The child welfare system as a social determinant of health
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12912906 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katherine Maldonado Fabela (0009-0009-1196-0772, University of California, Santa Barbara, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1751-9020 • E-ISSN: 1751-9020 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/soc4.13210 |
| OpenAlex | W4396765906 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 95 |
Research documents the ways that policing, incarceration, and deportation influence the health of racialized, poor families in the U.S. However, we lack empirical analysis of the ways that family policing through the child welfare system affects health. In this paper, I review the literature on intersectional harms in carceral institutions to argue that the child welfare system is a social determinant of health. First, I provide a review of the ways carceral institutions target women of color through settler‐colonial logic and the criminalization of race, poverty, and reproduction. Second, I share what is known about carceral effects on health and the mechanisms by which they function: 1. stigma, 2. maternal stressors, and 3. threat. Third, I delve into how these mechanisms manifest within the child welfare system and underscore the importance of examining their adverse health consequences. I conclude with a discussion where I call for more research on the child welfare system as a social determinant of health to understand abolitionist healthcare practices that contribute to dismantling the expanding carceral state. Collectively, these areas of literature illustrate the U.S. child welfare system's role in a broader criminalization process that detrimentally impacts the health of impoverished mothers of color
Criminal justice · Criminalization · Criminology · Economic growth · Economics · Health care · Mass incarceration · Political science · Poverty · Sociology · Welfare · Welfare system · Child Abuse and Trauma · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma
Reproductive Injustice
Doing Time Together
Death Without Weeping
Immigration as a Social Determinant of Health
Restrictive Immigration Law and Birth Outcomes of Immigrant Women
Child Protection and Child Outcomes
Neighborhoods and health
Abolition, Settler Colonialism, and the Persistent Threat of Indian Child Welfare
The Contemporary U.S. Child Welfare System(s)
Stick Together and Come Back Home
Policing the Womb
Reproducing Race
Punished
Concealment and Constraint
Stressor landscapes, birth weight, and prematurity at the intersection of race and income
In the Spirit of Struggle
Examining barriers to harm reduction and child welfare services for pregnant women and mothers who use substances using a stigma action framework
I felt for a long time like everything beautiful in me had been taken out”
Case outcomes of child welfare-involved families affected by domestic violence
Family Surveillance
Child Welfare Practice in Domestic Violence Cases in New York City
Racial/ethnic segregation and health disparities
Health Consequences of Laws and Public Policies That Target, or Protect, Marginalized Populations
Humane” Immigration Enforcement and Latina Immigrants in the Detention Complex
Every Day It Takes a Piece of You Away”
It is not a broken system, it is a system that needs to be broken
Mapping Coercive Violence
Mothers, Domestic Violence, and Child Protection
Race, Gender, and Poverty Governance
Power with and Power Over
The Impact of Mandatory Reporting Laws on Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
People just don't look at you the same way”
Stigma as a Fundamental Cause of Population Health Inequalities
Neighborhood Incarceration Rate and Asthma Prevalence in New York City
The Collateral Damage of Mass Incarceration
Mechanisms by Which Anti-Immigrant Stigma Exacerbates Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities
Impact of Arizona’s SB 1070 Immigration Law on Utilization of Health Care and Public Assistance Among Mexican-Origin Adolescent Mothers and Their Mother Figures
Birth outcomes for Arabic-named women in California before and after September 11
More Responsibilities, Less Control
Contextual Predictors of Cumulative Biological Risk
Get “With It”
Seeing the Window, Finding the Spider
Vicarious Experiences of Major Discrimination and Psychological Distress among Black Men and Women
In and Out of Crisis
How Do Families Experience and Interact with CPS
The Social Welfare Policy Landscape and Child Protective Services
Low-Income Black Mothers Parenting Adolescents in the Mass Incarceration Era
The impact of current and past interpersonal violence on women's mental health
Stigma power
Immigration policies and mental health morbidity among Latinos
Saving Children, Controlling Families
Getting Eyes in the Home
The Youth Control Complex
Racialized legal status as a social determinant of health
Social Conditions As Fundamental Causes of Disease
Intersectional Criminalization
Moving into Motherhood
Structural Intersectionality as a New Direction for Health Disparities Research
Legal Violence, Health, and Access to Care
Multiple Disadvantaged Statuses and Health
Conceptualizing Stigma
Motherwork Under the State
Trapped in a Maze
Legal Violence
Addressing Racial Disparities in Health Using Life Course Perspectives
Segregation and Stratification
Living a Deportation Threat
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |