Priority Setting in Child Protection: developing an evidence-based strategy to reduce child abuse and neglect and associated harms.

儿童遭受虐待和忽视的潜在受害者、当前受害者或以前受害者是这项研究的主要受益者。这项研究将促进政府(和非政府组织)基于证据的资金决策，整合关于生活质量影响(身体/心理健康、教育、社会等)的数据，以及处理虐待儿童后果给社会带来的成本。这项研究有可能深刻地提高澳大利亚最脆弱儿童的福祉，同时解决机构在处理虐待儿童问题上的巨额成本。该方法将高度适用于其他需要政府整体战略的复杂社会问题。

Persons who are potential, current or previous victims of child abuse and neglect are the primary beneficiaries of this research. The study will facilitate evidence-based funding decisions by government (and nongovernment organizations) integrating data on quality of life impacts (physical/mental health, educational, social etc), and the costs to society of dealing with the consequences of child abuse. The research has the potential to profoundly enhance the well-being of Australia's most vulnerable children, simultaneously addressing the large costs on agencies of dealing with child abuse. The methodology will be highly applicable to other complex social problems requiring whole of government strategies.