This chapter acknowledges the successes in child protection as well as the weaknesses and
limitations that need to be addressed through the development of public health approaches …

Child maltreatment is a worldwide social problem that receives considerable attention.
However, prevention efforts remain rare, allowing the phenomenon to continue and spread …

In 2010, child protective services in the United States responded to approximately 3.6 million
reports of child maltreatment, and 754,000 of those reports were substantiated as official …

The majority of prevention efforts offer services to individual parents, families, or children
with the goal of altering those behaviors and attitudes that contribute to risk. Evaluations of …

While the health field has clearly made the case for the detrimental effects of child sexual
abuse and exploitation, the responses to the problem have largely focused on after-the-fact …

Although most American communities support programs and policies that are intended to
reduce the community-wide rate of child maltreatment, very few of these efforts are based in …

Through the Essentials for Childhood program, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention funds 7 state health departments (states) to address the urgent public health …

Abstract identify guidelines [for shaping child abuse and neglect prevention programs and
systems] as defined by repeated evaluations of various parent enhancement programs and …

This secondary qualitative study explored local perceptions of the causes of child
maltreatment and prevention needs in 12 counties in a midwestern state through focus …

Childhood sexual abuse is a significant public health problem that negatively affects victims,
families, organizations, and society. This special issue presents innovative approaches …