OPEN Research Support
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Chief physician, PhD and MPM
Marianne Skytte Jakobsen
Department of Pediatrics, Odense Universitetshospital


Project management
Project status    Open
 
Data collection dates
Start 01.09.2024  
End 01.09.2025  
 



Physical Abuse against Children under the Age of 2 in Southern Denmark

Short summary

Physical abuse against children and it is ill described especially in Denmark. This study aims to describe this through a descriptive retrospective study.


Rationale

Physical abuse against children is a severe object and it is ill described especially in Denmark. This study aims to describe the characteristics found in children under suspect of physcial abuse from January 2020 to December 2024 who has undergone the "Battered Child assessment programme" and it's results.


Description of the cohort

Children under the age of 2 who has undergone the "Battered Child Assessment programme" at OUH from 2020 to 2024


Data and biological material

Demographics/characteristics. Findings from the programme. All data is from patient journals.


Collaborating researchers and departments

Department of Pediatrics, Odense Universitetshospital