The hidden impact of alcohol on young victims: an analysis of alcohol-related police offences resulting in hospitalisation.

Background: Alcohol-related harm (ARH) is a significant public health concern affecting young individuals, particularly those involved in alcohol-related police incidents resulting in hospitalisation. However, the impact of alcohol on young victims remains under researched. This study aimed to identify the characteristics of offenders and victims involved in these incidents, analyse the types of offences, and understand the under-ascertainment of ARH in hospital records.

Assessing the utility of night-time presentations as a proxy for alcohol-related harm among young emergency department trauma patients.

Objective: To assess the usefulness of night-time presentations to measure alcohol-related harm (ARH) in young trauma patients, aged 12-24 years, attending Western Australian EDs.

Methods: A retrospective longitudinal study examined alcohol-related ED presentations in Western Australia (WA; 2002-2016) among 12- to 24-year-olds. Data from the Emergency Department Data Collection, WA State Trauma Registry Database and Hospital Morbidity Data Collection were used to identify ARH through specific codes and text searches.

Young people with prior health service contacts have increased risk of repeated alcohol-related harm hospitalisations.

Introduction: After a first alcohol-related hospitalisation in youth, subsequent hospitalisations may demonstrate an increased risk of further alcohol-related hospitalisations, but there is no existing data on this.

Methods: A retrospective longitudinal study between July 1992 and June 2017 using linked hospital administrative data identified 23 464 Western Australian young people [9009 (38.4%) females and 14 455 (61.

Alcohol-related harm in emergency departments: linking to subsequent hospitalizations to quantify under-reporting of presentations.

Title: Alcohol-related harm in emergency departments: linking to subsequent hospitalizations to quantify under-reporting of presentations.

Aims: To quantify the proportion of emergency department (ED) presentations that could be identified as alcohol-related when linking to a patient's subsequent hospitalization, compared with using ED data alone, and to assess that comparison according to the change in alcohol harm rates over time and potential variations within subpopulations.

Design: A retrospective study using linked hospital administrative data to identify ED patients who had subsequent alcohol-related hospitalizations.

Harmful drinking is associated with mental health conditions and other risk behaviours in Australian young people.

Objective: To investigate factors associated with alcohol use in adolescents, with the focus on analysing the comorbidities between single-occasion harmful-drinking episodes with mental health issues and risk behaviours.

Methods: This study used data from the Young Minds Matter survey, designed to inform on the prevalence of the seven most common mental health disorders of children and adolescents. Logistic regression modelling was used to assess the odds of harmful drinking behaviour in young people aged 13-17 years in Australia.

Role of pre-existing adversity and child maltreatment on mental health outcomes for children involved in child protection: population-based data linkage study.

Objectives: To determine mental health outcomes for children with a history of child protection system involvement, accounting for pre-existing adversity, and to examine variation in risk across diagnostic groupings and child protection subgroups.

Design: A longitudinal, population-based record-linkage study.

Participants: All children in Western Australia (WA) with birth records between 1990 and 2009.

Hospitalisations for maternal assault are associated with increased risk of child protection involvement.

Background: Previous research shows a co-occurrence between children's exposure to violence and child maltreatment.

Objective: This study examined the risk of maltreatment allegations in children whose mothers had been hospitalised due to an assault.

Participants And Setting: The study used a retrospective cohort of children born in Western Australia between 1990-2009 (N = 524,534) using de-identified linked-administrative data.

Overcrowded housing: One of a constellation of vulnerabilities for child sexual abuse.

Background: Effective prevention of child abuse depends on an understanding of factors associated with the abuse. Increased risk of child sexual abuse has been associated with parental substance use and adverse socio-economic factors such as living in poverty and parental unemployment. This study investigated overcrowding as a potential socio-economic risk factor in child sexual abuse taking into account other socio-economic, child and parental factors.

Trends in Hospital Admissions for Intimate Partner Violence in Australian Mothers With Children Born From 1990 to 2009.

This study aims to determine the prevalence, and trends over time, of Western Australian (WA) mothers who were victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) requiring hospital admission. The study investigated the prevalence of all mothers and the specific prevalence of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal mothers. A population-based cohort study using de-identified linked health data of mothers of children born from 1990 to 2009 in WA was carried out.

Trends in alcohol-related injury admissions in adolescents in Western Australia and England: population-based cohort study.

Background: Alcohol-related harm in young people is now a global health priority. We examined trends in hospital admissions for alcohol-related injuries for adolescents in Western Australia (WA) and in England, identified groups most at risk and determined causes of injuries.

Methods: Annual incidence rates for alcohol-related injury rates were calculated using population-level hospital admissions data for WA and England.

Maltreatment Risk Among Children With Disabilities.

Background: Children with disabilities are at increased risk of child maltreatment; however, there is a gap in the evidence about whether all disabilities are at equal risk and whether risk factors vary according to the type of disability.

Methods: A population-based record-linkage study of all children born in Western Australia between 1990 and 2010. Children with disabilities were identified by using population-based registers and risk of maltreatment determined by allegations reported to the Department for Child Protection and Family Support.

Entering out-of-home care during childhood: Cumulative incidence study in Canada and Australia.

Cumulative incidence provides a more accurate indicator than annual incidence rates of the number of children who experience out-of-home care during childhood. The study utilises a cohort of all children born in Western Australia (WA) 1994-2005 and Manitoba 1998-2008 using de-identified linked data. Life tables were used to calculate the age-specific cumulative incidence over time and for at-risk groups.

Maternal mental health and risk of child protection involvement: mental health diagnoses associated with increased risk.

Background: Previous research shows that maternal mental illness is an important risk factor for child maltreatment. This study aims to quantify the relationship between maternal mental health and risk of child maltreatment according to the different types of mental health diagnoses.

Methods: The study used a retrospective cohort of children born in Western Australia between 1990 and 2005, with deidentified linked data from routine health and child protection collections.

Multi-channel electrical bioimpedance: a new noninvasive method to simultaneously measure cardiac and peripheral blood flow.

Objectives: We sought to assess the ability of a new multi-channel electrical bioimpedance (MEB) methodology to accurately measure both cardiac blood flow and peripheral limb blood flow.

Background: Cardiac output is the primary determinant of peripheral blood flow; however, optimal regional tissue perfusion is ultimately dependent on the patency of the arterial conduits that transport that flow. A complete understanding of regional tissue perfusion requires knowledge of both cardiac and peripheral blood flow.