@article{ref1,
title="Cumulative incidence of child protection system contacts among a cohort of Western Australian Aboriginal children born 2000 to 2013",
journal="Child abuse and neglect",
year="2023",
author="Harrap, Benjamin and Gibberd, Alison and O'Donnell, Melissa and Simons, Koen and Jones, Jocelyn and Lima, Fernando and McAullay, Daniel and Falster, Kathleen and Banks, Emily and Eades, Sandra",
volume="143",
number="",
pages="e106297-e106297",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Reducing the over-representation of Aboriginal children in the child protection system is a key target for the Australian government. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: We aimed to provide more recent evidence on the population-level cumulative incidence of contacts for Aboriginal children with child protective services (CPS) in Western Australia (WA). PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: Linked administrative data was provided for WA CPS between 2000 and 2015 for 33,709 Aboriginal children born in WA between 2000 and 2013. <br><br>METHODS: Descriptive summaries and cumulative incidence estimates were used to examine changes in CPS contact trends over time and within sibling groups. <br><br>RESULTS: There was an increase in early-childhood contacts for children born more recently, with 7.6 % and 2.3 % of children born in 2000-2001 having a notification and placement in out-of-home care by age one, respectively, compared to 15.1 % and 4.3 % of children born in 2012-2013. Among sibling groups where at least one sibling had a CPS contact, approximately half of children had their first contacts on the same date as another sibling. For children born after one of their siblings had been placed in out-of-home care, 31.9 % had themselves been placed in out-of-home care by age one. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Multiple children tend to be placed into out-of-home care when at least one sibling is, which is likely to have a significant impact on families affected. The additional risk of placement also carries over to children born after the first removal in a sibling group, highlighting the need for further support to prevent future removals.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0145-2134",
doi="10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106297",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106297"
}