Infant rates of child protective services contact and termination of parental rights by first nations status from 1998 to 2019: An example of intergenerational transmission of colonial harm.

Rates of child removal by child protective services (CPS) in Manitoba are the highest in Canada with a profoundly disproportionate impact on First Nations families. Despite infants constituting the highest proportion of children affected, no research has examined population-level rates of infant con...

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Published in:Child Abuse & Neglect
Main Authors: Kenny, Kathleen S, Wall-Wieler, Elizabeth, Frank, Kayla, Courchene, Lindey, Burton, Mary, Dreaver, Cheryle, Champagne, Michael, Bennett, Marlyn, Rocke, Cathy, Brownell, Marni, Anderson, Marcia, Urquia, Marcelo L
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Science 2024
Subjects:
Canada
Child protective services
Colonialism
First nations
Infants
Termination of parental rights
First Nations
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106760
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38866661
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Summary:Rates of child removal by child protective services (CPS) in Manitoba are the highest in Canada with a profoundly disproportionate impact on First Nations families. Despite infants constituting the highest proportion of children affected, no research has examined population-level rates of infant contact with CPS.

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