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Incidence and Risk Factors for Abusive Head Trauma: A Population-Based Study.
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- Characteristics and Popularity of Videos of Abusive Head Trauma Prevention: Systematic Appraisal.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- The Measurement of Intimate Partner Violence Using International Classification of Diseases Diagnostic Codes: A Systematic Review.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2023Pooled it
- Incidence and risk factors of posttraumatic epilepsy following pediatric traumatic brain injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Epilepsia · 2022Pooled it
- Clinical characteristics, neurosurgical management, and outcomes of pediatric abusive head trauma: a 30-year single-center study.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2026Article
- Prior Head Circumference Measurements in Infants With Older Subdural Hematomas: Did We Miss It?Clinical pediatrics · 2026Article
- A Systematic Review of Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma: What a Surgeon Needs to Know Before Using a Knife.Cureus · 2025Review
- Multiorgan Dysfunction Syndrome in Abusive and Accidental Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury.Neurocritical care · 2024Article
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- Adult retrospective report of child abuse and prospective indicators of childhood harm: a population birth cohort study.BMC medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
Previous studies on Abusive Head Trauma (AHT) suggest incidence may vary by geographic location and there is limited information regarding population-based risk factors on this form of child maltreatment. This study provides new knowledge regarding these two aspects using the population of the US state of Washington born between 1999 and 2013. We used a linked administrative dataset comprised of birth, hospital discharge, child protective services (CPS) and death records to identify the scale and risk factors for AHT for the state population using quantitative survival methods. We identified AHT using diagnostic codes in hospital discharge records defined by the US Centers for Disease Control. A total of 354 AHT hospitalisations were identified and the incidence for the state was 22.8 per 100 000 children under the age of one. Over 11 per cent of these children died. Risk factors included a teenaged mother at the time of birth, births paid for using public insurance, child's low birth weight, and maternal Native American race. The strongest risk factor was a prior CPS allegation, a similar finding to a California study on injury mortality. The practice and policy implications of these findings are discussed.
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