Evaluation and Treatment of Childhood Physical Abuse and Neglect: A Review

Cummings, Marissa; Berkowitz, Steven

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“…(25) A meta-analysis of education programmes was conducted to determine non-cognitive developmental benefits of parenting and early childhood education programmes, as this information was not available in existing systematic reviews. The maltreatment review updated the Lancet 2009 series article on prevention of child maltreatment (26) and a systematic review of child maltreatment prevention reviews, (27) by reviewing recent reviews of maltreatment prevention interventions (24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)., including home visiting, (28)(29)(30), parenting-training programmes, (31,32) sexual abuse prevention programmes, (33,34) universal campaigns to prevent physical abuse, (35) behavioural and counseling interventions,(36) detection of child maltreatment, (37) and three review studies on prevention of child maltreatment. (38)(39)(40) The social protection review examined five systematic reviews that focused on the effects of social programmes, including conditional and unconditional cash transfers and microcredit schemes.…”

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“…The maltreatment review updated the Lancet 2009 series for prevention of child maltreatment (22) and a systematic review of reviews of interventions to reduce child maltreatment, (23) in addition to a review of 14 recent reviews of maltreatment prevention interventions, including home visiting, (24)(25)(26), parenting-training programmes, (27,28) sexual abuse prevention programmes, (29,30) universal campaigns to prevent physical abuse,(31) behavioural and counseling interventions,(32) detection of child maltreatment, (33) and three review studies on prevention of child maltreatment. (34)(35)(36) The social protection review examined five systematic reviews that focused on the effects of social programmes, including conditional and unconditional cash transfers and microcredit schemes. (37)(38)(39)(40)(41) After examining the systematic reviews, the literature was searched for papers that had been published since the systematic reviews.…”

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Nurturing care: promoting early childhood development

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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a historic opportunity to implement at scale interventions to promote Early Childhood Development (ECD). While the evidence base for the importance of ECD has grown, the research is distributed across sectors, populations, and settings with diversity noted in the scope and focus. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive updated analyses of ECD interventions across five sectors: health; nutrition; education; child protection; and social protection. Our review concludes that to make interventions, successful, smarter and sustainable, they need to be implemented as multi-sectoral intervention packages anchored in "nurturing care". The recommendations emphasize that intervention packages should be applied at developmentally appropriate times during the life-course, target multiple risks, and build on existing delivery platforms for feasibility of scale-up. While interventions will continue to improve with the growth of developmental science, the evidence is now strong that parents, caregivers, and families need to be supported in providing nurturing care and protection for young children to achieve their developmental potential.

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“…The effects of CT on psychological development and symptomatology have been extensively studied during the past two decades (Anda et al, 2006;Cummings & Berkowitz, 2014;Dong et al, 2004;Dube et al, 2001;Geffner & Tishelman, 2011).…”

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Prevalence of Exposure to Complex Trauma and Community Violence and Their Associations With Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms

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Studies about trauma often tend to focus on abuse and neglect. However important, these studies may neglect the importance of the broader community context that is often associated with trauma, and complex trauma (CT) in particular. This study aimed to investigate the effects of CT (defined in terms of experiencing abuse and/or neglect occurring in the context of relationships with caregivers), and of broader environmental adversity (i.e. exposure to community violence), in a sample of adolescents (N = 218) from a severely disadvantaged district of Lima, Peru. The study had two aims: (a) to assess the prevalence of CT and its associations with internalizing and externalizing symptoms in these adolescents, and (b) to investigate the associations between community violence and both internalizing and externalizing symptoms over and above the effects of CT. In total, 39.4% of the adolescents reported at least one type of moderate to severe trauma. There was a clear association between CT and both internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Ordinal logistic regressions showed that children who were exposed to one or more traumatic experiences were more likely to score within a higher range of internalizing and externalizing symptoms than children with no history of trauma. Finally, exposure to community violence was an important predictor of symptomatology beyond the effects of CT.Keywords: Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; complex trauma; early adversity; community violence, trauma assessment.Complex trauma (CT) concerns the consequences of multiple experiences of emotional, physical, or sexual abuse, and emotional or physical neglect at an early age within a caregiving context (Bernstein et al., 2003;Mendelsohn et al., 2011;Solomon, 1999). The effects of CT on psychological development and symptomatology have been extensively studied during the past two decades (Anda et al., 2006;Cummings & Berkowitz, 2014;Dong et al., 2004;Dube et al., 2001;Geffner & Tishelman, 2011).Pathogenic environments, in turn, refer to exposure to risky environments (Grigorenko, 2009) at different layers of social interaction, such as the household, the neighborhood, or the school. Pathogenic environments such as poverty, community violence, and household dysfunctions have been shown to negatively influence psychological development and wellbeing (Callahan et al., 2011;Cicchetti, 2004;Cicchetti & Lynch, 1993;Green et al., 2010Green et al., , 2014Hammack, Richards, Luo, Edlynn, & Roy, 2004;Ludwig et al., 2012Ludwig et al., , 2013Páez, Fernández, & Beristain, 2001;Richters & Saltzman, 1990;Taylor et al., 2006;Vanderbilt-Adriance & Shaw, 2009).Furthermore, exposure to community violence during childhood and adolescence has been linked to internalizing and externalizing problems, PTSD, low school engagement, problematic peer relationships, substance abuse, and sexual risk behaviors (Voisin & Berringer, 2015). Internalizing and externalizing symptoms following CT and exposure to violence, are related to over and under-controlled behavior pat...

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“…The researchers found that approximately one-half of callers to the warmline were parents and caregivers of children under the age of 6 years. In recalling the history of the Parenting Assistance Line and its relevance to child abuse prevention, one must consider how existing research indicates that lack of support can be a risk factor for the maltreatment of children (Cummings 2014) and how parental support was the primary concern of parents and caregivers of children under the age of 6 years. We also know that younger children are more at risk of child abuse and neglect (Children's Bureau 2013;Gelles and Cavanaugh 2005;McCoy and Keen 2009;World Health Organization 2002).…”

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Assessing the Helpfulness of One Parenting Assistance Helpline

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This study examined the services provided by one statewide warmline established to assist parents and caregivers of children from birth through adolescence. Warmlines offer telephone-based, non-crisis support for individuals experiencing diverse issues that include parenting questions and concerns. The University of Alabama Child Development Resources collaborated with the Alabama State Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention to institute the Parenting Assistance Line to provide information and support to parents and caregivers of children, age birth through adolescence. Overall, the staff of the Parenting Assistance Line responded to 9487 calls during the 6 years of data reported here. Through a secondary data analysis of calls to the Parenting Assistance Line from June 2007 to July 2013, this study describes the concerns of callers in relation to the ages of the children about whom they are calling and also evaluates the perceptions of the helpfulness of the information and support provided by the warmline. We found that frequently calls involved parent support and parental stress for parents and caregivers of children from infancy through adolescence. The findings suggest that telephone assistance lines offer a viable choice for parents and caregivers seeking affordable and accessible resources when stressed by the responsibilities of caring for children and adolescents and/or seeking information related to parenting issues. The study identified the limitations of research involving secondary data collected for purposes other than research that program administrators and evaluators should consider when planning and implementing services of this nature.

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Evaluation and Treatment of Childhood Physical Abuse and Neglect: A Review

Cited by 18 publications

References 51 publications

Nurturing care: promoting early childhood development

Nurturing care: promoting early childhood development

Prevalence of Exposure to Complex Trauma and Community Violence and Their Associations With Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms

Assessing the Helpfulness of One Parenting Assistance Helpline

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