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Mark W Fraser - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Child Maltreatment in Japan
Journal of Social Work, 2014Co-Authors: Tomoko Kadonaga, Mark W FraserAbstract:SummaryOver the past 15 years, the number of Child Maltreatment incidents reported to Child Guidance Centers in Japan has increased more than three fold. Reviewing a wide range of policy white-papers and research reports in Japan, we discuss the prevalence of Child Maltreatment, its social construction over time, societal factors contributing to Child Maltreatment, and the development and design of the Japanese Child welfare system. We conclude with a discussion of emerging issues and challenges.FindingsA variety of risk factors exacerbate Maltreatment in Japan. These include the decline of extended familial supports, low paternal involvement in Childrearing, and demanding work routines for both men and women who seek professional careers. Throughout the paper, we discuss historically competing social constructions of the Child, family, and work. In addition, we discuss the gendered roles of men and women in Japanese society. Japan's legacy of Shintoism and Confucianism, the institutionalization of patria...
Wendy Gwirtzman Lane - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Prevention of Child Maltreatment
Pediatric clinics of North America, 2014Co-Authors: Wendy Gwirtzman LaneAbstract:Pediatricians and other health care providers can play several important roles in the prevention of Child Maltreatment. This article aims to help pediatricians incorporate Child abuse prevention into their practice. Resources for systematizing anticipatory guidance and screening for risk factors in Child Maltreatment are described. The modalities, strengths, and weaknesses of community-based prevention programs are discussed, and tools with which providers can identify the effectiveness of available community-based programs are offered. On a broader level, ways whereby pediatricians can advocate at the local, state, and national levels for policies and programs that support families and Children are described. Language: en
Nigel Parton - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Child Maltreatment as Social Harm
Child Maltreatment, 2019Co-Authors: Nigel PartonAbstract:This chapter takes forward an approach to Child protection first outlined by the author in The politics of Child protection: Contemporary developments and future directions (2014, Palgrave/Macmillan). It argues that traditional Child protection systems have a number of major weaknesses. In particular there has been a failure to recognise that the prevalence of Child Maltreatment is much greater than the number of cases that are ever known to official Child protection agencies. There has been a failure to recognise that the social problem of Child Maltreatment is much larger and more pervasive than is officially recognised and that there are key social and structural dimensions to the problem. The chapter sets out some of the key principles on which a public health approach to Child Maltreatment should be based. It argues that approaches which attempt to address the wide-spread social harms to Children have the best chances of overcoming current problems and in the process improving the well-being of Children and the overall social capital of the societies in which they live.
Philip V. Scribano - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Prevention strategies in Child Maltreatment.
Current opinion in pediatrics, 2010Co-Authors: Philip V. ScribanoAbstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Child Maltreatment remains a prevalent problem for which notable best practices such as home visitation can be effective; however, most eligible families do not receive these beneficial services. Additionally, there are other promising prevention interventions to effectively address Child Maltreatment. This review focuses on the recent advances and strategies for Child Maltreatment prevention. RECENT FINDINGS: Although home visiting does not have a single clearly defined methodology of providing service to Children and families, the general supportive framework to improve maternal, Child, and family factors makes this intervention the most widely studied and accepted prevention strategy. However, there has been limited effectiveness for most models. The Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) has provided consistently positive results by targeting families with many risk factors by using highly trained professionals when implementing a research-based intervention. A promising public health approach to parent training (Triple P) may reduce Maltreatment and out-of-home placement. Parent-Child interaction therapy (PCIT), while a treatment model, is becoming an increasingly important approach to Child Maltreatment prevention. There may be an opportunity to reduce Child Maltreatment by enhancing care in the pediatric medical home setting. SUMMARY: Effective Child Maltreatment prevention efforts exist; however, not all programs provide the same effectiveness, or target the same Maltreatment issues. Pediatricians are in a key position to offer support to families in their own practice, as well as to direct families to the appropriate resources available. Language: en
Harriet L. Macmillan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Child Maltreatment 2 Recognising and responding to Child Maltreatment
The Lancet, 2009Co-Authors: Ruth Gilbert, Alison Mary Kemp, June Thoburn, Peter Sidebotham, Lorraine Radford, Danya Glaser, Harriet L. MacmillanAbstract:Professionals in Child health, primary care, mental health, schools, social services, and law-enforcement services all contribute to the recognition of and response to Child Maltreatment. In all sectors, Children suspected of being maltreated are under-reported to Child-protection agencies. Lack of awareness of the signs of Child Maltreatment and processes for reporting to Child-protection agencies, and a perception that reporting might do more harm than good, are among the reasons for not reporting. Strategies to improve recognition, mainly used in paediatric practice, include training, use of questionnaires for asking Children and parents about Maltreatment, and evidence-based guidelines for who should be assessed by Child-protection specialists. Internationally, studies suggest that policies emphasising substantiation of Maltreatment without concomitant attention to welfare needs lead to less service provision for maltreated Children than do those in systems for which Child Maltreatment is part of a broad Child and family welfare response.
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Child Maltreatment 2 : Recognising and responding to Child Maltreatment. Commentary
The Lancet, 2009Co-Authors: Dorothy Scott, Ruth Gilbert, Alison Mary Kemp, June Thoburn, Peter Sidebotham, Lorraine Radford, Danya Glaser, Harriet L. MacmillanAbstract:Professionals in Child health, primary care, mental health, schools, social services, and law-enforcement services all contribute to the recognition of and response to Child Maltreatment. In all sectors, Children suspected of being maltreated are under-reported to Child-protection agencies. Lack of awareness of the signs of Child Maltreatment and processes for reporting to Child-protection agencies, and a perception that reporting might do more harm than good, are among the reasons for not reporting. Strategies to improve recognition, mainly used in paediatric practice, include training, use of questionnaires for asking Children and parents about Maltreatment, and evidence-based guidelines for who should be assessed by Child-protection specialists. Internationally, studies suggest that policies emphasising substantiation of Maltreatment without concomitant attention to welfare needs lead to less service provision for maltreated Children than do those in systems for which Child Maltreatment is part of a broad Child and family welfare response.
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Recognising and responding to Child Maltreatment
Lancet (London England), 2008Co-Authors: Ruth Gilbert, Alison Mary Kemp, June Thoburn, Peter Sidebotham, Lorraine Radford, Danya Glaser, Harriet L. MacmillanAbstract:Professionals in Child health, primary care, mental health, schools, social services, and law-enforcement services all contribute to the recognition of and response to Child Maltreatment. In all sectors, Children suspected of being maltreated are under-reported to Child-protection agencies. Lack of awareness of the signs of Child Maltreatment and processes for reporting to Child-protection agencies, and a perception that reporting might do more harm than good, are among the reasons for not reporting. Strategies to improve recognition, mainly used in paediatric practice, include training, use of questionnaires for asking Children and parents about Maltreatment, and evidence-based guidelines for who should be assessed by Child-protection specialists. Internationally, studies suggest that policies emphasising substantiation of Maltreatment without concomitant attention to welfare needs lead to less service provision for maltreated Children than do those in systems for which Child Maltreatment is part of a broad Child and family welfare response.