❓ Hon Donna Faragher asks about the number of families participating in various WA Country Health Service parenting programs in 2019-20 and 2020-21. The answer provides a breakdown of participation numbers for each program across both financial years.
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I refer to parenting groups available through the WA Country Health Service, and I ask, in the 2019-20 and 2020-21 financial years, how many families took part in the following parenting programmes: (a) Early Parenting Program; (b) Boodjari Yorgas; (c) Solid Start/Introduction to Solids; (d) Circle of Security; and (e) Triple P (Positive Parenting Program)?
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Answered
9 September 2021
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Health
Response time
9 days
I am advised:
The numbers of families that participated in specified programs delivered by the WA Country Health Service (WACHS) in the financial years 2012-20 and 2020-21 are presented in Table 1.
Table 1. Numbers of families by program and financial year
Program
2019-20
2020-21
(a)
Early Parenting Program
1,343
1,532
(b)
Boodjari Yorgas
582
422
(c)
Solid Start/Introduction to Solids
239
219
(d)
Circle of Security
160
144
(e)
Triple P (Positive Parenting Program)*
219
156
*The Department of Education (DOE) delivers Triple P seminars in regional communities, sometimes in partnership with WACHS. If DOE is the lead agency these individuals and families who attend the seminars are not captured in WACHS data systems.
The numbers of families that participated in specified programs delivered by the WA Country Health Service (WACHS) in the financial years 2012-20 and 2020-21 are presented in Table 1.
Table 1. Numbers of families by program and financial year
Program
2019-20
2020-21
(a)
Early Parenting Program
1,343
1,532
(b)
Boodjari Yorgas
582
422
(c)
Solid Start/Introduction to Solids
239
219
(d)
Circle of Security
160
144
(e)
Triple P (Positive Parenting Program)*
219
156
*The Department of Education (DOE) delivers Triple P seminars in regional communities, sometimes in partnership with WACHS. If DOE is the lead agency these individuals and families who attend the seminars are not captured in WACHS data systems.
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