Dataset Details
State Child Welfare (SCW) Data Linkages Descriptive Study
Dataset Number: 287
Investigator(s)
Bradley, M. C., Lee, J., Page, J., Strelevitz, T., & Sutton-Heisey, R.
Abstract
The State Child Welfare Data Linkages (SCW) Descriptive Study aims to provide novel information regarding connected (linked or integrated) state data that may be leveraged to improve the ongoing and accurate surveillance of child maltreatment incidence and related risk. The study examined the extent to which child welfare agencies in 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, DC connected administrative data on child maltreatment to other data sources and aimed to learn more about agency practices related to sharing and connecting data.
The SCW Descriptive Study explored the following research questions:
- What are the characteristics of states’ data systems of record?
- What states have connected data and how are those data used?
- What data sources are being connected, and what are the characteristics of the connected data?
- How do states link, manage, and govern their connected data?
- What are states’ plans for connected data and how are they building capacity?
Bibliographic Citation
Bradley, M. C., Lee, J., Page, J., Strelevitz, T., & Sutton-Heisey, R. (2024). State Child Welfare (SCW) Data Linkages Descriptive Study [Data set]. National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN). Https://doi.org/10.34681/ZYZJ-3X67
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