Parents who inject drugs: Demographics, care arrangements and correlates for child placement in out‐of‐home care
Jocelyn Chan,
Bernadette Ward,
Lisa Maher
et al.
Abstract:IntroductionChildren in families affected by substance use disorders are at high risk of being placed in out‐of‐home care (OOHC). We aimed to describe the characteristics of parents who inject drugs and identify correlates associated with child placement in OOHC.MethodsWe used baseline data from a community‐based cohort of parents who inject drugs (SuperMIX) from Melbourne, Australia. Participants were recruited via convenience, respondent‐driven and snowball sampling from April 2008 to November 2020, with fol… Show more
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