Health and public health approach to ending child abuse and neglect

Donald C Bross; Richard D Krugman

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104619

Health and public health approach to ending child abuse and neglect

Child Abuse Negl. 2020 Dec;110(Pt 1):104619. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104619. Epub 2020 Jun 27.

Authors

Donald C Bross¹, Richard D Krugman²

Affiliations

¹ University of Colorado School of Medicine, United States. Electronic address: Donald.bross@cuanschutz.edu.
² University of Colorado School of Medicine, United States.

PMID: 32600653
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104619

Abstract

The 30^th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child provides an opportunity to reflect on whether the approaches to date in dealing with child abuse and neglect (CAN) have been successful. Initial responsibility in most countries to address CAN has been given to Child Protective Services Agencies. Recently, there have been calls for CPS to take a Public Health Approach in their practice. This paper discusses the potential positive and unintended problems that such a shift in approach might entail.

Keywords: Child abuse; Evidence based programs; Public health approach; UNCRC.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Child
Child Abuse / psychology*
Child Protective Services / methods*
Child Welfare / psychology*
Humans
Public Health / methods*
United Nations / standards*