Improving the measurement and surveillance of child abuse in Queensland

改善昆士兰州虐待儿童的衡量和监测

• 批准号: LP0882093
• 负责人: Prof Kirsten Vallmuur
• 金额: $ 6.66万
• 依托单位: Queensland University of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2008-06-18 至 2011-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP0882093
• 关键词: Improving; measurement; surveillance; child; abuse

Estimates of the prevalence of child abuse suggest 10-20% of children are affected, with financial costs to the community around $5 billion annually, and extensive health and social consequences. Despite these enormous costs, research into risk factors and prevalence of child abuse has been hampered by poorly validated statistics. The use of routine hospital data for the identification of child abuse cases offers an efficient nationally standardised data source to improve the precision of child protection departmental responses through routine monitoring and audits of linked health and child protection data. Improvement of data will inform identification, intervention and prevention strategies.

对虐待儿童流行率的估计表明，10-20%的儿童受到影响，每年给社区造成约50亿美元的财政损失，并造成广泛的健康和社会后果。尽管花费巨大，但对虐待儿童的风险因素和普遍性的研究却因缺乏有效的统计数据而受到阻碍。利用医院的常规数据来查明虐待儿童案件，提供了一个有效的国家标准化数据来源，通过对相关的健康和儿童保护数据进行常规监测和审计，提高儿童保护部门反应的准确性。数据的改进将为识别、干预和预防战略提供信息。