Administrative data linkage as a tool for child maltreatment research

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 120-124

  Brownell, Marni D ^a,b   Jutte, Douglas P ^a,c,d  

^a Manitoba Centre for Health Policy   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Child maltreatment; Child protection; Population based; Record linkage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD SAFETY; CONFIDENTIALITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL DATABASE; MANDATORY REPORTING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIVACY; RESEARCH ETHICS; RISK FACTOR; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84875404711     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2012.09.013     Document Type: Article

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