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Child welfare services fall under the mandate of provincial and territorial governments, including a rapidly expanding system of Aboriginal child welfare authorities. This section contains material related to federal initiatives concerned with child welfare services as well as statistics compiled at the national level.

All Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect reports can be found here.

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Psychopharmacotherapy in children placed in group homes and residential centres in Canada: Psychopathological portrait of children receiving psychotropic medications and educators' perception of treatment	Desjardins, Julie Lafortune, Denis Cyr, Francine	2017
First births to maltreated adolescent girls: Differences associated with spending time in foster care	King, B.	2017
The evolving relationship between casework skills, engagement, and positive case outcomes in child protection: A structural equation model	Damiani-Taraba, Gissele Dumbrill, Gary Gladstone, James Koster, Andrew Leslie, Bruce Charles, Michelle	2017
Role specialization and service integration in child welfare: Does organizure influence the decision to refer to supportive services?	Smith, Carrie Fluke, John D Fallon, Barbara Mishna, Faye Pierce, Barbara Decker	2017
Is the families first home visiting program effective in reducing child maltreatment and improving child development?	Chartier, Mariette J Brownell, Marni D Isaac, Michael R Chateau, Dan Nickel, Nathan C Katz, Alan Sarkar, Joykrishna Hu, Milton Taylor, Carole	2017
Violence and resilience: a scoping review of treatment of mental health problems for Indigenous Youth	Toombs, Elaine Houlding, Carolyn Braunberger, Peter Sawula, Erica Wekerle, Christine Mushquash, Chris Drawson, Alexandra	2017
Honouring Jordan's Principle: Obstacles to accessing equitable health and social services for First Nations children with special healthcare needs living in Pinaymootang, Manitoba	Vives, Luna Sinha, Vandna Burnet, Eric Lach, Lucyna	2017
Pathways linking childhood maltreatment and adolescent sexual risk behaviors: The role of attachment security	Thibodeau, Marie-Eve Lavoie, Francine Hébert, Martine Blais, Martin	2017
Child maltreatment and intimate partner violence among Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians	Brownridge, Douglas A. Taillieu, Tamara Afifi, Tracie Chan, Ko Ling Emery, Clifton Lavoie, Josee Elgar, Frank	2016
Research Brief: Identifying and Responding to Intimate Partner Violence Against Women	Wathen, C. Nadine MacMillan, Harriet L. MacGregor, Jennifer	2016