Citation

Covington T. Child Welf. 2013; 92(2): 21-39.

Affiliation

Michigan Public Health Institute, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Child Welfare League of America)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

24199321

Abstract

Over the past 50 years, most major advances in child maltreatment have focused on protecting severely maltreated children and punishing perpetrators. This article argues that it is time to rigorously apply a public health framework to improve our understanding of, and accelerate efforts to, prevent child abuse and neglect. The article describes the fundamentals of a public health approach; discusses how this approach has been applied to improve surveillance of serious maltreatment injuries and fatalities, the understanding of risk and protective factors, and the long-term consequences of maltreatment; and describes how a public health approach is an effective means to prevention.

Language: en