Placement decisions and disparities among aboriginal groups: An application of the decision making ecology through multi-level analysis

Fluke, John D.; Chabot, Martin; Fallon, Barbara; MacLaurin, Bruce; Blackstock, Cindy

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2009.08.009

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“…However, a multi-level analysis of CIS-1998 showed that the combined variable of visible minority and being of Aboriginal heritage increased the likelihood of placement (Fluke et al 2010). …”

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“…The presence of at least one child functioning issue has been associated with placement decisions . Previous research on children reported to child welfare has identified maltreatment-related characteristics associated with placement: severity of abuse; abuse resulting in injuries requiring hospitalization (Runyan et al 1981); maltreatment during an extended period (Black et al 2008); prior reports of alleged maltreatment and exposure to multiple types of maltreatment (Black et al 2008;Zuravin and DePanfilis 1997) and observable emotional harm (Black et al 2008;Fluke et al 2010).…”

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Infant Placement in Canadian Child Maltreatment-Related Investigations

Williams

Jack

MacMillan

2011

Int J Ment Health Addiction

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This study examined factors associated with decisions in favour of out-of-home placement following investigations involving infants at risk of maltreatment. We used data from a sample of children less than 1 year of age (n=763) investigated by child welfare services across Canada in 2003. We tested unadjusted relationships with placement using Pearson's chi-square statistic. Multivariate logistic regression analyses identified parental substance abuse, mental health problems and few social supports as being associated with an increased likelihood of placement. Child's toxicology at birth, abandonment, physical harm and number of previous family openings also increased the likelihood of placement.

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Infant Placement in Canadian Child Maltreatment-Related Investigations

Williams

Jack

MacMillan

2011

Int J Ment Health Addiction

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“…For example, race has been implicated for disproportionality and slower exit (or reunification) of minorities from the child welfare system in the United States (e.g., African Americans and American Indians), United Kingdom (e.g., Black children and families), Canada (e.g., First Nations/Indigenous peoples), and Australia (e.g., Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders) because minorities are more likely to be reported, removed, have their cases substantiated for maltreatment, or contend with inadequate resources (Blackstock, 2009;Carter, 2010;Chand & Thoburn, 2006;Delfabbro, Hirte, Rogers, & Wilson, 2010;Dettlaff et al, 2011;Fluke, Chabot, Fallonc, MacLaurind, & Blackstock, 2010). However, other maltreatment experts have attributed such disproportionality to other factors, including mental health or substance abuse problems of minorities and family/community poverty (Carter & Myers, 2007;Drake & Jonson-Reid, 2011;Drake, Lee, & Jonson-Reid, 2009;Font, Berger, & Slack, 2012;Jonson-Reid, Drake, & Kohl, 2009;Jonson-Reid, Drake, & Zhou, 2012).…”

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Perception and determination of child maltreatment: Exploratory comparisons across three countries

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Children and Youth Services Review

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“…Ni Trocmé et al (2004) ni Fluke et al (2010) n'ont établi que parmi un ensemble de caractéristiques pouvant contribuer au placement, le statut autochtone constitue un prédicteur. Pourtant, dans la présente étude, le fait d'être autochtone double pratiquement le risque de placement (RC = 1,8), effet qui n'est pas annulé par l'ajout d'autres variables relatives aux signalements, aux services rendus, à l'enfant ou aux parents.…”

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Les enfants autochtones en protection de la jeunesse au Québec : leur réalité comparée à celle des autres enfants

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Dufour

Lavergne

2013

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Les recherches canadiennes et internationales s’entendent sur la surreprésentation des enfants autochtones en protection de l’enfance. La présente étude ajoute aux connaissances sur les mauvais traitements et la réponse des services de protection de la jeunesse aux enfants autochtones québécois. Elle poursuit d’abord l’objectif d’analyser la surreprésentation des enfants autochtones à trois étapes de prise de décision en protection de la jeunesse. Les deux groupes d’enfants, autochtones et non autochtones, seront comparés en fonction d’un ensemble de caractéristiques, tant sur le plan personnel que sur celui de leur famille et de leurs parents. Il sera aussi question des signalements dont ils font l’objet et des services qui leur sont rendus. Les prédicteurs du placement des enfants desservis par la protection de la jeunesse sont enfin vérifiés, en portant une attention particulière à l’importance du statut autochtone dans cette prédiction. Les résultats révèlent une augmentation de la surreprésentation des enfants autochtones d’une étape à l’autre des services de protection. Ces enfants ont plus souvent des conditions de vie difficiles et sont exposés à davantage de facteurs de risque que les autres enfants. Le statut autochtone est important dans la prédiction du placement, même après l’ajout d’un ensemble de caractéristiques pouvant contribuer à la prédiction. Les implications pour la recherche et la pratique sont discutées.Research in Canada and elsewhere in the world acknowledges the overrepresentation of aboriginal children in child welfare services. The actual study adds knowledge concerning child maltreatment in the aboriginal children population and the way Quebec child welfare responds to aboriginal children. The overrepresentation of aboriginal children is analyzed at three steps of the child welfare trajectory. Then, the personal and family characteristics of Aboriginal children, of their reports and the services they receive are described. Predictors of out-of-home placement for children receiving child welfare services are finally investigated, with a specific attention to the aboriginal status in that prediction. Results reveal an increase in the overrepresentation of aboriginal children as they progress in the different steps of child protective services trajectory. These children live more often with hard life conditions and have to face more risk factors than other children. The importance of aboriginal status in out-of-home placement decisions remains substantial, even when many other characteristics increasing out-of-home placement risks are added. Implications for research and practice are discussed.Las investigaciones canadienses e internacionales coinciden sobre la sobrerrepresentación de los niños aborígenes en los institutos de menores. La presente investigación aporta informaciones sobre el maltrato y la respuesta de los servicios de protección a la infancia hacia los niños aborígenes quebequenses. El primer objetivo de este estudio consiste en analizar la sobrerrepresentación de dichos ...

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Placement decisions and disparities among aboriginal groups: An application of the decision making ecology through multi-level analysis

Cited by 111 publications

References 28 publications

Infant Placement in Canadian Child Maltreatment-Related Investigations

Infant Placement in Canadian Child Maltreatment-Related Investigations

Perception and determination of child maltreatment: Exploratory comparisons across three countries

Les enfants autochtones en protection de la jeunesse au Québec : leur réalité comparée à celle des autres enfants

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