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

Often the focus of the field of child maltreatment has concentrated on identifying and
intervening on risk and protective factors at the individual and family levels; however, since …

The term child maltreatment has been used by advocates and policy makers to describe a
set of individual behaviors toward children as well as a set of social conditions (Daro, 1989; …

Recognizing the potential of classrooms as a context for identifying and addressing child
victimization, several US states now mandate the inclusion of child abuse prevention in …

The increasing rate of child abuse and neglect is a special concern for educators who are
legally mandated reporters of suspected maltreatment, are often the first to identify and refer …

Although child maltreatment is routinely acknowledged as a serious social problem, it
remains widespread, raising questions about how prevention efforts can be improved …

An overview of the incidence, impact, and existing models of prevention for child
maltreatment first outlines the nature and scope of child maltreatment in the United States …

Child maltreatment prevention policy and practice have been driven by a continuous stream
of innovation generated by researchers, advocates, and practitioners working across …

Evidence-based interventions to prevent child maltreatment among individuals and families
are being implemented across wide areas of the US Often focused on high-risk families such …

Background Consistent findings about the effectiveness of parent programs to prevent or
reduce child maltreatment are lacking. Methods In the present meta-analysis we synthesized …