Placement decisions and disparities among Aboriginal children: Further analysis of the Canadian incidence study of reported child abuse and neglect part A: Comparisons of the 1998 and 2003 surveys

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-60

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c American Humane Association   (United States)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^g PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Child welfare; Decision making; Disproportionality; Overrepresentation; Placement

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD WELFARE; DECISION MAKING; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUT OF HOME PLACEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; 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;

EID: 84873728560     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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