# Assessing Changes in Child Maltreatment due to the Sacramento Neighborhood Alcohol Prevention Project

> **NIH NIH R01** · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $346,206

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
The current study examines the child maltreatment prevention capacity of a program aimed to reduce
alcohol use and related problems. Specifically, this project takes advantage of data from the Sacramento
Neighborhood Alcohol Prevention Project (SNAPP) conducted in early 2000's and analyzes them in
relation to changes in child maltreatment. Environmental prevention efforts that seek to reduce the supply
of alcohol have a history of targeting alcohol-related problems, such as assaults and traffic crashes, but
have not yet been studied in relation to child abuse and neglect. Yet, the role of alcohol use in the etiology
of abusive and neglectful parenting is significant.
The aims for the current study are:
Aim 1: Determine whether the SNAPP intervention and how dosage of its specific components reduced
overall and type specific (e.g., neglect, physical abuse) rates of child maltreatment (measured by referrals
for investigations, substantiated cases of maltreatment, and foster care entries) in study areas from 1998 to
2014;
Aim 2: Identify whether the SNAPP intervention as a whole and which components were more likely to
reduce alcohol-related child maltreatment (as measured by case plan objectives) in the intervention areas;
and
Aim 3: Investigate if changes in substantiations or foster care entries due to SNAPP are moderated by
parent age e. As SNAPP addressed issues of alcohol use and alcohol access among young adults aged 15-
29, we expect greater reductions in child maltreatment outcomes among this age group in the study areas
compared to those in the control area and older parents.
By examining the effectiveness of alcohol environmental prevention approaches on reducing child
maltreatment, we are expanding the possible reach of such intervention efforts. Such information will
allow us to determine if these intervention programs are even more cost effective than originally thought.
Examining the effects of dosage of the five SNAPP interventions on child maltreatment rates will allow
us to which components are more effective at reducing maltreatment.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9978664
- **Project number:** 5R01AA026850-03
- **Recipient organization:** OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Bridget J Freisthler
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $346,206
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-09-20 → 2022-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9978664

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9978664, Assessing Changes in Child Maltreatment due to the Sacramento Neighborhood Alcohol Prevention Project (5R01AA026850-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9978664. Licensed CC0.

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