Public benefit programs and differential associations with child maltreatment by race and ethnicity

About The Study: The results of this study raise concerns that benefit programs may add relative advantages for white children compared with Black and Hispanic children and contribute to racial and ethnic disparities in child protective services investigations. States’ eligibility criteria and distribution practices should be examined to promote equitable effects on adverse child outcomes. 

Authors: Henry T. Puls, M.D., of Children’s Mercy Kansas City, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.5521)

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