The feasibility and utility of using coded ambulance records for a violence surveillance system: A novel pilot study

Deborah Anne Scott; Cherie Heilbronn; Kerri Coomber; Ashlee Curtis; Foruhar Moayeri; James C. Wilson; Sharon Matthews; Rose Crossin; Alex Wilson; Karen Smith; Peter Miller; Dan Ian Lubman

The feasibility and utility of using coded ambulance records for a violence surveillance system: A novel pilot study

Deborah Anne Scott, Cherie Heilbronn, Kerri Coomber, Ashlee Curtis, Foruhar Moayeri, James C. Wilson, Sharon Matthews, Rose Crossin, Alex Wilson, Karen Smith, Peter Miller, Dan Ian Lubman

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Canberra
Publisher	Australian Institute of Criminology
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Print)	9781925304428
Publication status	Published - 29 Apr 2020

Publication series

Name	Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice
Publisher	Australian Institute of Criminology
Volume	595
ISSN (Print)	1836-2206

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Scott, D. A., Heilbronn, C., Coomber, K., Curtis, A., Moayeri, F., Wilson, J. C., Matthews, S., Crossin, R., Wilson, A., Smith, K., Miller, P., & Lubman, D. I. (2020). The feasibility and utility of using coded ambulance records for a violence surveillance system: A novel pilot study. (Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice; Vol. 595). Australian Institute of Criminology. https://www.aic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/ti595_feasibility_and_utility_of_using_coded_ambulance_records_for_a_violence_surveillance_system.pdf

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