Income Inequality And Child Maltreatment Case Study

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Article #1 Eckenrode,J. Smith, E., McCarthy, M.& Dineen, M. ( February 10, 2014). Income Inequality and Child Maltreatment in the United States. This article examines how income inequalities at a county level are associated with child maltreatment. Child abuse and neglect continues to represent a public health issue in the United States. The Fourth National Incidence Study estimated nearly 3 million children were physical, sexually, neglected, or emotionally abused in one year (USDHHS, 2005-2006). The article stated children in low-income homes are three times more likely to be abused and seven times more likely to be neglected than higher income households (Eckenrod, McCarthy, Dineen,2014, pg 455). The study viewed income rates and correlated …show more content…

Temporary Aid to Needed Families and Supplemental Nutrition Program) if adequately administered. This study was conducted based on information derived between the years of 2005-2009 from the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data Center (NCANDS). US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) was the data source for the income inequalities during the five-year study period (2005-2009). 3,124 counties across the United States were included in the study taken from 7 states included Alaska, Louisiana, Nebraska, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, and Virginia. (Eckenrode, Smith, McCarthy & Dineen, …show more content…

When the inequalities have ignored the likelihood of despair and maltreatment increases. Based on this study, it is not the welfare legislation or intervention policies that are paramount, it is the commitment to equality through parenting and attachment in the early years. The article compared socioeconomic inequality to bullying between peers. “Social hierarchy’s” creates a vulnerable population (Pickett &Wilkerson, 2015). However, wealthy countries can “mitigate negativities” that come along with poverty by decreasing inequalities (Pickett & Wilkerson, 2015). The author offered six specific steps for mitigation. First steps included progressive taxes for inheritance, property, financial transactions, and the closing of loopholes, strengthen trade unions, eliminate low to wages, and increase gender/race equality issues. In conclusion, the author points towards inequality, as the greatest influence, on increases in the rates of child

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