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.
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Juby, Cindy Ph.D.
(2009)
"Substance Abuse Program Availability and Child Maltreatment,"
Contemporary Rural Social Work Journal: Vol. 1:
No.
1, Article 6.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.61611/2165-4611.1005
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/crsw/vol1/iss1/6