AU  - Livny, Karen Admon
AU  - Katz, Carmit
TI  - Schools, families, and the prevention of child maltreatment : : lessons that can be learned from a literature review
PY  - 2018///
PB  - Sage, 
KW  - CHILD ABUSE
KW  - CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
KW  - CHILD NEGLECT
KW  - FAMILIES
KW  - LITERATURE REVIEWS
KW  - PARENTING PROGRAMMES
KW  - PRIMARY PREVENTION
KW  - SCHOOLS
KW  - ISRAEL
N1  - Trauma, Violence & Abuse, 2018, 19(2): 148-158
N2  - Child maltreatment is a worldwide social problem that receives considerable attention. However, prevention efforts remain rare, allowing the phenomenon to continue and spread. The aim of the current article is to systematically review evidence-based prevention efforts that address schools and families as key stakeholders for preventing child maltreatment. Using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, a thorough literature review revealed that only five programs matched the inclusion criteria for the current article. These programs were analyzed for several domains, including level of prevention, target population, participants, and the programs’ outcomes. The current review highlights the urgent needs to develop, modify, and further evaluate prevention programs for child maltreatment in the context of the ecological model. More specifically, it illuminates the need to create and champion programs that enhance the collaboration between families and schools, both of which are key stakeholders within the phenomenon of child maltreatment. Collaboration between policymakers, researchers, and practitioners should guide future efforts by promoting cultural adaptation to such programs and by integrating children’s perceptions to improve these efforts and to benefit everyone involved. (Authors' abstract). Record #5764
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1177/1524838016650186
ER  -