Injuries among children attributed to violence and social funding: a 10-year observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mechanisms and patterns of injury in children are changing, with violent mechanisms becoming more prevalent over time. Government funding of services for children and young people has reduced nationally over the last decade. We aimed to investigate the trends in admissions of injured children to a Major Trauma Centre (MTC) and examine the relationship between injuries sustained by violent mechanisms and local authority funding of children and youth services within the same catchment area.

Methods

A 10-year observational study included all patients aged<18 years treated at a regional MTC between April 2012 and April 2022. Number of admissions with violent trauma, mechanism of injury, requirement for operative intervention and mortality were compared with published

SUBMITTER: Morris L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9835938 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature