Factors associated with child removal among American Indian and Alaska native people in an alcohol intervention study

This study was a secondary data analysis of factors associated with alcohol-related child removal among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) adults enrolled in a clinical trial of an alcohol intervention. Among 326 parent participants, 40% reported ever having a child removed from their care in par...

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Authors: Lyons, Abram J. (Author) ; Hirchak, Katherine A. (Author) ; Kordas, Gordon (Author) ; Herron, Jalene L. (Author) ; Jansen, Kelley (Author) ; Alcover, Karl C. (Author) ; Bergerson, Dustin (Author) ; Avey, Jaedon P. (Author) ; Shaw, Jennifer (Author) ; Roll, John (Author) ; Buchwald, Dedra (Author) ; McDonell, Michael G. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Child maltreatment
Year: 2023, Volume: 28, Issue: 4, Pages: 599-607
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Keywords:
cultural/ethnic issues
ethnic minority populations
Treatment
Trauma
parents/adults
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Summary:This study was a secondary data analysis of factors associated with alcohol-related child removal among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) adults enrolled in a clinical trial of an alcohol intervention. Among 326 parent participants, 40% reported ever having a child removed from their care in part because of the parent’s alcohol use, defined here as alcohol-related child removal. Seventy-five percent of parents reported at least one separation during their own childhood (M = 1.3, SD = 1.0). In a multivariable analysis, alcohol-related child removal was associated with parental boarding school attendance. No relationship was found between alcohol-related child removal and alcohol intervention outcomes. Results may provide evidence of multigenerational child removal impacts of boarding schools on AI/AN adults receiving an alcohol use disorder intervention. Assessment of parental history of child removal by practitioners, strategies to prevent alcohol-related separation and to support reunification should be integrated into addiction treatment in AI/AN communities.
ISSN:1552-6119
DOI:10.1177/10775595221134689