Shifting the Needle on Child Maltreatment

Author(s):  
Ronald J. Prinz ◽  
Cheri J. Shapiro

Evidence-based parenting and family support can play a major role in the prevention of child maltreatment. This chapter provides a basis for the adoption and refinement of a population approach to child maltreatment prevention; the approach is built on a parenting intervention strategy, with the Triple P system of interventions serving as a useful example. The chapter discusses parenting risk for child maltreatment, the rationales for taking a population approach to child maltreatment prevention, the emerging evidence for evidence-based parenting and family support in a population context, measurement and design issues, and factors associated with quality of implementation. Community-wide application of an evidence-based parenting and family support intervention system like Triple P has the potential to address multiple problems concurrently, including but not limited to the prevention of child maltreatment, thereby capitalizing on the efficiency and utility of this public health strategy.

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 344-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon R. Self-Brown ◽  
Melissa C. Osborne ◽  
Whitney Rostad ◽  
Ed Feil

Author(s):  
Matthew R. Sanders ◽  
Karyn L. Healy ◽  
Julie Hodges ◽  
Grace Kirby

Abstract Parent-child relationships influence learning throughout a child’s formal schooling and beyond. The quality of parenting children receive has a major influence on their learning and developmental capabilities. Parental influence is important in the early years of life and extends throughout a child’s schooling. Parenting has a pervasive influence on children’s language and communication, executive functions and self-regulation, social and peer relationships, academic attainment, general behaviour and enjoyment of school. Schools can further enhance educational outcomes for students by developing the resources and expertise needed to engage parents as partners in learning. This can be achieved by delivering and facilitating access to a comprehensive system of high-quality, culturally informed, evidence-based parenting support programs. In this article, recent developments in the Triple P system of parenting support are used to illustrate how schools can develop a low-cost, comprehensive, high-quality parenting support strategy that blends universal components with targeted components for more vulnerable children. We identify potential organisational and logistical barriers to implementing parenting support programs and ways to address these.


2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald J. Prinz ◽  
Matthew R. Sanders ◽  
Cheri J. Shapiro ◽  
Daniel J. Whitaker ◽  
John R. Lutzker

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 410-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald J. Prinz ◽  
Matthew R. Sanders ◽  
Cheri J. Shapiro ◽  
Daniel J. Whitaker ◽  
John R. Lutzker

Author(s):  
Matthew R. Sanders

The parenting of children takes place in many different kinds of contexts. To avoid a “one-size-fits-all” approach, evidence-based parenting programs must adapt to and accommodate the diverse needs of families in a community. These needs can change over time in an individual family. This section of the book illustrates the flexibility and robustness of the Triple P system in addressing the needs of different types of families. Individual chapters discuss the application of Triple P to working parents, fathers, grandparents, parents with mental health problems, and parents who have been through separation or divorce. The success of these efforts is related to gaining a clear understanding of the context within which parenting tasks and responsibilities are undertaken.


2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 527-532 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maha A. Almuneef ◽  
Mohamed Qayad ◽  
Ismail K. Noor ◽  
Majid A. Al-Eissa ◽  
Fadia S. AlBuhairan ◽  
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