Child maltreatment and health service use: findings of the Australian Child Maltreatment Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine associations between child maltreatment and health service use, both overall, by type and by the number of types of maltreatment reported.

Design, setting

Cross-sectional, retrospective survey using the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire-R2: Adapted Version (Australian Child Maltreatment Study); computer-assisted mobile telephone interviews using random digit dialling, Australia, 9 April - 11 October 2021.

Participants

Australians aged 16 years or more. The target sample size was 8500 respondents: 3500 people aged 16-24 years and 1000 respondents each from the five age groups (25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-64, 65 years or more).

Main outcome measures

Self-reported health service use during the past twelve months: hospital admissions, length of

SUBMITTER: Pacella R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10952869 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature