Ben Mathews (QUT) is leading a prevalence study of maltreatment of Australian children

It will be a cohort study of 10 000 Australians to identify incidences of five types of abuse, sexual, physical, emotional, neglect and exposure to domestic violence.

The National Health and Medical Research Council is funding the project for five years, with primary data collection – random sampling by phone and computer-assisted telephone interviewing – this year.