A framework of high-stakes algorithmic decision-making for the public sector developed through a case study of child-welfare

D Saxena, K Badillo-Urquiola, PJ Wisniewski… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Algorithms have permeated throughout civil government and society, where they are being
used to make high-stakes decisions about human lives. In this paper, we first develop a …

A human-centered review of algorithms used within the US child welfare system

D Saxena, K Badillo-Urquiola, PJ Wisniewski… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
The US Child Welfare System (CWS) is charged with improving outcomes for foster youth;
yet, they are overburdened and underfunded. To overcome this limitation, several states …

Algorithmic harms in child welfare: Uncertainties in practice, organization, and street-level decision-making

D Saxena, S Guha - ACM Journal on Responsible Computing, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Algorithms in public services such as child welfare, criminal justice, and education are
increasingly being used to make high-stakes decisions about human lives. Drawing upon …

[HTML][HTML] Child abuse and neglect

D Gonzalez, JD McCall - 2017 - europepmc.org
Objectives: Identify the etiology of child abuse and neglect. Review the presentation of a
child with abuse and neglect. Outline the treatment and management options child abuse …

Agent-based simulation and child protection systems: Rationale, implementation, and verification

F Wulczyn, C Kaligotla, J Hummel, A Wagner… - Child abuse & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background and objective Simulation models are an important tool used in health care and
other disciplines to support operational research and decision-making. In the child …

[HTML][HTML] Considering the child welfare system burden from opioid misuse: research priorities for estimating public costs

DM Crowley, CM Connell, D Jones… - The American journal of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The negative impact of opioids on those who misuse them has been widely documented.
Despite significant spillover effects in the form of elevated rates of child maltreatment and …

Comparing outcomes of children and youth with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) in the child welfare system to those in other living situations in Canada …

J Burns, DE Badry, KD Harding… - Child: care, health …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aims The current study aimed to explore differences in adverse outcomes between youth
and adolescents with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) living in child welfare care (ie …

Conducting participatory design to improve algorithms in public services: Lessons and challenges

D Saxena, S Guha - Companion Publication of the 2020 Conference on …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Government agencies are increasingly looking towards algorithmic decision-making
systems as a means to reduce costs and optimize processes. However, these algorithms are …

Promoting children's mental, emotional, and behavioral (MEB) health in all public systems, post-COVID-19

KE Hoagwood, W Gardner, KJ Kelleher - … and Policy in Mental Health and …, 2021 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates the mental, emotional, and behavioral (MEB) health
problems of children and adolescents in the United States (US). A collective and …

[HTML][HTML] New York State child abuse, maltreatment, and neglect

MB Rizvi, GP Conners, J Rabiner - 2020 - europepmc.org
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