Electronic Resources:	http://www.population.health.wa.gov.au/promotion/resources%5CHospital%20admissions%20Intimate%20Partner%20-%20Highlight%20051205.pdf#search=%22hospital%20admissions%20due%20to%20intimate%20partner%20violenc%22
Web resource:	http://www.population.health.wa.gov.au/promotion/resources%5CHospital%20admissions%20Intimate%20Partner%20-%20Highlight%20051205.pdf
Type:	Report
Title:	Hospital admissions due to intimate partner violence in Western Australia 1994 - 2003 : highlight report
Authors:	Gillam, Chris Gavin, Arem L
Keywords:	Statistics;Pregnancy;Indigenous issues;Measurement;Prevention;Health
Year:	2005
Publisher:	The University of Western Australia, Crawley
Notes:	This report presents the study on estimating the extent of intimate partner violence (IPV) in Western Australia. It looks at the Hospital Morbidity Data System to give an estimate. The first phase of the study was a descriptive epidemiological review of population based data on hospitalisations due to interpersonal violence. The second phase was a quantitative and qualitative review of the medical records of a sample of 100 patients admitted to Royal Perth Hospital due to IPV. From 1994 – 2003, approximately 3,300 hospitalisations per year resulted from interpersonal violence. From July 2002 – December 2003, 59% of hospitalisations were unable to be specified according to categories of interpersonal violence but where the relationship between the victim and perpetrator were known, 48% (n=961) hospital admissions were IPV. Of these hospital admissions, 84% were young adults aged between 18 and 34 years, 85% of victims were female and 70% were Indigenous people (despite Indigenous people representing only 3% of the population, with Indigenous people 83 times more likely to be hospitalised due to IPV than non-Indigenous people). The rate of intimate partner hospitalisation was 40.9 per 100,000 population aged 15 years and over (rate of 69.7 per 100,000 when confined to female victims only). Rural residents were over represented among hospitalisations due to IPV (71%) despite representing 24% of the Western Australian population. Three of every 4 victims sustained injuries to the head; 1 in 12 victims were pregnant at the time of injury by an intimate partner; approximately 1 in 4 had presented on at least 1 other occasion during this period. Of these re-presentations, 16% were due to IPV, 50% were due to other medical conditions or surgical procedures and 33% for psychiatric disorders. Recommendations include: that IPV prevention programs and service provision be focused at those most likely to be at risk, including Indigenous people and females; that future research reporting on hospitalisations due to interpersonal violence be reported in a way which identifies victims according to their relationship to the perpetrator.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/19248
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