A literature search yielded 121 independent studies (N = 39,044) examining the effects of interventions for preventing or
reducing child maltreatment.
Interventions can be effective in preventing or
reducing child maltreatment.
Specific individual interventions with a (trend) significant effect on preventing or
reducing child maltreatment that were examined in at least two independent studies were: MST - CAN / BSF (intensive family therapy), Triple P (a parent training), ACT - Parent's Raising Safe Kids Program (a short - term parent training), and Healthy Start (a home visitation intervention).
Cognitive behavioral therapy, home visitation, parent training, family - based / multisystemic, substance abuse, and combined interventions were effective in preventing and / or
reducing child maltreatment.
Our findings show that interventions can be effective in preventing or
reducing child maltreatment.
First, studies had to report on the effect of at least one intervention for preventing or
reducing child maltreatment.
There is a lack of knowledge about specific components that make interventions effective in preventing or
reducing child maltreatment.
Overall, a small but significant effect was found of interventions aimed at preventing or
reducing child maltreatment (d =.287), which is in line with findings of previously conducted meta - analyses on the effect of these interventions (e.g., Geeraerts et al. 2004; Filene et al. 2013; MacLeod and Nelson 2000).
Euser et al. (2015) also found a very small but significant effect (d = 0.13) of interventions aimed at preventing or
reducing child maltreatment.
Crisis interventions (d =.335) did not have a significant effect on
reducing child maltreatment, probably due to lack of power.
Euser et al. (2015) did find a significantly higher effect for interventions aimed at
reducing child maltreatment in maltreating families than for interventions aimed at preventing child maltreatment in at - risk families / the general population.
A number of meta - analyses have synthesized results on the effectiveness of interventions aimed at preventing or
reducing child maltreatment (e.g., Euser et al. 2015; Filene et al. 2013; Geeraerts et al. 2004; Guterman 1999; Layzer et al. 2001; Pinquart and Teubert 2010; Sweet and Appelbaum 2004).
Effectiveness of Home Visiting in Improving Child Health and
Reducing Child Maltreatment Avellar & Supplee (2013) Pediatrics, 132 (2) Reviews the home - visiting research literature and provides an assessment of the evidence of effectiveness for program models that serve families with at - risk pregnant women and children from birth to age 5.
In fact, this issue provides a review of the impacts on child health and child maltreatment in Avellar and Supplee's «Effectiveness in Improving Child Health and
Reducing Child Maltreatment.»
We predicted that the intervention would be less effective in
reducing child maltreatment in the presence of domestic violence.
A recent review offers ambiguous support for the relation between home visitation and reductions in child maltreatment.2 The findings from several large - scale home - visitation efforts have shown disappointing short - term results in reducing family violence and child maltreatment.4, 9 A 15 - year follow - up study of the Elmira trial families, however, provided the first evidence from a randomized trial for the long - term effects of home visitation on
reducing child maltreatment.10 Results from the follow - up showed that nurse - visited families had half as many child maltreatment reports as families in the comparison group.
As of July 2012, with completion of another round of the Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness reviews, three additional models met the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services evidence requirements, with detailed reports forthcoming.17 As summarized below for the nine models with full reviews available, not all demonstrated evidence of effectiveness in
reducing child maltreatment and improving parenting practices.7, 8
2005 — A study from Healthy Families New York was published and the early findings of the program show impacts on
reducing child maltreatment.
As of July 2012, with completion of another round of the Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness reviews, three additional models met the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services evidence requirements, with detailed reports forthcoming.17 As summarized below for the nine models with full reviews available, not all demonstrated evidence of effectiveness in
reducing child maltreatment and improving parenting practices.7, 8
With states and counties showing increased interest in adopting evidence - based methods for preventing or
reducing child maltreatment and for parent training of families involved with child welfare services, it is now time to test this array of science - informed and promising parent training programs and program components on a national scale.
Such a test will generate knowledge of the feasibility of different approaches to
reducing child maltreatment and promoting child development.
Our purpose here is to explain why these gains are now within reach and to propose an initial national strategy to move the nation toward community - wide programs that can improve parenting, thus
reducing child maltreatment and enhancing child development.
Other PMT - derived programs — for example, Project SafeCare in Oklahoma — have also shown significant promise for
reducing child maltreatment in randomized clinical trials at the state and local level.
The program was found to
reduce child maltreatment and the number of out - of - home placements.
