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Parliamentary Questions


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.