Trends in mental health related contacts among mothers of Aboriginal children in Western Australia (1990-2013): a linked data population-based cohort study of over 40 000 children.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study examines the scale of maternal mental health related contacts among Australian Aboriginal children over time, and associations with socio-economic characteristics, geographical remoteness and maternal age.

Design

A retrospective cohort study of the prevalence of maternal mental health related contacts among Aboriginal children born in Western Australia between 1990 and 2013.

Setting

Population of Western Australia with de-identified linked administrative data from the Western Australian Department of Health.

Participants

All Aboriginal children born in Western Australia between 1990 and 2013 and their mothers.

Primary outcome measure

Prevalence of maternal mental health related contacts among Aboriginal children born between 1990 and

SUBMITTER: Lima F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6615791 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature