The feasibility and utility of using coded ambulance records for a violence surveillance system : a novel pilot study
Scott, Debbie
The feasibility and utility of using coded ambulance records for a violence surveillance system : a novel pilot study Debbie Scott, Cherie Heilbronn, Kerri Coomber, Ashlee Curtis, Foruhar Moayeri, James Wilson, Sharon Matthews, Rose Crossin, Alex Wilson, Karen Smith, Peter Miller & Dan Lubman - Canberra, ACT : Australian Institute of Criminology, 2020 - electronic document (17 pages) ; PDF file - Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice .
Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, no. 595, April 2020
The acute association between interpersonal violence, alcohol and drug use, self-harm, and mental health issues is relatively unexplored. Violence-related ambulance attendances were analysed, differentiated by type of violence and by victim or aggressor of violence, as well as the co-occurrence of alcohol and drug use, self-harm, and mental health issues. Ambulance attendances related to victims of violence had few co-occurring issues beyond alcohol and drug misuse. In contrast, attendances related to aggressors were more complex, with high proportions of co-occurring mental health, self-harm, and alcohol and drug issues. These findings demonstrate the utility of ambulance data for surveillance of interpersonal violence. (Authors' abstract). Record #6674
ALCOHOL-RELATED HARM
ALCOHOL USE
DATA ANALYSIS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
DRUG ABUSE
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
FAMILY VIOLENCE
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
MENTAL HEALTH
PERPETRATORS
SELF HARM
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
SUICIDE
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
VIOLENCE
AUSTRALIA
The feasibility and utility of using coded ambulance records for a violence surveillance system : a novel pilot study Debbie Scott, Cherie Heilbronn, Kerri Coomber, Ashlee Curtis, Foruhar Moayeri, James Wilson, Sharon Matthews, Rose Crossin, Alex Wilson, Karen Smith, Peter Miller & Dan Lubman - Canberra, ACT : Australian Institute of Criminology, 2020 - electronic document (17 pages) ; PDF file - Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice .
Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, no. 595, April 2020
The acute association between interpersonal violence, alcohol and drug use, self-harm, and mental health issues is relatively unexplored. Violence-related ambulance attendances were analysed, differentiated by type of violence and by victim or aggressor of violence, as well as the co-occurrence of alcohol and drug use, self-harm, and mental health issues. Ambulance attendances related to victims of violence had few co-occurring issues beyond alcohol and drug misuse. In contrast, attendances related to aggressors were more complex, with high proportions of co-occurring mental health, self-harm, and alcohol and drug issues. These findings demonstrate the utility of ambulance data for surveillance of interpersonal violence. (Authors' abstract). Record #6674
ALCOHOL-RELATED HARM
ALCOHOL USE
DATA ANALYSIS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
DRUG ABUSE
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
FAMILY VIOLENCE
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
MENTAL HEALTH
PERPETRATORS
SELF HARM
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
SUICIDE
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
VIOLENCE
AUSTRALIA