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100			_94218 _aKeddell, Emily
245			_aChild protection inequalities in Aotearoa New Zealand : _bsocial gradient and the 'inverse intervention law' _cEmily Keddell, Gabrielle Davie and Dave Barson
260			_bElsevier, _c2019
500			_aChild and Youth Services Review, 2019, 104, September 2019, 104383
520			_aContact with child protection systems are a key site of the expression of social inequalities, yet research into the size and nature of this relationship remains sparse in the Aotearoa New Zealand system context. This article reports on a study of the relationships between child protection system contact and small area-level deprivation. Using a national linked dataset including all children with system contact in 2013–14, (n = 13,851 children) it found there is a marked relationship between deprivation and system contact, and significant differences between regions for all three outcomes of interest. Compared to children living in the least deprived quintile of small areas, children in the most deprived quintile had, on average, 13 times the rate of substantiation, 18 times the rate of a family group conference, and 6 times their chance of placement in foster care. There was limited evidence for the ‘inverse intervention law’ that proposes that children in similarly deprived small areas have higher rates of child protection system contact if they live in less deprived regions (larger areas). The pattern of placements showed the strongest support for this law, with children in similarly deprived small areas having, on average, almost twice the rate of placement if they lived in less deprived regions compared to more deprived regions. These findings have implications for policy, as they suggest a need to apply an inequalities perspective to child protection similarly to health inequities. Specifically, action is needed to address the causes of deprivation, provide services that respond to families living in poverty, address biases, and undertake further research to examine the interactions between demand and supply of services between similar deprivation levels. (Authors' abstract). Record #6312
650			_aCHILD PROTECTION _9118
650			_aINTERVENTION _9326
650		4	_aSOCIAL SERVICES _9555
650			_aSOCIAL WORK PRACTICE _9562
650			_aSOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS _9568
651		4	_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
700			_aDavie, Gabrielle _97898
700			_aBarson, Dave _98500
773	0		_tChild and Youth Services Review, 2019, 104, September 2019, 104383
830			_aChild and Youth Services Review _97481
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.06.018 _zRead abstract
856			_uhttps://www.otago.ac.nz/news/news/releases/otago713952.html _yMedia release
942			_2ddc _cARTICLE