She noted that home visitation programs can increase school readiness and parents» understanding of their role in child development, strengthen parenting practices, improve maternal and child health, and help to
reduce child maltreatment.
A review by Segal et al20 of SNHV programmes designed to
reduce child maltreatment found that programme logic helped target explicit outcomes and was related to effectiveness.
Helping parents understand their child's development, learn effective parenting strategies, and experience the joys of child - raising now form the foundation of both Bright Futures7 and efforts that, like Essentials, seek to
reduce child maltreatment.
A recent study of the NHVP found that in the 21 % of the sample that reported frequent incidents of domestic violence, the programme did not
reduce child maltreatment.1 The programme has therefore been modified so that the visiting nurses address domestic violence using proven techniques for reducing risk such as safety planning and conflict resolution skills.
A focused program to reduce abusive head trauma, for example, has shown that providing vivid information and requesting a commitment from parents to refrain from shaking babies can substantially
reduce child maltreatment — even when no other effort is made to address substance abuse, poverty, or the use of positive parenting principles.74
The key to
reduce child maltreatment is a strong focus on prevention.
about Final Report: Increasing Protective Factors to
Reduce Child Maltreatment in Texas Military and Veteran Families
However, this intervention did not significantly
reduce child maltreatment among mothers reporting more than 28 incidents of domestic violence (21 % of sample).
The following resources provide information on child abuse and neglect in military families as well as prevention strategies to
reduce child maltreatment rates within military families.
Healthy Families has shown that it works to
reduce child maltreatment and increase children's readiness for school.
Final Report: Increasing Protective Factors to
Reduce Child Maltreatment in Texas Military and Veteran Families
Dr. Deborah Daro outlines strategies and interventions that have been proven to
reduce child maltreatment.
The goals of this nationally recognized program is to help
reduce child maltreatment risks and to build strong families.
Numerous research studies show that the Parents as Teachers evidence - based home visiting model improves school readiness,
reduces child maltreatment, and enhances parenting skills and parent involvement that leads to better family health and functioning.
Evidence - based home visiting models have shown positive long - term impacts on children in the long term, via increased school readiness,
reduced child maltreatment, and reduced lifetime arrests and convictions.
Together, they collaborated to identify goals and outcomes of the various funding streams (e.g., to prevent and
reduce child maltreatment, to improve maternal economic self - sufficiency, to improve child and maternal health, etc.) and mapped those onto the goals and outcomes of home visiting programs.
The objectives of this study were to examine the effectiveness of Safe Environment for Every Kid (SEEK) with enhanced pediatric primary care in helping
reduce child maltreatment.
Not exact matches
Conducted by Ron Prinz of the University of South Carolina, this first large - scale American trial of Triple P directly addressed, and affirmed, the success of the program in
reducing substantiated
child maltreatment, out - of - home placements of maltreated
children, and
maltreatment injuries.
Mark Chaffin and his colleagues at the University of Oklahoma found that PCIT significantly
reduced the recurrence of
child maltreatment and related service costs among physically abusive families of elementary school
children.
By educating and supporting parents, the incidence of
child maltreatment is greatly
reduced.
For example, a review on prevention of
maltreatment and associated impairment concluded that programs delivered by paraprofessional home visitors were not effective in
reducing child protection reports or associated impairments whereas those delivered by nurses evidenced reductions in
child maltreatment.8
While some meta - analyses of home visiting programs suggest that many types of home visiting programs can make a difference in
reducing adverse outcomes such as
child maltreatment and childhood injuries, 14,15 meta - analyses can produce misleading results if there are insufficient numbers of trials of programs represented in the cross-classification of home visiting target populations, program models, and visitors» backgrounds.
When we focus on building protective factors in families, such as nurturing, knowledge of
child development and age - appropriate expectations, parental resilience and concrete family supports, we can
reduce or eliminate the risk of
maltreatment.
«Programs and policies should address strategies for building supportive resident interactions in the neighborhoods, as well as nonphysical
child discipline to help
reduce maltreatment.»
Maltreatment can have enduring effects on a
child's developing brain, diminishing growth and
reducing activity in key areas
African American students, students who qualify for free /
reduced lunch (i.e. poor students), students living in relatively high - poverty areas, and students attending urban schools are all more likely to be investigated by
Child Protective Services for suspected child maltreat
Child Protective Services for suspected
child maltreat
child maltreatment.