The Prevention of Child Maltreatment: Using SafeCare® to Highlight Successes and Needs for Improvement in Prevention Efforts
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2021
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International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice
Abstract
Child maltreatment is a public health problem of considerable magnitude. Though
substantial progress has been made in the prevention of child maltreatment, one
incident of maltreatment is one too many. Intervention and/or prevention eforts
must always be dynamic. In this commentary, we highlight recent prevention and
policy eforts in the United States, using SafeCare, an evidence-based parent support program with a focus on the prevention of neglect, as an example. We describe
broad-scale implementation eforts and ofer a vision for what the feld must do to
realize public heath impact, highlighting recent advances of parent support models
in policy, advocacy, and programs. Strategies that might improve current eforts are
suggested to ensure the feld not become static
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child maltreatment, prevention, home visiting, research
Citation
Guastaferro, K., & Lutzker, J. R. (2021). The Prevention of Child Maltreatment: Using SafeCare® to Highlight Successes and Needs for Improvement in Prevention Efforts. International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice, 1-11.