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Elizabeth Wall-Wieler

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Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba

Research shows that the rate of death by suicide is more than four times higher for mothers whose children were placed in care. (Shuttersock)

March 29, 2018

Losing children to foster care endangers mothers’ lives

Elizabeth Wall-Wieler, University of Manitoba

Mothers are dying prematurely after their children are taken into foster care.

Parenting programs and home visiting programs can offer vital support to mothers struggling with mental illness, substance use, and other challenges. Research shows that avoiding foster care is better for the health of mother and child. (Shutterstock)

November 1, 2017

Foster care damages the health of mothers

Elizabeth Wall-Wieler, University of Manitoba

New research shows that having a child in foster care is often harmful to a mother’s mental and physical health.

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