Child protection involvement of children of mothers with intellectual disability

Lima, Fernando; O’Donnell, Melissa; Bourke, Jenny; Wolff, Brittany; Alison, Gibberd; Llewellyn, Gwynnyth; Leonard, Helen

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105515

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“…Mothers with a learning disability are more likely to have safeguarding/child protection involvement (Corrigan, 2019 ; Lima et al, 2022 ; Slayter & Jenson, 2019 ). Earle et al ( 2015 ) question if safeguarding procedures might have replaced the historical segregation and sterilisation of women with learning disabilities.…”

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Supporting women with learning disabilities in infant feeding decisions: UK health care professionals' experiences

Dowling

Douglass

Lucas

et al. 2022

Maternal & Child Nutrition

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Women with learning disabilities are less likely to breastfeed than other women.They may find it hard to understand or learn feeding techniques or know that they have infant feeding choices. This population may be supported during their pregnancies by a range of professionals with differing priorities and responsibilities towards both the mother and the baby. This puts considerable pressure on health care professionals including, but not limited to, midwives, infant feeding specialists, health visitors and learning disability nurses. Those who support women with learning disabilities through their journey into motherhood have a responsibility to ensure the women in their care have the information they need to make decisions about a range of issues, including infant feeding. In the absence of dedicated lactation consultants, this is one of many issues to be discussed within time-limited appointments. Little is known about the experience of supporting women with learning disabilities to make infant feeding decisions from the point of view of health professionals. Using a qualitative descriptive research design, we conducted online, semistructured interviews with seven UK health professionals about their experience of supporting women with learning disabilities in infant feeding. Thematic analysis identified three themes: the importance of health professionals' having unconditional, positive regard; the need for an individualised approach to supporting women to make infant-feeding decisions; and being part of the support network. This suggests that women with learning disabilities can make and put into practice infant feeding decisions if they have access to the right support at the right time.

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Supporting women with learning disabilities in infant feeding decisions: UK health care professionals' experiences

Dowling

Douglass

Lucas

et al. 2022

Maternal & Child Nutrition

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“…Prior studies also suggest that many disabled parents experience the realistic fear of losing their custody due to societal assumptions about their ability to care for their children (Lima et al, 2022; Lightfoot et al, 2021; Powell, 2019), although none of these studies specifically examined fathers with disabilities. However, some qualitative studies clearly highlighted the lack of resources and support fathers with disabilities may experience.…”

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Residency differences between fathers with and without disabilities in the United States

Namkung

Mitra

2023

Family Relations

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ObjectiveThis study examines the residential status of fathers by disability status. We also explore whether paternal residency varies by different types of disability.BackgroundEarlier studies have found that racial and ethnic minority fathers and those of lower socioeconomic status are more likely to live apart from their children. However, the residency status of fathers with disabilities is not well understood.MethodsWe used data from the 2011–2019 National Survey of Family Growth (N = 6,477). Multinomial regression models estimated the odds ratios of paternal residency by disability status and type of disability, net of covariates.ResultsDisabled fathers were more likely to live apart from at least some of their children than nondisabled fathers, but the disparities were significant only for those with multiple disabilities (two or more types of disabilities) after adjusting for socioeconomic covariates. The higher likelihood of living apart from their children was particularly evident for fathers with cognitive and independent living disabilities.ConclusionsOur findings highlight the importance of providing social and community supports and economic resources for the residential status of disabled fathers. Further research is needed to better understand the unobserved, underlying risk factors of their nonresidential status.ImplicationsThe findings highlight the importance of including disabled fathers in fatherhood programs.

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“…This is a serious problem given the continued disproportionate representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the system (AIHW. 2021), as well as the increased rates of children with a disability or born to parents with an intellectual disability (Ziviani et al, 2013;Lima et al, 2022). For these families, best practice for primary, secondary and tertiary intervention requires not just that practice be deemed culturally safe and/or sensitive to the specific needs of children and their families by institutions or organisations, but this be experienced as such by the children and families themselves.…”

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“…This is significant given that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples comprise approximately 3.3% of the overall population (AIHW, 2020a) and are disproportionally represented in the child welfare statistics (AIHW, 2021a). Similarly, people with disabilities comprise approximately 18% of the population (AIHW, 2020b), and children with a disability and children of parents with a disability are also disproportionally represented (see for example Ziviani, Darlington, Feeney, Meredith and Head, 2013;Lima, 2022). In addition, approximately 20% of Australia's population are from non-English speaking backgrounds and speak a language other than English in the home (AIHW, 2018).…”

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Trends and needs in the Australian child welfare workforce : An exploratory study

Higgins¹,

Russ²,

Harries³

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Child protection involvement of children of mothers with intellectual disability

Cited by 12 publications

References 13 publications

Supporting women with learning disabilities in infant feeding decisions: UK health care professionals' experiences

Supporting women with learning disabilities in infant feeding decisions: UK health care professionals' experiences

Residency differences between fathers with and without disabilities in the United States

Trends and needs in the Australian child welfare workforce : An exploratory study

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