@article{ref1,
title="Vulnerability within families headed by teen and young adult mothers investigated by child welfare services in Canada",
journal="Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada",
year="2015",
author="Hovdestad, W. and Shields, M. and Williams, George and Tonmyr, L.",
volume="35",
number="8-9",
pages="143-150",
abstract="INTRODUCTION:  Young mothers' families are at increased risk of child maltreatment and other poor health and social outcomes.  METHODS:  Chi-square analyses of pooled child welfare services data from the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS-2003; CIS-2008) were used to compare 284 teen mothers (18 years or younger) and 800 young mothers (19-21 years) and their families with 5752 families where the mother was 22 years or older.  RESULTS:  Twenty-six percent of young mothers were 18 years or younger. Most (68% of teen-mother families and 57% of families with a young adult mother) received social assistance as their main source of income compared with 36% of families with a mother aged 22 years or older. Teen and young adult mothers were more likely than those aged 22 or older to have childhood histories of out-of-home care (31% and 23% vs. 10%) and were more likely to have risk factors such as alcohol abuse (25% and 23% vs. 18%) and few social supports (46% and 41% vs. 37%). Secondary caregivers in families with young mothers also had more risk factors. Teen and young adult mother families were more likely to have their child placed out-of-home during the investigation (29% and 27% vs. 17%). All were equally likely to be victims of domestic violence and to have mental health issues.  CONCLUSION:  Within this sample of high-risk families, young mothers' families were more at risk than comparison families. Mothers' youth may be a useful criterion to identify families for targeted interventions.  KEYWORDS: Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect; adolescent mother; child abuse; child maltreatment; family violence; out-of-home care; teen mother<p /> <p>Language: fr</p>",
language="en",
issn="2368-738X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}