Performance of screening tests for child physical abuse in accident and emergency departments
Woodman J, Pitt M, Wentz R, Taylor B, Hodes D, Gilbert RE
Record ID 32009100019
English
Authors' recommendations:
Study indicates that physically abused children attending accident and emergency departments are missed and that improving the clinical screening assessment is likely to be more useful than protocols in improving detection rates.
Authors' methods:
Decision analytic model
Details
Project Status:
Completed
URL for project:
http://www.hta.ac.uk/1413
Year Published:
2008
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
England, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
- Child
- Clinical Protocols
- Infant
- Predictive Value of Tests
- Technology Assessment, Biomedical
- Treatment Outcome
- Child Abuse
- Child Health Services
- Emergency Service, Hospital
- Mass Screening
- Wounds and Injuries
Contact
Organisation Name:
NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme
Contact Address:
NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK
Contact Name:
journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Contact Email:
journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Copyright:
2008 Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO
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