TRCNC Third Annual Meeting

 September 10-11, 2009

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

The Vineyard Room of the Davidson Conference Center

Meeting Topic: 

Enhancing the Validity of Research on Neglect with Ethnically and Culturally Diverse Populations

Host: 

Penelope Trickett, Ph.D.

   2009 Program

   TRCNC 2009 Young Scholar Awardees  

Child neglect occurs across all socioeconomic groups and families, neighborhoods, and cultural environments.  The serious impact of neglect on physical and mental health has been particularly documented in high poverty and urban areas. However, research on child neglect with socially and culturally diverse populations remains an area of opportunity for new research models for risk, prevention, and intervention.  The emerging population trends for children in America also suggest that many recent immigrants to the U.S. may benefit from validated research which is sensitive to social and cultural issues.   The agencies charged with providing services to neglected children and their families have caseloads reflecting this diversity and there are exciting prospects for scientific research on child neglect.  The 2009 TRCNC meeting focused on child neglect research that has addressed some of these issues with diverse samples in various contexts.

The keynote speaker was Jill E. Korbin, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Professor of Anthropology, Director of the Schubert Center for Child Studies, and Co-Director of the Childhood Studies Program at Case Western Reserve University.  Dr. Korbin is a cultural anthropologist who has conducted research on cultural factors and on neighborhood conditions related to child abuse and neglect.  Other invited speakers included Gail Wyatt from University of California at Los Angeles and Brenda Jones Harden from the University of Maryland.   Presentations were also made by members of the Translational Research on Child Neglect Consortium on the role of race, ethnicity, and culture in relation to child neglect.

For photos from the 2009 TRCNC Conference,  Click Here.

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Funding for the Translational Research on Child Neglect Consortium conference is made possible (in part) by Grant # R13 MH07586 from National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, DHHS; with co-funding from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, DHHS, The National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, DHHS, and the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, NIH, DHHS and from the City University of New York doctoral programs in Criminal Justice and Psychology.  The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention by trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.