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Child Maltreatment and Onset of Emergency Department Presentations for Suicide-Related Behaviors
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Rhodes, Anne E.; Boyle, Michael H.; Bethell, Jennifer; Wekerle, Christine; Goodman, Deborah; Tonmyr, Lil; Leslie, Bruce; Lam, Kelvin; Manion, Ian – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2012
Objectives: To determine whether the rates of a first presentation to the emergency department (ED) for suicide-related behavior (SRB) are higher among children/youth permanently removed from their parental home because of substantiated maltreatment than their peers. To describe the health care settings accessed by these children/youth before a…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Suicide, Self Destructive Behavior, Health Services
Child Maltreatment and Repeat Presentations to the Emergency Department for Suicide-Related Behaviors
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Rhodes, Anne E.; Boyle, Michael H.; Bethell, Jennifer; Wekerle, Christine; Tonmyr, Lil; Goodman, Deborah; Leslie, Bruce; Lam, Kelvin; Manion, Ian – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2013
Objectives: To identify factors associated with repeat emergency department (ED) presentations for suicide-related behaviors (SRB)--hereafter referred to as repetition--among children/youth to aid secondary prevention initiatives. To compare rates of repetition in children/youth with substantiated maltreatment requiring removal from their parental…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Prevention, Foreign Countries, Probability
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
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Fallon, Barbara; Chabot, Martin; Fluke, John; Blackstock, Cindy; MacLaurin, Bruce; Tonmyr, Lil – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2013
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…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Foreign Countries, Incidence
Determinants of Substance Abuse in a Population of Children and Adolescents Involved with the Child Welfare System
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Singh, Veeran-Anne S.; Thornton, Tiffany; Tonmyr, Lil – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2011
Substance abuse is an important health issue facing children involved with child welfare, but little is known about the associated factors. The purpose of this study was to build on findings from the "Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect-2003" and use a national sample of 10-15 year old children to examine the…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Child Abuse, Prevention, Child Welfare
Infant Placement in Canadian Child Maltreatment-Related Investigations
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Tonmyr, Lil; Williams, Gabriela; Jack, Susan M.; MacMillan, Harriet L. – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2011
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…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Placement, Child Abuse, Prevention
Media Analysis of Early Dissemination of Canadian Child Maltreatment Surveillance Data
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Tonmyr, Lil; Jack, Susan – Child Welfare, 2010
A media strategy was developed to disseminate Canadian child maltreatment surveillance data. Print media were systematically searched and 29 articles reporting on the data were retrieved. Using content analysis, the articles were analyzed to assess informational accuracy and to understand how the media framed the issue of maltreatment. This…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Printed Materials, Content Analysis, Information Dissemination