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List of works by Melissa O'Donnell

Characteristics of non-Aboriginal and Aboriginal children and families with substantiated child maltreatment: a population-based study.

scientific article published on 22 February 2010

Child maltreatment: variation in trends and policies in six developed countries.

scientific article published on 9 December 2011

Cross-country comparison of victimisation-related injury admission in children and adolescents in England and Western Australia

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Data Linkage: Canadian and Australian Perspectives on a Valuable Methodology for Intellectual and Developmental Disability Research

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Entering out-of-home care during childhood: Cumulative incidence study in Canada and Australia.

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Hospitalisations for maternal assault are associated with increased risk of child protection involvement

scientific article published on 17 July 2019

Increasing prevalence of neonatal withdrawal syndrome: population study of maternal factors and child protection involvement.

scientific article published in April 2009

Infant removals: The need to address the over-representation of Aboriginal infants and community concerns of another 'stolen generation'

scientific article published on 12 February 2019

Maltreatment Risk Among Children With Disabilities.

scientific article published on 6 March 2017

Maternal alcohol use disorder and subsequent child protection contact: A record-linkage population cohort study.

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Maternal mental health and risk of child protection involvement: mental health diagnoses associated with increased risk.

scientific article published on 16 July 2015

Neonatal drug withdrawal syndrome: cross-country comparison using hospital administrative data in England, the USA, Western Australia and Ontario, Canada.

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Out-of-Home Care and the Educational Achievement, Attendance, and Suspensions of Maltreated Children: A Propensity-Matched Study

scientific article published on 30 April 2018

Overcrowded housing: One of a constellation of vulnerabilities for child sexual abuse

scientific article published on 22 May 2019

Pre-existing adversity, level of child protection involvement, and school attendance predict educational outcomes in a longitudinal study

scientific article published on 25 November 2015

Rates and types of hospitalisations for children who have subsequent contact with the child protection system: a population based case-control study.

scientific article published on 23 September 2009

Relationship between out-of-home care placement history characteristics and educational achievement: A population level linked data study

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Role of pre-existing adversity and child maltreatment on mental health outcomes for children involved in child protection: population-based data linkage study

scientific article published on 29 July 2019

Trends in alcohol-related injury admissions in adolescents in Western Australia and England: population-based cohort study.

scientific article published on 29 May 2017

Trends in mental health related contacts among mothers of Aboriginal children in Western Australia (1990-2013): a linked data population-based cohort study of over 40 000 children

scientific article published on 02 July 2019