Re: Unusual first or given names of children who have beenphysically abused or neglected.

["Anne Baber Kennedy" <akennedy@xxxxxxxx>]

I think you are seeing confounding with minority race.  Remember that
substantiated reports are highly correlated with low income and minority
race.  Unless you can control for race and possibly show an association
between type of abuse/neglect and unusual names you don't have anything.
Besides, what would possibly be the theory here?

Anne Baber Kennedy, MHS
Doctoral candidate
Department of Maternal & Child Health
School of Hygiene & Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Ryan <MichaeR2@nch.edu.au>
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
<CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu>
Date: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 9:33 AM
Subject: Unusual first or given names of children who have beenphysically
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
>
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