Complex early childhood experiences: Characteristics of Northern Territory children across health, education and child protection data.

ABSTRACT: Early identification of vulnerable children to protect them from harm and support them in achieving their long-term potential is a community priority. This is particularly important in the Northern Territory (NT) of Australia, where Aboriginal children are about 40% of all children, and for whom the trauma and disadvantage experienced by Aboriginal Australians has ongoing intergenerational impacts. Given that shared social determinants influence child outcomes across the domains of health, education and welfare, there is growing interest in collaborative interventions that simultaneously respond to outcomes in all domains. There is increasing recognition that many children receive services from multiple NT government agencies, however there is limited understanding of the pattern and scale

SUBMITTER: Roper L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9851518 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature