Indigenous child safety
Publication
Release Date:
Topic: First Nations people
Citation
AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2014) Indigenous child safety, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 16 September 2024.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2014). Indigenous child safety. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Indigenous child safety. AIHW, 2014.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Indigenous child safety. Canberra: AIHW; 2014.
Harvard
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2014, Indigenous child safety, AIHW, Canberra.
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Indigenous children are over represented in areas where child safety and security are compromised. This report shows that Indigenous children aged 0–17 have higher rates of hospitalisations and deaths due to injury than non Indigenous children; are more likely to be victims of child abuse, neglect and sexual assault; and are over represented in homelessness and youth justice statistics.
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-584-2
- Cat. no: IHW 127
- Pages: 42
Findings from this report:
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Indigenous children have higher hospitalisation and mortality rates for injury
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Indigenous children are more likely to be victims of child abuse, neglect and sexual assault
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Indigenous children are over-represented among specialist homelessness services clients and in the youth justice system
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Rate of youth justice supervision has fallen over time