Citation

Gewirtz AH, August GJ. Clin. Child Fam. Psychol. Rev. 2008; 11(1-2): 1-11.

Affiliation

Department of Family Social Science, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, 290 McNeal Hall, 1985 Buford Ave, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA, agewirtz@umn.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10567-007-0029-1

PMID

18196457

Abstract

This article proposes a framework for embedding prevention services into community sectors-of-care. Community sectors-of-care include both formal and grassroot organizations distributed throughout a community that provide various resources and services to at-risk children and their families. Though the child population served by these organizations is often at elevated risk for mental health problems by virtue of children's exposure to difficult life circumstances (poverty, maltreatment, homelessness, domestic violence, etc.) these children face many barriers to accessing evidence-based prevention or treatment services. We review evidence and propose a framework for integrating prevention services into community sectors-of-care that serve high-risk children and families.

Language: en