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 specializes in using population-based linked administrative datasets and data science techniques 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). Rebecca is currently funded by a K01 award from the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control to study the relationship between social safety net accessibility and violence against children, which includes training in causal inference methods (K01-CE003548-01).
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
Public child welfare
System responses to child maltreatment
Epidemiology of violence against children
Data science and visualization
Principal Investigator
The impact of COVID-19 on child maltreatment-related medical encounters and system responses using linked administrative data” (1R21HD105907-01)
A multi-level examination of social safety net accessibility as a modifiable structural condition contributing to violence against children (K01-CE003548-01)
The Risk of Death and Serious Injury Study (RODIS).
Recent Publications
Rebbe, R., Reddy, J., Huang, J.S., Kuelbs, C.L., &Putnam-Hornstein, E. (2023). Counts and child protection reports of diagnosed child maltreatment before and after the COVID-19 pandemic onset. Child Abuse & Neglect, 146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106450
Rebbe, R., Reddy, J., Kuelbs, C.L., Huang, J., & Putnam-Hornstein, E. (2023). The impact of COVID-19 on infant maltreatment emergency department and inpatient medical encounters. Journal of Pediatrics, 262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113582
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., 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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