The association between child maltreatment and disabilities in a hospital-based epidemiological study.
OBJECTIVE
Circumstances of maltreatment and the presence of disabilities.


METHODS
An electronic merger of the records of all pediatric patients.


RESULTS
Detailed record analysis of circumstances of maltreatment and the presence of disabilities.


CONCLUSIONS
Differences between the Hospital and Residential samples, maltreatment and perpetrator characteristics, disability/maltreatment relationships, and their implications for primary health care are discussed.
Sullivan
P M
PM
Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE 68131, USA.
Knutson
J F
JF
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002662:Child Health Services; D002669:Child Welfare; D016208:Databases, Factual; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005581:Foster Home Care; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors