Counting culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) children in Australian health research: Does it matter how we count?

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dc.contributor.authorAbdul Rahim, R.
dc.contributor.authorPilkington, R.
dc.contributor.authorD'Onise, K.
dc.contributor.authorMontgomerie, A.
dc.contributor.authorLynch, J.
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVE: To describe how culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) children are identified and enumerated in routine data collections and in child health research in Australia. METHODS: Descriptive analysis, where different definitions of CALD were applied to the 2021 Australian Census to measure the size of the CALD population of Australian children aged 0 to 17 years. Narrative review of the Australian child health literature to examine how CALD children were defined. RESULTS: Applying various definitions to the 2021 Census, the estimated proportion of CALD children aged 0 to 17 ranged from 6.3% to 43%. The most commonly applied CALD indicators were language background other than English and being born overseas. CONCLUSIONS: There is no consensus on how CALD is defined in Australian child health research. Application of different CALD indicators can generate up to seven-fold differences in estimates of who counts as being a CALD child. IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH: If we are to advance health and well-being equity for CALD children, we need a more consistent approach to understanding which children are counted as CALD.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityRazlyn Abdul Rahim, Rhiannon Pilkington, Katina D'Onise, Alicia Montgomerie, John Lynch
dc.identifier.citationAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2024; 48(2):100129-1-100129-7
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100129
dc.identifier.issn1326-0200
dc.identifier.issn1753-6405
dc.identifier.orcidAbdul Rahim, R. [0000-0002-4269-8238]
dc.identifier.orcidPilkington, R. [0000-0001-6974-8496]
dc.identifier.orcidMontgomerie, A. [0000-0002-9620-3894]
dc.identifier.orcidLynch, J. [0000-0003-2781-7902]
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/142337
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1099422
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1056888
dc.rights© 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Public Health Association of Australia. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100129
dc.subjectculturally and linguistically diverse
dc.subjectethnic groups
dc.subjectmigrants
dc.subjectminority health
dc.subjectracism
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshLanguage
dc.subject.meshCensuses
dc.subject.meshCultural Diversity
dc.subject.meshLinguistics
dc.subject.meshAdolescent
dc.subject.meshChild
dc.subject.meshChild, Preschool
dc.subject.meshInfant
dc.subject.meshInfant, Newborn
dc.subject.meshAustralia
dc.subject.meshFemale
dc.subject.meshMale
dc.subject.meshChild Health
dc.titleCounting culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) children in Australian health research: Does it matter how we count?
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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