Preventing child maltreatment : community approaches /
Contributor(s): Dodge, Kenneth A | Coleman, Doriane Lambelet.
Series: Duke series in child development and public policy.Publisher: New York : Guilford Press, c2009Description: xii, 203 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781593859732 (hardcover); 9781593859732:; 1593859732 (hardcover).Subject(s): Child abuse -- United States | Abused children -- Services for -- United States | Social work with children -- United StatesDDC classification: 362.76709756Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The history of science and child abuse prevention : a reciprocal relationship / Deborah Daro -- Preventing child abuse and neglect with home visiting by nurses / David L. Olds ... [et al.] -- Toward a population-based paradigm for parenting intervention, prevention of child maltreatment, and promotion of child well-being / Ronald J. Prinz -- Community-level prevention of child maltreatment : the Durham family initiative / Kenneth A. Dodge ... [et al.] -- How strong communities restored my faith in humanity : children can live in safety / Gary B. Melton -- The period of purple crying : keeping babies safe in North Carolina / Desmond Runyan & Adam Zolotor -- Quality improvement in child abuse prevention programs / Robert T. Ammerman ... [et al.] -- Differential response / Jane Waldfogel -- Innovations in child maltreatment prevention : resolving the tension between effective assistance and violations of privacy / Doriane Lambelet Coleman -- Healing in the place of last resort : the role of the dependency court within community-based efforts to prevent child maltreatment / Cindy S. Lederman -- Preventing maltreatment or promoting positive development where should a community focus its resources? : a policy perspective / Michael S. Wald.
Many child abuse prevention programmes have targeted factors within the family, such as parenting skills. This book describes the next wave of prevention: the promotion of safer, healthier childrearing environments in entire communities.