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Message ID: 11233
Date: 2023-06-24

Author:Andres Arroyo

Subject:NDACAN Updata Newsletter, Summer 2023 (Vol. 62)

THE NDACAN UPDATA Summer 2023 (Vol. 62) The NDACAN Updata is your source for important Archive announcements. SUMMER TRAINING SERIES 2023 NDACAN's Summer Training Series (STS) is focused on secondary data analysis support for research using our data products. The 2023 STS will provide practical and applied training on data management and analysis strategies. Registration is required to attend but the sessions are free. Summer Training Series 2023 Schedule Wednesdays from 12PM – 1pm (Eastern Time) * July 5 - Introduction to NDACAN and the Administrative Data Series * Presenter: Sarah Sernaker with an introduction from Tammy White, Children's Bureau * July 12 - New Data Acquisition: CCOULD Data * Presenters: Ben Allaire, RTI * July 19 - Causal Inference Using Administrative Data * Presenter: Garrett Baker * July 26 - Evaluating and Dealing with Missing Data in R * Presenter: Frank Edwards * August 2 - Time Series Analysis in Stata * Presenter: Alexander Roehrkasse * August 9 - Data Visualization in R * Presenter: Sarah Sernaker Registration Link: https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/9316745175759/WN_71s4SBCfR_WDLCC1-mfuQQ CALL FOR DATA USERS TO SEND CITATIONS NDACAN maintains a reference list of scholarly work produced using Archive data. You can access the Child Abuse and Neglect Digital Library (canDL) directly or from our canDL Bibliography information page. Please visit the canDL to check if your publications that use Archive data are listed, and contact us if you have references to add (NDACANsupport@cornell.edu ). When submitting citations, please be sure to include the DOI link. Featured Publications: * Adoption and Foster Care Reporting System (AFCARS) Francis, A. M., Hall, W. J., Ansong, D., Lanier, P., Albritton, T. J., & McMillan, A. (2023). Examining foster care outcomes for American Indian children in the context of the Indian Child Welfare Act. Child Maltreatment, 28(3), 527–538. https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595231175649 * Adoption and Foster Care Reporting System (AFCARS) Cho, M., Harlin, E., Ihm, J., & Lee, C. H. (2023). Event history analysis on racial disparities in the path to adoption for Black and White children. Child Abuse & Neglect, 141,106231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106231. * Adoption and Foster Care Reporting System (AFCARS) and National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) LaBrenz, C. A., Sieger, M. L., Choi, M., Harrell, D. R., Findley, E., Robinson, E. D., & Baiden P. (2023) Family support services and reunification across diverse racial/ethnic groups: A survival analysis utilizing administrative child welfare data. Children and Youth Services Review, 150, 107024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107024. Follow us on Twitter for notifications about publications created from NDACAN data. Researchers who publish articles based upon NDACAN data are encouraged to tag us @NDACAN_CU and include a clickable DOI link to the article with the hashtag of the dataset abbreviation and/or number which was used for the study (e.g. #NCANDS, #NYTD, #DS223, etc.). FORTHCOMING DATASETS * Dataset #273 National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being III (NSCAW III) * Dataset #262 Florida Study of Professionals for Safe Families (FSPSF) * Dataset #219 LONGSCAN Young Adult/NIDA Data * Dataset #TBD Integrated Foster Care Time Series * Dataset #TBD Children's Bureau Statistical Series (CBSS) * Dataset #TBD National Center for Social Statistics (NCSS) STAY CONNECTED TO #NDACAN For the latest updates on NDACAN activities, make sure to follow us on Twitter @NDACAN_CU . NDACAN curates its Twitter content to highlight the availability and research potential of NDACAN data holdings, trainings, and user support services for child welfare researchers. You are encouraged to follow our feed and tweet your publications or presentations at @NDACAN_CU to share the various ways that NDACAN is advancing the field of child welfare research. CALL FOR DATASETS Research has demonstrated an increased citation rate for publications whose investigators share data. Depositing your data with NDACAN can facilitate long-term preservation and provide researchers access to your data for secondary analysis. The Archive is seeking quantitative datasets to add to our collection. Please contact us (NDACANsupport@cornell.edu ) if you have data or know of data that would benefit researchers, or check out the Contribute Data page of our website. Are you a member of our Child Maltreatment Research List Serve (CMRL)? The Archive moderates an e-mail list for discussions of research issues relevant to child abuse and neglect. To subscribe or to alter your subscription, visit our CMRL page. NDACAN Updata Newsletter Subscription Preferences NDACAN sends The NDACAN Updata e-newsletter to the CMRL membership, to our general mailings list, and to all active users of Archive datasets. If you would like to stop receiving general mailings, but still want updates about datasets that you're using, please email us using this link . If you would like to stop receiving general mailings and no longer use any datasets, please email us using this link . NDACAN is a joint project of Duke University and Cornell University . The National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect is a service of the Children's Bureau | Administration for Children and Families | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

