Just over half of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care live with a kinship carer. Targets aim to increase this proportion. But what is kinship care?
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We surveyed 232 foster and kinship carers who had provided care to a baby in out-of-home care sometime in the last five years. Many were not well supported to care for babies.
Most exit the out-of-home care system at 18, or younger, without ongoing support.
Children are removed from families and placed in care when we think they are being harmed or their needs neglected. But data shows the vast majority aren’t getting recommended health care.
Pandemic-induced lockdowns have brought up challenges for children in out-of-home care and their carers. However, Kinship care provided unexpected positives for Aboriginal elders and their families.
Landmark dental findings are likely to be the tip of an iceberg.
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Reader, Dental School, University of Glasgow
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Professor of Dental Public Health, University of Glasgow
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Associate Professor in Law, Curtin University
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Deputy Director Translational Research and Social Innovation Group at the Ingham Institute, Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University
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Aboriginal Educator and Research Associate, University of Sydney
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Paediatrician, Royal Children’s Hospital; Research officer, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Director, Center for Community Child Health Royal Children's Hospital; Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne; Theme Director Population Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Principal Fellow, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne
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ARC Research Fellow in Indigenous Health, Disability and Community Development, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Officer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University
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Senior Research Fellow, Transforming early Education and Child Health Research Centre, Western Sydney University
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Research Officer, Curtin University
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Professor, Director Social Inclusion and Social Policy Research Unit, Monash University
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Vice-Chancellor’s Associate Professional Research Fellow, Edith Cowan University