Investigators: Melissa O'Donnell, Fiona Stanley, Helen Leonard, Natasha Nassar, Rebecca Glauert
Project team members: Denise Anderson, Fernando Lima, Marcela Quintero, Melanie Hansen, Miriam Maclean, Peter Jacoby, Rachel Skoss, Scott Sims
External collaborators: Maria Harries, Vera Morgan, Rosemary Cant, Vishal Bulsara (University of Western Australia); Anna Ferrante, Reinie Cordier (Curtin University of Technology)
This project uses longitudinal population data provided through the Developmental Pathways in WA Children Project (Developmental Pathways Project).
This administrative data is being used to: investigate emergency department presentations and hospital admissions related to child abuse and neglect; determine the mental health and juvenile justice outcomes of children who have contact with the child protection system; and investigate the child, family and community characteristics which increase or reduce vulnerability to child abuse and neglect.