Question On Notice No. 238 asked in the Legislative Council on 12 August 2021 by Hon Donna Faragher
Question Directed to the: Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Health
Parliament: 41 Session: 1
Question
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)?
Answered on 9 September 2021
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.