THE NDACAN UPDATA Summer 2023 (Vol. 62) The NDACAN Updata is your source for important Archive announcements. SUMMER TRAINING SERIES 2023 NDACAN's Summer Training Series (STS) is focused on secondary data analysis support for research using our data products. The 2023 STS will provide practical and applied training on data management and analysis strategies. Registration is required to attend but the sessions are free. Summer Training Series 2023 Schedule Wednesdays from 12PM – 1pm (Eastern Time) * July 5 - Introduction to NDACAN and the Administrative Data Series * Presenter: Sarah Sernaker with an introduction from Tammy White, Children's Bureau * July 12 - New Data Acquisition: CCOULD Data * Presenters: Ben Allaire, RTI * July 19 - Causal Inference Using Administrative Data * Presenter: Garrett Baker * July 26 - Evaluating and Dealing with Missing Data in R * Presenter: Frank Edwards * August 2 - Time Series Analysis in Stata * Presenter: Alexander Roehrkasse * August 9 - Data Visualization in R * Presenter: Sarah Sernaker Registration Link: https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/9316745175759/WN_71s4SBCfR_WDLCC1-mfuQQ CALL FOR DATA USERS TO SEND CITATIONS NDACAN maintains a reference list of scholarly work produced using Archive data. You can access the Child Abuse and Neglect Digital Library (canDL) directly or from our canDL Bibliography information page. Please visit the canDL to check if your publications that use Archive data are listed, and contact us if you have references to add (NDACANsupportcornell.edu ). When submitting citations, please be sure to include the DOI link. Featured Publications: * Adoption and Foster Care Reporting System (AFCARS) Francis, A. M., Hall, W. J., Ansong, D., Lanier, P., Albritton, T. J., & McMillan, A. (2023). Examining foster care outcomes for American Indian children in the context of the Indian Child Welfare Act. Child Maltreatment, 28(3), 527–538. https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595231175649 * Adoption and Foster Care Reporting System (AFCARS) Cho, M., Harlin, E., Ihm, J., & Lee, C. H. (2023). Event history analysis on racial disparities in the path to adoption for Black and White children. Child Abuse & Neglect, 141,106231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106231. * Adoption and Foster Care Reporting System (AFCARS) and National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) LaBrenz, C. A., Sieger, M. L., Choi, M., Harrell, D. R., Findley, E., Robinson, E. D., & Baiden P. (2023) Family support services and reunification across diverse racial/ethnic groups: A survival analysis utilizing administrative child welfare data. Children and Youth Services Review, 150, 107024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107024. Follow us on Twitter for notifications about publications created from NDACAN data. Researchers who publish articles based upon NDACAN data are encouraged to tag us NDACAN_CU and include a clickable DOI link to the article with the hashtag of the dataset abbreviation and/or number which was used for the study (e.g. #NCANDS, #NYTD, #DS223, etc.). FORTHCOMING DATASETS * Dataset #273 National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being III (NSCAW III) * Dataset #262 Florida Study of Professionals for Safe Families (FSPSF) * Dataset #219 LONGSCAN Young Adult/NIDA Data * Dataset #TBD Integrated Foster Care Time Series * Dataset #TBD Children's Bureau Statistical Series (CBSS) * Dataset #TBD National Center for Social Statistics (NCSS) STAY CONNECTED TO #NDACAN For the latest updates on NDACAN activities, make sure to follow us on Twitter NDACAN_CU . NDACAN curates its Twitter content to highlight the availability and research potential of NDACAN data holdings, trainings, and user support services for child welfare researchers. You are encouraged to follow our feed and tweet your publications or presentations at NDACAN_CU to share the various ways that NDACAN is advancing the field of child welfare research. CALL FOR DATASETS Research has demonstrated an increased citation rate for publications whose investigators share data. Depositing your data with NDACAN can facilitate long-term preservation and provide researchers access to your data for secondary analysis. The Archive is seeking quantitative datasets to add to our collection. Please contact us (NDACANsupportcornell.edu ) if you have data or know of data that would benefit researchers, or check out the Contribute Data page of our website. Are you a member of our Child Maltreatment Research List Serve (CMRL)? The Archive moderates an e-mail list for discussions of research issues relevant to child abuse and neglect. To subscribe or to alter your subscription, visit our CMRL page. NDACAN Updata Newsletter Subscription Preferences NDACAN sends The NDACAN Updata e-newsletter to the CMRL membership, to our general mailings list, and to all active users of Archive datasets. If you would like to stop receiving general mailings, but still want updates about datasets that you're using, please email us using this link . If you would like to stop receiving general mailings and no longer use any datasets, please email us using this link . NDACAN is a joint project of Duke University and Cornell University . The National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect is a service of the Children's Bureau | Administration for Children and Families | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services