Early predictors for maltreatment-related injuries in infancy and long-term mortality: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Incidence, health consequences, and social burden associated with child maltreatment appeared to be borne disproportionately by very young children. We conducted a population-based data linkage study to explore child- and family-level factors that affect receiving different diagnoses of maltreatment injuries and investigate excessive mortality throughout toddlerhood.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study comprising 2.2 million infants born in 2004-2014 in Taiwan. Incident cases of child maltreatment were defined by hospitalization or emergency department visits for three heterogeneous diagnostic groups of maltreatment-related injuries (i.e., maltreatment syndrome, assaults, and undetermined causes) within 12 months after birth. The generalized linear

SUBMITTER: Chen HH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10641954 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature