Thank you Australia! The Australian Child Maltreatment Study has officially completed data collection ahead of schedule during a pandemic! A whopping 8503 interviews have been completed! This $2.8 million study is the first national prevalence study of child maltreatment and its correlates in Australia. It will have direct policy and practice relevance & help prevent abuse and neglect in Australia. Thanks to the Australian Government & QUT (Queensland University of Technology

Since the ACMS data collection began in April this year we have completed almost 6500 interviews! We want to take a moment to thank all the people who have generously donated their time to participate in this important research. The feedback from participants has been overwhelmingly positive, and many are reporting being glad to do something that will help others. We have now filled all our required quotas for people over the age of 25. We are still seeking youth ages 16-24.

This week the national Australian Child Maltreatment Study (ACMS) survey launches! The ACMS is a $2.8 million study funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council and the Australian Government. The ACMS is led by QUT Professor Ben Mathews in collaboration with an international team of researchers. The ACMS will identify for the first time how many Australians have been exposed to the five different types of child maltreatment: sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotion

And we are off! Pilot data collection has officially commenced! In 2019 the ACMS team was hard at work refining the survey we will be using in the study. We've ensured it fits the most robust conceptual models and have consulted with a team of experts around the globe. Now, in our pilot studies, we are asking the opinions of the people who really matter- every day Australians. The goal is to ensure the questions make sense and are easy to answer for the thousands of Australia