BACKGROUND: Child maltreatment has been linked to multiple negative health outcomes
and many leading causes of death. Statewide population-based evaluations are needed to …

OBJECTIVE: To examine national, regional, and state abusive head trauma (AHT) trends
using child hospital discharge data by applying a new coding algorithm developed by the …

Background Health informatics projects combining statewide birth populations with child
welfare records have emerged as a valuable approach to conducting longitudinal research …

We examined preconception and prenatal predictors of time to first child protective services
(CPS) contact among Alaska children. Data were from the Alaska Longitudinal Child Abuse …

Background Serious physical abuse resulting in a traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been
implicated as an underreported cause of infant mortality. Nearly 80% of all abusive head …

Background The Alaska Native (AN) population has endured multiple historical traumatic
events. This population has poorer health outcomes on nearly all factors compared with …

Currently, little is known about patterns of co-occurring risk and protective factors among
young children. Understanding variations in co-occurring risk and protective factors among …

Study design A retrospective observational cohort study of infants born in the state of Alaska
from 1992 through 2005 was conducted. All infants in each birth year were followed until …

We conducted a population-based prospective cohort study to help elucidate the predictive
relationship between a maternal prebirth selfreported history of intimate partner violence …

OBJECTIVES: With this study, we seek to understand the relationship between prebirth
household challenges and the child's adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) score by age …