1. Addressing
Risk
Factors
for
Child
Abuse
Roma
Shah
Prevent
Child
Abuse
–
New
Jersey
Purpose
Significance
Methodology
Outcomes
Acknowledgements
• Determine
service
gaps
for
mental
health
and
substance
abuse
problem
in
home
visitaEon
programs
• Make
recommendaEons
for
improvement
• Home
visitaEon
has
been
ineffecEve
at
addressing
risk
factors
for
child
abuse
• Home
visitors
may
lack
adequate
training
to
address
these
issues
• Knowledge
about
other
programs
will
provide
insight
on
how
to
close
service
gaps
• Technical
assistance
can
be
strengthened
AKachment,
language
skills,
cogniEve
tasks,
behavior,
child
abuse
DomesEc
Violence
Mental
Health
Substance
Abuse
Research
Communicate
Analyze
Organize
Create
•
SAMSHA
Project
LAUNCH
•
Nurse-­‐Family
Partnership
•
Illinois
Children’s
Mental
Health
Partnership
Mental
Health
ConsultaEon
•
NAMI
Peer-­‐to-­‐Peer
•
Sister
Circles
•
CelebraEng
Families!
•
Saturday
Strollers
Peer
Support
Groups
Thank
you
to
Jessica
Nugent
and
the
staff
at
Prevent
Child
Abuse
–
New
Jersey.
Also,
thank
you
to
Ann
Marie
Hill
for
the
guidance
and
support
through
the
course
of
this
project.
The
current
state
of
New
Jersey
was
assessed
through
analysis
of
criEcal
incident
reports
from
2014.
CriEcal
incidents
were
coded
based
on
theme
and
region
of
occurrence.
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Central
North
Shore
South
Issues
in
NJ
Regions
Child
Abuse
Child
Death
Child
Neglect
DomesEc
Violence
Housing
Issues
Legal
Issues
Medical
Concern
Mental
Health
Substance
Abuse
Other
• Over
50%
mothers
enrolled
in
home
visiEng
were
idenEfied
as
needing
domesEc
violence,
mental
health,
and
substance
abuse
services
• Only
27%
of
these
mothers
successfully
referred
to
community
resources
Photo
Courtesy
of
Prevent
Child
Abuse
America