An analysis of child deaths by suicide in Queensland Australia, 2004-2012. What are we missing from a preventative health services perspective?

Florin I Oprescu; Bridie Scott-Parker; Jeanne Dayton

doi:10.5249/jivr.v9i2.837

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An analysis of child deaths by suicide in Queensland Australia, 2004-2012. What are we missing from a preventative health services perspective?

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An analysis of child deaths by suicide in Queensland Australia, 2004-2012. What are we missing from a preventative health services perspective?

Florin I Oprescu, Bridie Scott-Parker and Jeanne Dayton

Journal of Injury and Violence Research, Vol.9(2), pp.75-82

2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5249/jivr.v9i2.837

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Public Health and Health Services

Psychology

suicide

children

adolescents

self-injury

hanging

UniSC Diversity Area - Life Stages

Objective: This article analyses case descriptions of child suicides from 2004 to 2012 to inform future policy and practice. Methods: Case descriptions of n=159 child suicides (<18 years) in Queensland, Australia, were coded and analysed by hand, by automated content analysis, and quantitatively. Results: More than three quarters of child suicides involved hanging; 81% of suicides occurred in/at the family home. Less than 20% of the deceased left a note; however there was evidence of planning in 54% of cases. Most common triggering events were family conflicts. Conclusions: Case descriptions were cursory in many cases, which hampers injury prevention efforts through an incomplete understanding of characteristics of, and important factors in, child suicide.

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Title: An analysis of child deaths by suicide in Queensland Australia, 2004-2012. What are we missing from a preventative health services perspective?
Authors: Florin I Oprescu (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
Bridie Scott-Parker (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Jeanne Dayton (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Publication details: Journal of Injury and Violence Research, Vol.9(2), pp.75-82
Publisher: Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
Date published: 2017
DOI: 10.5249/jivr.v9i2.837
ISSN: 2008-2053
Copyright note: Copyright © 2017. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Organisation Unit: School of Social Sciences - Legacy; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy; Engage Research Lab; School of Law and Society; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy; Sustainability Research Cluster; School of Health - Public Health
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450318502621
Output Type: Journal article

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