Medical diagnoses among infants at entry in out-of-home care: A Swedish population-register study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Identification of child abuse involves a medical investigation and assessment of problems related to social environment and upbringing and might necessitate out-of-home care. The objective of this study was to analyse infants placed in out-of-home care in Sweden by incidence, medical diagnoses, and perinatal factors.

Methods

This was a population-based register study of infants born in Sweden 1997 to 2014. Data were retrieved from registers at the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare and Statistics Sweden. Outcome measures were out-of-home care categories: (a) "Problems Related to Social Environment/Upbringing", (b) "Abuse diagnoses without SDH (subdural haemorrhage), RH (retinal haemorrhage), rib fracture, or long bone fracture", and (c) "SDH, RH

SUBMITTER: Hogberg U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6707026 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature