Background

Poverty is associated with greater risk for child maltreatment. Understanding the impact of anti-poverty strategies in the United States has been the subject of many research studies, but to date there has been no comprehensive review of research on the relationship of economic supports for working parents to child maltreatment.

Objectives

Following PRISMA standards, we examine the existing literature on four key economic support programs in the United States and their relation to child maltreatment: Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), child care subsidies, and Earned Income Tax Credit.

Sources of evidence

We review studies published between 1996 and 2020 through searches of Web of Science, Academic Search Complete, and JSTOR. We used Google Scholar to conduct backward and forward searches of citations.

Results

We find evidence that these four programs may provide some preventive benefits against child maltreatment, although the limited evidence on SNAP is unclear. The overall take-up of benefits ranges considerably across the four programs, hindering their potential beneficial impacts.

Conclusions

Investments in economic supports for parents may significantly reduce child maltreatment.

中文翻译：

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对在职父母的经济支持的范围审查：TANF、儿童保育补贴、SNAP 和 EITC 与虐待儿童的关系

背景

贫困与更大的虐待儿童风险有关。了解反贫困战略在美国的影响一直是许多研究的主题，但迄今为止，还没有对工作父母的经济支持与虐待儿童之间关系的研究进行全面审查。

目标

遵循 PRISMA 标准，我们研究了关于美国四个关键经济支持计划及其与虐待儿童的关系的现有文献：对贫困家庭的临时援助、补充营养援助计划 (SNAP)、儿童保育补贴和收入所得税抵免。

证据来源

我们通过搜索 Web of Science、Academic Search Complete 和 JSTOR 来回顾 1996 年至 2020 年间发表的研究。我们使用 Google Scholar 对引文进行前后搜索。

结果

我们发现证据表明，这四个项目可能会为防止虐待儿童提供一些预防益处，尽管关于 SNAP 的有限证据尚不清楚。四个计划的总体受益情况差别很大，阻碍了其潜在的有益影响。

结论

为父母提供经济支持的投资可能会大大减少虐待儿童的情况。