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Vulnerability within families headed by teen and young adult mothers investigated by child welfare services in Canada.
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- Victims or perpetrators? Young mothers who survived intimate partner violence and their involvement with the child welfare system in Ontario.Qualitative social work : QSW : research and practice · 2026Article
- Guest Editor's response.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2016Article
- A review of recent analyses of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS).Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practiceReview
- Adapting and retesting evidence-based child maltreatment prevention programs: a case study in Canada.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practiceArticle
- The Nurse-Family Partnership: evidence-based public health in response to child maltreatment.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practiceArticle
- What Constitutes Risk of Future Maltreatment Among Young Mothers? An Examination of Child Protection Investigations in Ontario, Canada.Families in society : the journal of contemporary human servicesArticle
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Abstract
introductionYoung mothers' families are at increased risk of child maltreatment and other poor health and social outcomes.
methodsChi-square analyses of pooled child welfare services data from the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS-2003; CIS-2008) were used to compare 284 teen mothers (18 years or younger) and 800 young mothers (19-21 years) and their families with 5752 families where the mother was 22 years or older.
resultsTwenty-six percent of young mothers were 18 years or younger. Most (68% of teen-mother families and 57% of families with a young adult mother) received social assistance as their main source of income compared with 36% of families with a mother aged 22 years or older. Teen and young adult mothers were more likely than those aged 22 or older to have childhood histories of out-of-home care (31% and 23% vs. 10%) and were more likely to have risk factors such as alcohol abuse (25% and 23% vs. 18%) and few social supports (46% and 41% vs. 37%). Secondary caregivers in families with young mothers also had more risk factors. Teen and young adult mother families were more likely to have their child placed out-of-home during the investigation (29% and 27% vs. 17%). All were equally likely to be victims of domestic violence and to have mental health issues.
conclusionWithin this sample of high-risk families, young mothers' families were more at risk than comparison families. Mothers' youth may be a useful criterion to identify families for targeted interventions.
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