The National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022–2032– external site opens in new window highlights the importance of recognising children and young people as victim-survivors of violence in their own right and to establish supports and services that will meet their safety and recovery needs (DSS 2022). In light of this, the focus of this report is children and young people who have experienced family and domestic violence (FDV), and their health service interactions (both FDV- and non-FDV-related). The population studied in this report includes young people who had at least one FDV hospital stay (defined as an assault due to a family member or partner) from 2010–11 to 2020–21, while aged under 18 years (referred to as the FDV group). This report presents information on their demographic characteristics, such as age at first FDV hospital stay, sex and Indigenous status, and the identified relationship to the perpetrator of the assault.
From 2010–11 to 2020–21, 5,024 young people had at least one FDV-related hospital stay while aged under 18. This equates to one child per day having an FDV-related hospital stay.
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