Injuries in mothers hospitalised for domestic violence-related assault: A whole-population linked data study

To retrospectively assess a cohort of mothers for characteristics of injuries that they have suffered as a result of family and domestic violence (FDV) and which have required admission to a hospital during both the intrapartum and postpartum periods.

Citation:
Bulsara VM, Bulsara MK, Codde J, Preen D, Slack-Smith L, O'Donnell M. Injuries in mothers hospitalised for domestic violence-related assault: A whole-population linked data study. BMJ Open. 2021;11(5).

Keywords:
Accident & emergency medicine; epidemiology; general medicine (see internal medicine); public health.

Abstract:
To retrospectively assess a cohort of mothers for characteristics of injuries that they have suffered as a result of family and domestic violence (FDV) and which have required admission to a hospital during both the intrapartum and postpartum periods.