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Using an Injury Prevention Model to Inform a Public Health Approach to Child Protection

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Re-Visioning Public Health Approaches for Protecting Children

Part of the book series: Child Maltreatment ((MALT,volume 9))

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In this chapter, we draw on the epidemiology of child abuse to make the case for the importance of taking a public health approach to the problem. From there, we describe the elements of a public health approach and apply them to the prevention of child abuse and neglect, distinguishing the public health perspectives from those of other disciplines. This includes focusing on key elements of a public health approach in general, including population level interventions, primary prevention, and attention to underlying disparities and social determinants of health problems and relying on evidence-based practice. More specifically, we introduce concepts and models from injury prevention within a public health context and explore some of the dilemmas in applying these approaches in general and, specifically in the context of child abuse prevention.

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  1. Colorado School of Public Health, Program for Injury Prevention, Education and Research, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA

    Carol W. Runyan

  2. Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA

    Desmond K. Runyan

  3. Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, USA

    Desmond K. Runyan

  4. Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect, Denver, CO, USA

    Desmond K. Runyan

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  1. School of Health, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia

    Bob Lonne

  2. Senior Research Fellow, Monash University, Victoria, VIC, Australia

    Deb Scott

  3. Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Daryl Higgins

  4. Marion Elizabeth Blue Professor of Child and Family, University of Michigan School of Social Work, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Todd I. Herrenkohl

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Runyan, C.W., Runyan, D.K. (2019). Using an Injury Prevention Model to Inform a Public Health Approach to Child Protection. In: Lonne, B., Scott, D., Higgins, D., Herrenkohl, T.I. (eds) Re-Visioning Public Health Approaches for Protecting Children. Child Maltreatment, vol 9. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05858-6_6

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