CAPP Child Abuse Prevention Program By: Rachel DiGeorge

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Literature Review #1 -Purpose of this article was to examine rates of child abuse and neglect reports following a community implementation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy with evidence that supports and intervention for the prevention of child maltreatment -Also family history of child welfare involvement is a prominent factor in assessing risk for future involvement. Preventing Maltreatment with a Community-Based Implementation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy By: Paul Lanier, Patricia Kohl, Joan Benz, Dawn Swinger, and Brett Drake

Literature Review #2 The Public Health Approach for Understanding and Preventing Child Maltreatment: A Brief Review of the Literature and a Call to Action By: Theresa Covington -Most major advances in child maltreatment have focused on protecting severely maltreated children and punishing the offenders. -Her article argues that it is time to carefully apply a public health framework to improve our understanding of, and prevent child abuse and neglect. -Her article describes the essentials of a public health approach, discusses how this approach has been applied to improve observation of serious maltreatment injuries and fatalities, the understanding of risk and protective factors, and the long-term consequences of maltreatment. -It also describes how a public health approach is in effect means to prevention.

Literature Review #3 The Road Ahead: Comprehensive and Innovative Approaches for Improving Safety and Preventing Child Maltreatment Fatalities By: David Sanders and Zeinab Chahine -This article presents a high-level overview of the complex issues, opportunities, and challenges involved in improving child safety and preventing child maltreatment fatalities. -It emphasizes that improving measurement and classification is critical to understanding and preventing child maltreatment fatalities. -It also stresses the need to reframe child maltreatment interventions from a public health perspective. -The article draws on the lessons learned from state-of-the-art safety engineering innovations, research, and other expert recommendations presented in this special issue that can inform future policy and practice direction in this important area.

Literature Review Works Cited Chahine, Z., & Sanders, D. (2013). The Road Ahead: Comprehensive and Innovative Approaches for Improving Safety and Preventing Child Maltreatment Fatalities. Child Welfare, 92(2), Covington, T. (2013). The Public Health Approach for Understanding and Preventing Child Maltreatment: A Brief Review of the Literature and a Call to Action. Child Welfare, 92(2), Lanier, P., Kohl, P., Benz, J., Swinger, D., & Drake, B. (2014). Preventing Maltreatment with a Community-Based Implementation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy. Journal Of Child & Family Studies, 23(2), doi: /s

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