Exploring alternate specifications to explain agency-level effects in placement decisions regarding aboriginal children: Further analysis of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect Part B

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-76

  Chabot, Martin ^a   Fallon, Barbara ^b   Tonmyr, Lil ^c   MacLaurin, Bruce ^d   Fluke, John ^e   Blackstock, Cindy ^f,g  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Child maltreatment; Child protection; Child welfare; Disproportionality; Over representation; Placement in out of home care

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD WELFARE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLACEMENT IN OUT OF HOME CARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84873719224     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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