TY - JOUR
T1 - The Prevention of Child Maltreatment
T2 - Using SafeCare® to Highlight Successes and Needs for Improvement in Prevention Efforts
AU - Guastaferro, Kate
AU - Lutzker, John R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2022/3
Y1 - 2022/3
N2 - 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 efforts must always be dynamic. In this commentary, we highlight recent prevention and policy efforts 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 efforts and offer a vision for what the field must do to realize public heath impact, highlighting recent advances of parent support models in policy, advocacy, and programs. Strategies that might improve current efforts are suggested to ensure the field not become static.
AB - 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 efforts must always be dynamic. In this commentary, we highlight recent prevention and policy efforts 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 efforts and offer a vision for what the field must do to realize public heath impact, highlighting recent advances of parent support models in policy, advocacy, and programs. Strategies that might improve current efforts are suggested to ensure the field not become static.
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U2 - 10.1007/s42448-021-00090-w
DO - 10.1007/s42448-021-00090-w
M3 - Article
C2 - 34514333
AN - SCOPUS:85130512882
SN - 2524-5236
VL - 5
SP - 19
EP - 29
JO - International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice
JF - International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice
IS - 1
ER -