RE: Unusual first or given names of children who have been physically abused or neglected.

["McKibben, Linda" <lnm7@xxxxxxx>]

Have you done the same for a control or comparison population?  Unusual
names are the norm these days.
/Linda
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Linda McKibben, MD, MPH
Medical Officer (on detail)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Michael Ryan [SMTP:MichaeR2@nch.edu.au]
> Sent:	Tuesday, May 04, 1999 8:32 PM
> To:	Child Maltreatment Researchers
> Subject:	Unusual first or given names of children who have been
> physically abused or neglected.
> 
> Has anyone ever looked at the link between
> children who have strange or unusual first or given
> names and the incidence of abuse or neglect.
> 
> I have had a preliminary look through our units
> registrations and found that 25% - 30% of children
> presenting with physical abuse or neglect have
> strange or unusual names.
> 
> Dr. Michael G. Ryan
> The Child Protection Unit
> The New Children's Hospital
> PO. Box 3515 
> Parramatta NSW  2124
> Australia
> Tel +61 2 98452493
> Fax + 61 2 98452495
> E-mail : MichaeR2@nch.edu/au 
>