Using time-series analysis to evaluate the impact of policy initiatives in child welfare Export

@article{citeulike:3358486, abstract = {This paper discusses how a unique outcome evaluation approach was applied in the field of child welfare. This time-series approach was used to analyze the impact of Senate Bill 2669 (SB2669), commonly known as the Presely Bill, on child maltreatment reports. California's Presely Bill requires California's counties to identify and intervene in cases involving perinatal substance use or exposure. It also requires that cases not be reported as suspected abuse or neglect solely because of a positive toxicology screen. The paper describes the factors that influenced the researchers' decisions concerning the method of evaluation and the selection of outcome and exogenous measures. Recommendations are made that can be useful to stakeholders, including policy makers and social service administrators that would facilitate the implementation of evaluations of this sort. Some of the recommendations include designing social policy objectives which are justified on the basis of social science findings and developing useful and credible databases which provide uniform and detailed information about children's experiences in the child welfare system.}, author = {Albert, Vicky N.}, citeulike-article-id = {3358486}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V7V-42SGG75-1&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=825f2907f3124345da87993bd3aab79d}, journal = {Evaluation and Program Planning}, keywords = {abuse, aggregate, analysis, and, child, evaluation, initiatives, intervention, longitudinal, maltreatment, policy, substance, theory-driven, time-series, welfare}, month = {May}, number = {2}, pages = {109--117}, posted-at = {2008-09-30 14:25:14}, priority = {2}, title = {Using time-series analysis to evaluate the impact of policy initiatives in child welfare}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V7V-42SGG75-1&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=825f2907f3124345da87993bd3aab79d}, volume = {24}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3358486 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3358486 N2 - This paper discusses how a unique outcome evaluation approach was applied in the field of child welfare. This time-series approach was used to analyze the impact of Senate Bill 2669 (SB2669), commonly known as the Presely Bill, on child maltreatment reports. California's Presely Bill requires California's counties to identify and intervene in cases involving perinatal substance use or exposure. It also requires that cases not be reported as suspected abuse or neglect solely because of a positive toxicology screen. The paper describes the factors that influenced the researchers’ decisions concerning the method of evaluation and the selection of outcome and exogenous measures. Recommendations are made that can be useful to stakeholders, including policy makers and social service administrators that would facilitate the implementation of evaluations of this sort. Some of the recommendations include designing social policy objectives which are justified on the basis of social science findings and developing useful and credible databases which provide uniform and detailed information about children's experiences in the child welfare system. IS - 2 JF - Evaluation and Program Planning EP - 117 TI - Using time-series analysis to evaluate the impact of policy initiatives in child welfare VL - 24 SP - 109 KW - abuse KW - aggregate KW - analysis KW - and KW - child KW - evaluation KW - initiatives KW - intervention KW - longitudinal KW - maltreatment KW - policy KW - substance KW - theory-driven KW - time-series KW - welfare AU - Albert, Vicky PY - 2001/05// UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V7V-42SGG75-1&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=825f2907f3124345da87993bd3aab79d ER -