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Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect
Research
The Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect's research programs examine a range of issues that affect abused and neglected children. One major focus is on the development of clinical trials for youth in foster care. The Center has implemented a study of infants who enter foster care to examine factors that affect developmental and mental health outcomes as well as access to health and developmental services. The Center has also implemented an intensive home-based intervention for the infants and their families to test if it can improve their developmental and mental health outcomes. Another project is conducting secondary data analyses to support the development of an intervention trial to improve mental health outcomes for preteens who enter foster care.
Another area of research examines a number of policy-relevant factors that influence access to services and behavioral health and child welfare outcomes for children in the child welfare system. One study is examining the influence of Medicaid mental health capitation on access to and the costs of services for children receiving publicly funded mental health and child welfare services.
Other studies examine the influence of kinship (relative) care versus foster care on access to services; outcomes of youth who enter out-of-home placement; long-term outcomes for adults who were previously in out-of-home placement; outcomes for children who return home or remain in out-of-home placement; physical abuse injuries; and infant emotional development.
Dr. Clyman’s research interests include pediatric psychiatry and child maltreatment.
Dr. Sirotnak's research interests focus on the etiology and identification of child physical abuse injuries and child abuse educational interventions for professionals.
Dr. Taussig's research interests are in the field of child abuse and neglect and foster care, with an emphasis on randomized controlled trials of interventions.
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