• Population-Based Prevention of Child Maltreatment: The U.S. Triple P System Population Trial
  This study, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), shows when parents have access to proven parenting interventions designed to address problems all families face—from tantrums to encouraging good behavior — key measures of child maltreatment fall. Support for families enrolled in the study came through the Triple P—Positive Parenting Program. The program uses a multi-level, parenting, and family support strategy that aims to prevent behavioral, emotional and developmental problems in children by enhancing the knowledge, skills and confidence of parents. Triple P incorporates a wide range of support mechanisms for parents including local media, brief public seminars, and parent consultation by specially trained providers in clinics, schools, churches, and community centers. Researchers estimate for an area containing 100,000 children under age eight that the results found in the study could translate annually into 688 fewer cases of child maltreatment, 240 fewer out-of-home placements, and 60 fewer children with injuries requiring hospitalization or emergency room treatment.
  Click here for information on the Triple P – Positive Parenting Program.
  Click here for information on CDC’s prevention research in child maltreatment.

• Strengthening Families and Communities: 2009 Resource Guide
  This Resource Guide was written to support service providers in their work with parents, caregivers, and their children to strengthen families and prevent child abuse and neglect. The guide includes information about protective factors that help reduce the risk of child maltreatment, strategies for changing how communities support families, and evidence-informed practices. It also offers suggestions for enhancing protective factors in families, tools to build awareness and develop community partnerships, information about child abuse and neglect, a directory of national organizations that work to strengthen families, and tip sheets in English and Spanish on specific parenting topics. The Resource Guide is produced annually by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Children's Bureau, Office on Child Abuse and Neglect, Child Welfare Information Gateway, and the FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention. (2009)
  

• The Role of Professional Child Care Providers in Preventing and Responding to Child Abuse and Neglect
  The Role of Professional Child Care Providers in Preventing and Responding to Child Abuse and Neglect is part of the Child Abuse and Neglect User Manual Series from the Office on Child Abuse and Neglect within the Children’s Bureau of the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The User Manual Series provides a foundation for understanding child maltreatment and the roles and responsibilities of child welfare practitioners in prevention, identification, investigation, assessment, and treatment. This manual explores the following responsibilities that are essential to child care providers: Recognizing physical abuse, sexual abuse, psychological maltreatment, and neglect; Reporting child abuse and neglect; Minimizing the risk of maltreatment in child care programs; Preventing and responding to child abuse and neglect; Caring for maltreated children and children at risk for maltreatment; and, Supporting parents. The manual is part of the third edition of the User Manual Series, developed to reflect increased knowledge and the evolving state of practice. (2008)

• Parent Training Programs: Insight for Practitioners
  The United States Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury and Control recently published Parent Training Programs: Insight for Practitioners. Parent training programs are widely used to improve parenting practices and prevent child maltreatment. Although many programs have been evaluated for their effectiveness, the various components of the programs have rarely been examined. CDC behavioral scientists recently conducted a meta-analysis of the current research literature on parent training programs to identify components associated with more effective and less effective programs. This document summarizes the findings of this meta-analysis and provides practitioners who work with parents and families guidance in making evidence-based program decisions to improve parenting skills and prevent child maltreatment. (2009)
  
  

Websites

• Child Welfare Information Gateway
• Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect
• National Child Abuse Prevention Month

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Last updated 8/13/09