Rebecca Rebbe is an assistant professor in the UNC School of Social Work. Rebecca’s research examines the measurement of and community responses to child maltreatment. Her research is informed by 7 years of post-MSW practice working with families involved with child welfare systems, in both the public and private sectors.
Rebecca has training using demographic methods and specializes in using population-based linked administrative datasets to better understand child maltreatment. She is the principal investigator of the NICHD-funded research project “The impact of COVID-19 on child maltreatment-related medical encounters and system responses using linked administrative data” (1R21HD105907-01).
Her work has been published in academic journals, such as The New England Journal of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Child Maltreatment.
Degrees and Licenses
Ph.D., University of Washington
MSW, Boston College
EdM, Harvard University
BA, University of Portland
Primary Program
Research, MSW Education
Research and Professional Interests
Child abuse and neglect
Child welfare
Child protection systems
Administrative Data
Child Injuries
Co-Investigator
Population-based administrative data to understand child maltreatment and the pandemic – The Risk of Death and Serious Injury Study (RODIS).
Other Projects
The impact of COVID-19 on child maltreatment-related medical encounters and system responses using linked administrative data” (1R21HD105907-01)
Recent Publications
Rebbe, R., Sattler, K. M., & Mienko, J. A. (2022). The association of race, ethnicity, and poverty with child maltreatment reporting. Pediatrics, 150(2), e2021053346. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2021-053346
Rebbe, R., Mienko, J.A., & Martinson, M.L. (2022). Reports and removals of child maltreatment-related hospitalizations: A population-based study. Child Maltreatment, 27(2), 235-245. doi.org/10.1177/10777559520984549
Rebbe, R., Lyons, V.H., Webster, D., & Putnam-Hornstein, E. (2021). Domestic violence alleged in child maltreatment reports during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Family Violence. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-021-00344-8
Rebbe, R., Eastman, A.E., Adhia, A., Foust, R., & Putnam-Hornstein, E. (2021). Co-reporting of child maltreatment and intimate partner violence: The likelihood of substantiations and foster care placements. Child Maltreatment, 26(4), 431-440. doi.org/10.1177/10775595211007205
Rebbe, R., (2018). What is neglect? State legal definitions in the United States. Child Maltreatment. 23(3), 303-315. doi.org/10.1177/1077559518767337
Courses
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Evaluation of Social Interventions
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