School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Interdisciplinary Centre for Black Health, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Universiity of Ottawa Research Chair on Black Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Child Abuse Negl. 2023 Jun;140:106157. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106157. Epub 2023 Mar 30.
In studies exploring racial disparities in the Canadian child welfare systems, evidence is still lacking on the reasons for admission of children to service.
This study investigates the reasons for admission to service in Ontario child welfare based on racial identities.
We analyzed three-time points (2018, 2019, and 2020) of the Ontario Looking After Children (OnLAC) project. The sample included 4036 children (M = 14.30, SD = 2.21; 39.22 % girls). Univariate and multiple random-effects (REs) logistic regressions were performed to analyze the admission to service according to racial identities.
The results showed that the most frequent reason for admission to service was caregiver capacity in 2018 (56.02 %), 2019 (57.76 %), and 2020 (55.49 %). The results revealed few differences between racial groups on the reasons for their admission to service. There were more differences between racial groups in 2019 and 2020. The three-year cohort analyses showed that Black youth were less likely to have admission to service due to harm by omission (AOR = 0.41, 95%CI 0.18-0.93, z = -2.14, p < .05) and emotional harm (AOR = 0.40, 95%CI 0.17-0.92, z = -2.12, p < .05) than other racial groups. Results from the multiple random-effects logistic regression showed that in 2019 (AOR = 1.83, 95%CI 1.28-2.62, z = 3.32, p < .01) and 2020 (AOR = 2.13, 95%CI 1.41-3.21, z = 3.58, p < .01), youth were particularly at risk of having been admitted to service for caregiver capacity.
The present study reveals a comprehensive description of the reasons for admission in child welfare in Ontario according to racial identities. Implications for research, prevention, and intervention are discussed.
在探索加拿大儿童福利系统中存在的种族差异的研究中，仍然缺乏有关儿童接受服务的原因的证据。
本研究根据种族身份，调查安大略省儿童福利服务入院的原因。
我们分析了安大略省儿童观察（OnLAC）项目的三个时间点（2018 年、2019 年和 2020 年）。样本包括 4036 名儿童（M=14.30，SD=2.21；39.22%为女孩）。采用单变量和多随机效应（RE）逻辑回归，根据种族身份分析入院服务的原因。
结果显示，2018 年（56.02%）、2019 年（57.76%）和 2020 年（55.49%）服务入院的最常见原因是照顾者能力。结果表明，在服务入院的原因方面，不同种族群体之间的差异很小。在 2019 年和 2020 年，不同种族群体之间的差异更大。三年队列分析显示，与其他种族群体相比，黑人青年因疏忽造成的伤害（AOR=0.41，95%CI 0.18-0.93，z=-2.14，p<.05）和情绪伤害（AOR=0.40，95%CI 0.17-0.92，z=-2.12，p<.05）入院的可能性较小。多随机效应逻辑回归的结果显示，2019 年（AOR=1.83，95%CI 1.28-2.62，z=3.32，p<.01）和 2020 年（AOR=2.13，95%CI 1.41-3.21，z=3.58，p<.01），儿童因照顾者能力而特别有入院接受服务的风险。
本研究根据种族身份，全面描述了安大略省儿童福利服务入院的原因。讨论了对研究、预防和干预的影响。
