First Nations women don't always access health care after head injuries from family violence. Here's why
First Nations women don't always access health care after head injuries from family violence. Here's why
Some First Nations women who sustain head injuries from family violence don’t access health care and support. We studied why and found one reason is a fear their children will be taken away.
We won’t report when there is domestic violence. If there is any words that come from the woman that [her] children were there, children are considered at risk and so they are taken.
A justified fear (2020 article). And the Stolen Generations were not so long ago.
Loosely related, since it's a whole different continent (Canada) ... I started listening to the “Unreserved” podcast just yesterday (more precisely the episode on birthing services, and the fear of children removals is mentioned too, in the context of childbirth rather than domestic violence. The Sixties Scoop and birth alerts.