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Research on What Works in Prevention
Identify resources that evaluate the effectiveness of programs to prevent child abuse and neglect or strengthen families. Search for abstracts of literature and websites from the Child Welfare Information Gateway Library.
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Applying the Principles of Prevention: What do Prevention Practitioners Need to Know About What Works? (PDF - 196 KB)
Nation, Keener, Wandersman, & DuBois (2005)
Outlines key components of prevention programs found to be successful and reviews action steps to assess the inclusion of the component.
Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention: Reports From the Field and Ideas for the Future
Shaw & Kilburn (2009)
Summarizes findings from a survey of over 2,300 workers to assess the current state of the child abuse and neglect prevention field and identify potential future directions in terms of emerging priorities and prevention strategies.
Evidence-Based Practice in the Early Childhood Field
Buysse & Wesley (Eds.) (2006)
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Discusses strategies, promising practices, and future directions for implementing evidence-based practice in the early childhood field. Includes a case study and possible analytic frameworks for understanding how sources of evidence inform the policymaking process.
Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment
Daro & McCurdy (2007)
In Handbook of Injury and Violence Prevention
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Reviews the documented effects of universal and targeted child maltreatment prevention services and identifies program features associated with more robust outcomes.
LINKS (Lifecourse Interventions to Nurture Kids Successfully)
Child Trends
Online database offering details on evaluations of programs across various domains of child well-being that target children from birth to early adulthood.
Pathway to the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (PDF - 3560 KB)
Pathways Mapping Initiative (2007)
Describes a comprehensive set of actions that policymakers, service providers, and community-based organizations can take to improve the lives of children and families.
Population-Based Prevention of Child Maltreatment: The U.S. Triple P System Population Trial
Prinz, Sanders, Shapiro, Whitaker, & Lutzker
Prevention Science, 2009
Presents results from a national randomized study of an evidence-based parenting intervention, finding large effect sizes for substantiated child maltreatment, child out-of-home placements, and child maltreatment injuries.
Preventing Violence: Research and Evidence-Based Intervention Strategies
Lutzker (Ed.) (2006)
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Applies a public health model to the prevention of interpersonal violence and offers quantitative analyses from leaders in violence prevention with a strong scientific perspective.
Primary Prevention of Child Physical Abuse and Neglect: Gaps and Promising Directions
Klevens & Whitaker
Child Maltreatment, 12(4), 2007
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Reviews literature from 1980 to 2004 to identify potentially promising primary prevention interventions that have not yet been evaluated in order to identify gaps and improve program development efforts.
Research-Based Elements of Effective Prevention Strategies (PDF - 132 KB)
Arizona Department of Health Services, Division of Behavioral Health (2002)
Outlines the characteristics of prevention programs found to be effective and includes checklists that can be used to assess existing programs.
States Using Evidence-Based Methods to Prevent Child Abuse (PDF - 565 KB)
National Conference of State Legislatures
Public Health News, 2004
Outlines States using effective child abuse prevention programs, including home visitation programs, comprehensive systems of care, programs working with families involved in the justice system, and programs utilizing childcare and early childhood education facilities.
Using Evidence-Based Parenting Programs to Advance CDC Efforts in Child Maltreatment Prevention (PDF - 115 KB)
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (2004)
Describes several promising parenting interventions being implemented to lower child maltreatment incidence rates, including the Positive Parenting Program and Project SafeCare.
What We Know and Don't Know About Preventing Child Maltreatment
Portwood
Journal of Aggression Maltreatment and Trauma, 12(3), 2006
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Examines models of child abuse prevention, including child empowerment, parent education, and social and system-level efforts, and ways to improve prevention efforts.
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