Characteristics of non-Aboriginal and Aboriginal children and families with substantiated child maltreatment: a population-based study.

Trends in reports of child maltreatment in the Northern Territory, 1999-2010.

OBJECTIVE To examine trends in reports of child maltreatment to the Northern Territory Department of Children and Families among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children. DESIGN, SETTING AND SUBJECTS A historical cohort study using administrative data collections of notifications and substantiated cases of maltreatment among children aged from 0 to 17 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Annual rates...

Trends in hospital admissions for conditions associated with child maltreatment, Northern Territory, 1999-2010.

OBJECTIVE To use hospital admissions data to investigate trends in maltreatment among Northern Territory Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS A historical cohort study using diagnosis and external cause codes from hospital admissions among children aged 0-17 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Annual rates of admission with either a definitive or indicative code...

Visible minority, Aboriginal, and Caucasian children investigated by Canadian protective services.

The aim of this descriptive study was to compare the report profiles of Caucasian, Aboriginal, and other visible minority children whose cases were assessed by child protective services in Canada. The results show that children of Aboriginal ancestry and from visible minority groups are selected for investigation by child protective services 1.77 times more frequently than are children in the g...

Domestic Violence and Child Welfare Child Maltreatment Investigations Among Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Families in Canada

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.

OBJECTIVE Fluke et al. (2010) analyzed Canadian Incidence Study on Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS) data collected in 1998 to explore the influence of clinical and organizational characteristics on the decision to place Aboriginal children in an out-of-home placement at the conclusion of a child maltreatment investigation. This study explores this same question using CIS data collected in...