A systematic review of parenting interventions to prevent child abuse
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The objectives of this review are to evaluate how parenting programs succeed at: (1) eliminating child abuse as manifest in official reports and in-person assessments; (2) altering parenting behaviors or attitudes associated with abuse; (3) enhancing parent-child relationships and positive parenting skills as buffers against abuse. The review included published papers from high income countries on parenting interventions tested with randomized control trial designs. Studies were identified through web-based searches, U.S. government databases, and citations from previously published reviews. This paper complements, and is to be read in conjunction with, the SVRI commissioned desk review entitled, Parenting and the Prevention of Child Maltreatment in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (Knerr, Gardner&Cluver, 2011).
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International Resources, Caregivers -- Parents, Intervention, Prevention