelley Fong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9662-6347)
Institutions
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- University Hospital, Newark (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2025-12-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.51677
- Primary Topic
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00