Cumulative Harm: Reducing child abuse through improved decision-making

2005/06年度，澳大利亚证实了56,000起虐待儿童案件，而且这一数字正在呈指数级增长。对儿童安全采取基于事件的办法，既不承认损害儿童发展和福祉的累积影响，也不能有效地干预，这使人们越来越失望。该项目利用新立法的杠杆作用，重新将重点放在对医院环境中面临累积伤害风险的脆弱儿童的早期干预上。跨学科的镜头被买来发展新的知识，为这群孩子提供更好、更健康的生活开始。

In 2005/06 56,000 cases of child abuse were substantiated in Australia, and this figure is rising exponentially. Disillusionment is growing with an incident based approach to children's safety which fails to either acknowledge or intervene effectively in the cumulative effects of harm to the child's development and well-being. This project uses the leverage of new legislation to re-focus on an earlier intervention with vulnerable children at risk of cumulative harm within a hospital setting. An interdisciplinary lens is bought to the development of new knowledge to provide a better and healthier start to life for this group of children.