Background

Child welfare services in Canada are guided by a dual mandate: to protect children from imminent harm and to promote their optimal development and well-being. To understand how child welfare systems respond to this dual mandate, Trocmé et al. (2014) developed a taxonomy to classify child welfare investigations as either being related to urgent protection or chronic needs.

Objective

To extend Trocmé et al.'s (2014) analysis using data from the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect 2019 (CIS-2019).

Participants and setting

The CIS-2019 employs a file review methodology to collect information on child maltreatment-related investigations conducted in Canada in 2019. The study's unweighted sample included 41,948 investigations involving children aged 0–15 years.

Methods

Secondary analyses of the CIS-2019 were conducted including frequency counts and bivariate analyses.

Results

Ninety percent of investigations conducted in Canada in 2019 were focused on concerns related to chronic needs. Most investigations (90.9 % of urgent protection investigations and 98.3 % of chronic needs investigations) did not involve physical harm to the child. Urgent protection investigations were less likely to have been previously investigated and more likely to be substantiated, involve a child welfare court application, or involve a placement in out-of-home care.

Conclusions

Most child welfare investigations in Canada continue to be focused on chronic needs. Yet, the investigation response seems designed to respond to urgent protection concerns. A truly differential model is needed to appropriately respond to the dual mandate of Canadian child welfare services and better serve children and families.

中文翻译：

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我们改变得越多，我们就越保持不变：加拿大儿童福利系统对儿童福祉的回应

背景

加拿大的儿童福利服务以双重任务为指导：保护儿童免受迫在眉睫的伤害并促进他们的最佳发展和福祉。为了解儿童福利系统如何应对这一双重任务，Trocmé 等人。(2014) 开发了一种分类法，将儿童福利调查分类为与紧急保护或长期需求有关。

客观的

使用 2019 年加拿大虐待和忽视儿童报告事件研究 (CIS-2019) 的数据扩展 Trocmé 等人 (2014) 的分析。

参与者和设置

CIS-2019 采用文件审查方法收集 2019 年在加拿大进行的虐待儿童相关调查的信息。该研究的未加权样本包括 41,948 项涉及 0-15 岁儿童的调查。

方法

对 CIS-2019 进行了二次分析，包括频率计数和双变量分析。

结果

2019 年在加拿大进行的调查中有 90% 集中在与长期需求相关的问题上。大多数调查（90.9% 的紧急保护调查和 98.3% 的慢性需求调查）不涉及对儿童的身体伤害。紧急保护调查不太可能之前进行过调查，而且更有可能得到证实，涉及儿童福利法庭申请，或涉及家庭外护理安置。

结论

加拿大的大多数儿童福利调查继续关注长期需求。然而，调查回应似乎旨在应对紧迫的保护问题。需要一个真正差异化的模型来适当地响应加拿大儿童福利服务的双重任务并更好地为儿童和家庭服务。