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In 1990, state child - protection agencies received more than 2.5 milion reports of physical and sexual abuse, neglect, and emotional maltreatment — 589,000 more than they had five years earlier, according to an annual survey conducted by the National Committee for the Prevention of Child abuse and released here last week.

Research on child maltreatment has increased over the past 15 years and meta - analyses and reviews of the literature on the effectiveness of home visiting programs to prevent child maltreatment exist.10, 11,12 However, until recently there was not a wide ranging systematic review of the evidence on home visiting.7, 13,14,15,16 An effort launched in 2009 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE), filled this gap by providing a systematic review of the early childhood home visiting research with particular attention to its applicability to the prevention of child maltreatment.

Treatment for those experiencing Complex post-traumatic stress disorder, which is caused by early chronic maltreatment, should address each dimension.

Five programs showed favorable effects in some aspect of child maltreatment reduction: (1) Child FIRST showed a favorable effect on family involvement with child protective services53; (2) Early Start on 2 measures, including the percentage who went to the hospital for accident, injury, or accidental poisoning, and parents» report of severe or very severe physical assault25, 26; (3) EHS had a favorable effect on physical punishment at 36 months66; (4) HFA showed 14 favorable impacts on measures of parenting behaviors, such as corporal punishment, self - reported serious physical abuse, and aggression, 30,50,67 — 69 and 1 measure of the biological mother as a confirmed subject of sexual abuse report by the child's seventh birthday50; and (5) NFP had favorable effects on 7 measures, including health care encounters for injuries or ingestions and substantiated abuse or neglect 15 years after program enrollment.34, 35,42,70,71 One program, Healthy Steps, showed no effect on 1 measure in this domain.65

With Early Milestones Colorado's help, communities have been engaged in an eight - month local participatory planning process to develop local child maltreatment prevention plans and promote family well - being by completing the following tasks, as outlined in the framework:

Recent brain research has established a foundation for many of the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional difficulties exhibited by children who experienced maltreatment in their early years.

Colorado's Strong Start Study: Helping Young Families Affected by Substance Use Build Protective Factors to Prevent Maltreatment [Presentation Slides](PDF - 557 KB) University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) Technical Assistance (TA) Institute (2013) Highlights the collaborative partnership between the Colorado Department of Human Services» Division of Early Childhood and Division of Behavioral Health to address the increase in substance use by women since the mid-1980s, the rate of prenatal drug exposure, and child mMaltreatment [Presentation Slides](PDF - 557 KB) University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) Technical Assistance (TA) Institute (2013) Highlights the collaborative partnership between the Colorado Department of Human Services» Division of Early Childhood and Division of Behavioral Health to address the increase in substance use by women since the mid-1980s, the rate of prenatal drug exposure, and child maltreatmentmaltreatment.

In humans, the end product of the HPA axis is cortisol, a steroid hormone that follows a diurnal rhythm — increasing early in the morning, peaking approximately 30 minutes after waking, and declining throughout the day, reaching near - zero levels at night.14 This diurnal pattern is not present at birth but begins to emerge around 3 months of age15, 16 and is fully entrained to daylight cycles by age 2 years.17 Children experiencing social deprivation or maltreatment show departures from this typical profile of diurnal HPA activity, suggestive of chronic stress.

Barriers detrimental to that brain's educational achievement can start early, including those caused by poverty, caregiver mental illness, child maltreatment, and low maternal education.

Supporting Maltreated Children: Countering the Effects of Neglect and Abuse (PDF - 254 KB) Perry (2012) Adoption Advocate, 48 Focuses on the impact of abuse in early childhood on attachment and brain development, including specific behavioral indicators commonly exhibited by children who have experienced maltreatment.

Home visiting, evidence - based parenting programmes and multicomponent interventions have been shown to be effective in other parts of the world.45 Given the wide number of contexts in which abuse occurs, these services should be integrated with education, family health services such as maternal health, early childhood development, immunisations and adolescent health services as suggested by a recent Child Maltreatment Readiness Assessment in South Africa.46

Families Together Differential Response Initiative: Prevents child maltreatment by responding early to reports of abuse and neglect.