The nature, extent and effect of infant removal by child protection

该项目旨在提供有关澳大利亚将婴儿从父母身边带走的性质、程度和影响的新知识。移除是儿童保护系统干预的最高级别，也是一些母亲多次经历的干预。然而，人们对其发病率和影响知之甚少，也不知道是否有过多的代表群体（例如土著母亲和婴儿）会对有针对性的干预措施作出反应。该项目旨在确定适当的早期干预和预防策略，防止婴儿需要花费巨大的经济和社会成本来度过整个童年。

This project aims to provide new knowledge about the nature, extent and effect of removals of babies from their parents in Australia. Removal is the highest level of intervention by the child protection system, and one which some mothers experienced on multiple occasions. Little is known, however, about its incidence and effects, nor whether there are over-represented groups (e.g. Aboriginal mothers and babies) who would respond to targeted interventions. This project aims to identify appropriate early intervention and prevention strategies, preventing the need for babies to spend their whole childhood in care at great financial and societal cost.