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June 3, 2026Children and Youth Services ReviewOpen Access

Beyond removal rates: Prenatal reporting and the challenge of measuring what matters

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CBClaudia BullDeakin University

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Overview

Short communication examines prenatal reporting outcomes in families, suggesting improved evaluation frameworks are needed.

Key Points

  • This communication explores the effectiveness of prenatal reporting in child protection and critiques existing evaluative measures.
  • Utilizes recent population-level evidence, including data from Taplin et al. (2026).
  • Analyzes the relationship between prenatal reporting and infant removal rates, alongside child protection involvement post-birth.
  • Critiques reliance on administrative data for evaluating support and intervention effectiveness.
  • A substantial proportion of pregnancies involve prenatal reporting, but its correlation with infant removal is weak.
  • Many families experience no further engagement with child protection after the birth, questioning the efficacy of reports.
  • Emphasizes the need for a consensus-based outcome framework to evaluate perinatal support models more meaningfully.

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Claudia Bull (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1fc4e4dee9eb8c0dce656ahttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2026.109086
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