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

这项研究的主要受益者是儿童虐待和忽视的潜在、当前或以前的受害者。这项研究将促进政府（和非政府组织）基于证据的供资决定，整合有关生活质量影响（身心健康、教育、社会等）的数据，以及处理虐待儿童后果的社会成本。这项研究有可能大大提高澳大利亚最脆弱儿童的福祉，同时解决处理虐待儿童问题的机构的巨额费用。这一方法对其他需要政府整体战略的复杂社会问题也具有高度的适用性。

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.