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AcceptedIndigenous Children and Young People in Residential Care: A Systematic Scoping ReviewCC BY-NC V4.0, Open Access
Journal article
Indigenous children and young people in residential care: A systematic scoping review
Trauma, Violence & Abuse
2019
PMID: 31665981
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Abstract
In Australia and internationally, Indigenous children are seriously overrepresented in the child welfare system. This article provides an overview of literature investigating the needs of Indigenous children in residential care facilities. The provision of culturally safe and trauma-informed therapeutic care to Indigenous children and young people in residential care recognizes that the trauma and violence that they have experienced is exacerbated by their Indigeneity due to the colonial histories presenting. Utilizing a systematic scoping review methodology, the study returned a total of 637 peer-reviewed articles that were identified and reviewed for inclusion. The process of exclusion resulted in the inclusion of eight peer-reviewed studies and 51 reports and discussion papers sourced from gray literature. Findings from this study, though dearth, indicate that trauma-informed and culturally safe interventions play a significant role in Indigenous children’s health and well-being while in care. Their experiences of abuse and neglect transcend individual trauma and include intergenerational pain and suffering resulting from long-lasting impacts of colonization, displacement from culture and country, genocidal policies, racism, and the overall systemic disadvantage. As such, a therapeutic response, embedded within Indigenous cultural frameworks and knowledges of trauma, is not only important but absolutely necessary and aims to acknowledge the intersectionality between the needs of Indigenous children in care and the complex systemic disadvantage impacting them.
Details
- Title
- Indigenous children and young people in residential care: A systematic scoping review
- Creators
- Kathomi Gatwiri (Corresponding Author) - Southern Cross UniversityLynne McPherson - Southern Cross UniversityNatalie Parmenter - Southern Cross UniversityNadine Cameron - Southern Cross UniversityDarlene Rotumah - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- Trauma, Violence & Abuse
- Identifiers
- 991012870698102368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health; School of Arts and Social Sciences; Social Work
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article