Cumulative incidence of child protection system contacts among a cohort of Western Australian Aboriginal children born 2000 to 2013

Reducing the over-representation of Aboriginal children in the child protection system is a key target for the Australian government. We aimed to provide more recent evidence on the population-level cumulative incidence of contacts for Aboriginal children with child protective services in Western Australia.

Citation:
Harrap B, Gibberd A, O'Donnell M, Simons K, Jones J, Lima F, McAullay D, et al. Cumulative incidence of child protection system contacts among a cohort of Western Australian Aboriginal children born 2000 to 2013. Child Abuse Negl. 2023;143

Keywords:
Aboriginal children; Child protection system; Cumulative incidence; Family services; First nations; Indigenous; Sibling

Abstract:
Reducing the over-representation of Aboriginal children in the child protection system is a key target for the Australian government. We aimed to provide more recent evidence on the population-level cumulative incidence of contacts for Aboriginal children with child protective services in Western Australia.