Table 2 Risk Factor Documentation by Code Group
From: Quantity of documentation of maltreatment risk factors in injury-related paediatric hospitalisations
Risk factor | Unintentional Injury Code | Any Maltreatment Code | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | n | % | n | % |
History of abuse | 7 | 1.5 | 179 | 41.3 |
Known to the Child Safety Department | 10 | 2.2 | 178 | 41.1 |
Mental health history of the child/family | 10 | 2.2 | 175 | 40.4 |
Police involvement with child and/or family | 5 | 1.1 | 125 | 28.9 |
Alcohol abuse of the child/family | 15 | 3.2 | 95 | 21.9 |
Drug abuse of the child/family | 9 | 1.9 | 94 | 21.7 |
Domestic violence in family | 3 | 0.6 | 90 | 20.8 |
Poor general health of child | 4 | 0.9 | 89 | 20.6 |
Relationship instabilities in family | 4 | 0.9 | 68 | 15.7 |
History of foster care | 2 | 0.4 | 60 | 13.9 |
Previous admissions of child | 9 | 1.9 | 46 | 10.6 |
Poor physical appearance | 1 | 0.2 | 45 | 10.4 |
Criminal history of the child/family | 3 | 0.6 | 43 | 9.9 |
Behavioural cues indicative of abuse | 1 | 0.2 | 31 | 7.2 |
Transient living circumstances | 1 | 0.2 | 31 | 7.2 |
Poor socioecomonic circumstances | 3 | 0.6 | 28 | 6.5 |
Homelessness of the child/family | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 5.8 |
Lack of protective parent/adult | 1 | 0.2 | 19 | 4.4 |
Intellectual disabilities of the child/family | 1 | 0.2 | 19 | 4.4 |
Physical disabilities of the child/family | 1 | 0.2 | 6 | 1.4 |