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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Asked
12 August 2021
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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.

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