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To examine hospital-based incidence and reporting patterns of child abuse and identify factors that differentiate reported cases from unreported cases.

January 1, 1985American Journal of Public HealthOpen Access

Child abuse incidence and reporting by hospitals: significance of severity, class, and race.

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RHRobert L. HamptonBoston Children's Hospital ENEli H. NewbergerBoston University

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Surveillance study uncovers pervasive underreporting of child abuse in hospitals, indicating reporting biases linked to socioeconomic status and race.

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To examine hospital-based incidence and reporting patterns of child abuse and identify factors that differentiate reported cases from unreported cases.
Analyzed nationwide surveillance data from the National Study of the Incidence and Severity of Child Abuse and Neglect representing over 77,000 hospital-recognized cases between May 1979 and April 1980.
Used discriminant analysis to determine demographic, familial, and clinical variables associated with hospital referral to child protection agencies.
Hospitals recognized abuse in patients who were disproportionately younger, Black, urban, and more severely injured compared to other agency caseloads, yet failed to report nearly half of all qualifying abuse cases.
Discriminant analysis revealed that unreported abuse was significantly associated with higher family income, emotional abuse, White maternal race, maternal employment, and maternal involvement in the injury.

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Hampton et al. (1985) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a107520d478ddac0ffcf8be https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.75.1.56

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Surveillance study uncovers pervasive underreporting of child abuse in hospitals, indicating reporting biases linked to socioeconomic status and race.

Child abuse incidence and reporting by hospitals: significance of severity, class, and race.

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Child abuse incidence and reporting by hospitals: significance of severity, class, and race.

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