Abstract
Perinatal support programs are offering new hope for the prevention of child abuse. This article reviews the research stimulating these programs, details the prescribed components of perinatal programs according to the Interprofessional Task Force on Health Care of Women and Children and the National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse, and discusses four demonstration projects currently being conducted.
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Ellen B. Gray is Program Associate for Primary Prevention and Director of the project, “Collaborative Research and Community and Minority Group Action to Prevent Child Abuse,” at the National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse. Reprint requests may be addressed to the author at the National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse, 332 South Michigan Avenue, #1250, Chicago, Illinois 60604.
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Gray, E.B. Perinatal support programs: A strategy for the primary prevention of child abuse. J Primary Prevent 2, 138–152 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01324207
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