TY - JOUR PY - 2022// TI - Factors associated with child removal among American Indian and Alaska Native people in an alcohol intervention study JO - Child maltreatment A1 - Lyons, Abram J. A1 - Hirchak, Katherine A. A1 - Kordas, Gordon A1 - Herron, Jalene L. A1 - Jansen, Kelley A1 - Alcover, Karl C. A1 - Bergerson, Dustin A1 - Avey, Jaedon P. A1 - Shaw, Jennifer A1 - Roll, John A1 - Buchwald, Dedra A1 - McDonell, Michael G. SP - ePub EP - ePub VL - ePub IS - ePub N2 - 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.

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LA - en SN - 1077-5595 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10775595221134689 ID - ref1 ER -