Understanding overrepresentation of indigenous children in child welfare data: An application of the drake risk and bias models

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 170-182

  Cram, Fiona ^a   Gulliver, Pauline ^b   Ota, Rissa ^c   Wilson, Moira ^c  

^a Katoa Ltd   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Ministry of Social Development   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Child welfare services; Ethnic minority populations

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS HEALTH CARE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84939602267     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559515580392     Document Type: Article

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