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Examining the association between child removal and maternal health

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Background: In Canada, an estimated 65,000 children are currently in the care of child welfare authorities at a population rate of between 1.1% to 3% of children, one of the highest rates in the world (Gilbert et al., 2012). Qualitative research with mothers has found that exposure to the removal of children by child welfare authorities can result in high levels of maternal post-traumatic stress, grief, depression, stigma, and poorer physical health (Barrow & Laborde, 2008; Farahzad...

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University of Oxford
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SSD
Department:
Social Policy & Intervention
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https://ror.org/02sda0197
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Thumath, M
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Doctoral Scholarship
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https://ror.org/01gavpb45
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Thumath, M
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Doctoral Research Award


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DPhil
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Doctoral
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University of Oxford


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