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Substance Abuse Program Availability and Child Maltreatment

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Contemporary Rural Social Work Journal

Volume

1

Issue

1

First Page

1

Last Page

15

Abstract

The objective of this study was to examine the relationships between substance abuse treatment availability, drug and DUI arrests, and child maltreatment across metropolitan, nonmetropolitan/adjacent, and nonmetropolitan/nonadjacent counties in Iowa. County-level data from Iowa between 2002 and 2005 were analyzed for associations between the selected variables. Regression and a path model were the methods of analysis and minority and poverty status were included in the design as control variables. The results revealed that counties with further proximity from metropolitan areas, those with increased drug arrest rates, and those with the highest poverty rates had positive and significant impacts on child maltreatment rates.

Department

Department of Social Work

Original Publication Date

1-1-2009

DOI of published version

10.61611/2165-4611.1005

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