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The national out-of-home care data collection: Where to from here?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Helen Johnstone
Helen Johnstone*
Affiliation:
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Canberra, ACT
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Abstract

This paper outlines the parameters of the national out-of-home care data collection managed by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The paper discusses the need for national data, what is included in the national data collection and the current data collection process. In addition possible developments to the national collection are outlined, in particular the proposal to collect the data electronically in unit record format. The benefits of this would include greater flexibility of the data and the ability to analyse how children move through the child protection and out-of-home care systems.

Type
Section Three: Data Collection
Information
Children Australia , Volume 28 , Special Issue 2: Special Issue: Out-of-home care: Building a national research agenda , 2003 , pp. 45 - 47
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003

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