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The number of infants in Australia entering out-of-home care (OOHC) during the first year of life due to child protection concerns is increasing. Research has found that infants and toddlers entering OOHC have the highest rates of substantiated notifications of maltreatment and are at much higher risk of developmental vulnerability, poor health and attachment problems compared to infants who have not been maltreated and/or placed in OOHC. This FACSIAR Lunch and Learn presented information on current research and practice to improve the health and development trajectories of infants entering OOHC and the best ways to support them and their carers.
Findings were presented from the Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study (POCLS); an update from the NSW Health ‘First 2000 Days Framework’; an overview of the research and practice of how best to support foster/kinship carers of infants; along with information about the ‘Health Pathways’ program for children entering OOHC.
Infants entering care - the First 2000 Days Framework perspective
Associate Professor Elisabeth Murphy, Senior Clinical Advisor, Child and Family Health, Ministry of Health
For more information on this presentation, please email: ResearchPartnerships@facs.nsw.gov.au
Infants who entered out-of-home care: child protection and developmental trajectories
Associate Professor Melissa O’Donnell, Australian Centre for Child Protection, University of South Australia
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Foster/kinship carers of infants: how are they prepared and supported in their caregiving role?
Associate Professor Stacy Blythe, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University and the Translational Research and Social Innovation (TReSI) group at the Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research
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Health pathway program for children in out-of-home care
Angela Tocher, Program Officer, Inter-agency Team, Child and Family Directorate, Strategy, Policy and Commissioning, Department of Communities and Justice
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Pathways of Care Longitudinal Studies (POCLS)
For more information about the First 2000 Days Framework, please visit the NSW Health website.
A New South Wales Government initiative designed to give children the best start in life, please visit the NSW Government website.
Contact: ResearchPartnerships@facs.nsw.gov.au
22 Jul 2024