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Lorenzo SB. 2014. Child maltreatment: Professional resource brief (2nd ed., upd.). Washington, DC: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, multiple items.

Annotation: This resource brief provides sources of information on child maltreatment, including crisis intervention, support services, advocacy groups, and organizations that focus on preventing or mitigating the physical, psychological, and emotional effects of abuse or neglect of a child under the age of 18. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, Georgetown University, Telephone: (202) 784-9770 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.ncemch.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Child abuse, Child maltreatment, Crisis intervention, Electronic resources, Neglect, Prevention

Boller K, Daro D, Del Grosso P, Cole R, Paulsell D, Hart B, Coffee-Borden B, Strong D, Zaveri H, Hargreaves M. 2014. Making replication work: Building infrastructure to implement, scale-up, and sustain evidence-based early childhood home visiting programs with fidelity. Washington, DC: U.S. Children's Bureau, 95 pp., plus appendices.

Burwick A, Zaveri H, Shang L, Boller K, Daro D, Strong DA. 2014. Costs of early childhood home visiting: An analysis of programs implemented in the Supporting Evidence-based Home Visiting to Prevent Child Maltreatment Initiative. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, 43 pp., plus appendices.

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. (2013). Essentials for childhood: Steps to create safe, stable, and nurturing relationships. Atlanta, GA: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 36 pp.

Annotation: This guide proposes strategies that communities can consider to promote relationships and environments that help children grow up to be healthy and productive citizens so that they, in turn, can build stronger and safer families and communities for their own children. Each section offers steps to help meet the following goals: (1) raise awareness and commitment to promote safe, stable, and nurturing relationships and prevent child maltreatment; (2) use data to inform actions; (3) create the context for healthy children and families through norms change and programs; and (4) crreate the context for healthy children and families through policies. The guide is intended for anyone committed to the positive development of children and families, and specifically to the prevention of all forms of child abuse and neglect.

Contact: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, N.E., Mailstop F-63, Atlanta, GA 30341-3717, Telephone: (800) CDC-INFO Secondary Telephone: (888) 232-6348 Fax: (770) 488-4760 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.cdc.gov/injury/index.html Available from the website.

Keywords: Child abuse, Child maltreatment, Community participation, Health promotion, Prevention programs

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Maternal and Child Health and Frank Porter Graham Chid Development Institute. 2013. National Training Institute (NTI) for Child Care Health Consultants . Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, multiple items.

Annotation: This website comprises materials developed by the Healthy Child Care America train-the-trainer program to address the needs of child care health consultants. Contents include modules and toolkits on topics such as consulting, curriculum development, caring for children who are ill, child maltreatment, children with special health needs, environmental health (including lead), the field of child care, infectious disease, injury prevention, mental health, nutrition and physical activity, oral health, quality in child care, and staff health. Evaluation forms, templates, and a training checklist are included. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Child care, Child care workers, Child maltreatment, Children with special health care needs, Communicable diseases, Curriculum development, Environmental health, Infections, Injury prevention, Lead, Mental health, Nutrition, Oral health, Out of home care, Physical activity, Qualitative evaluation, Training

U.S. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families . 2012. Promoting social and emotional well-being for children and youth receiving child welfare services. Washington, DC: U.S. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families , 21 pp.

Annotation: This information memorandum for state, tribal, and territorial agencies administering or supervising the administration of Titles IV-B and IV-E of the Social Security Act, Indian Tribes and Indian Tribal Organizations, seeks to promote social and emotional well-bring for children and adolescents who have experienced maltreatment and are receiving child welfare services. The memorandum includes an overview of the issue and a discussion of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families' well-being framework, emerging evidence on the impact of maltreatment, requirements and policy opportunities, current state and county investments, screening and functional assessment, effective interventions, and maximizing resources to achieve better results.

Contact: U.S. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families , 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Washington, DC 20447, Telephone: Secondary Telephone: Fax: Web Site: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/acyf Available from the website.

Keywords: Adolescent development, Adolescent mental health, American Indians, Child development, Child maltreatment, Child mental health, Child welfare, Child welfare agencies, Intervention, Legislation, Public policy, Screening, Social service agencies, State agencies

Olson S, Stroud C; Institute of Medicine, Board on Children, Youth, and Families and National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. 2012. Child maltreatment research, policy, and practice for the next decade: Workshop summary. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 203 pp.

Annotation: This document summarizes presentations and discussions at the Institute of Medicine/National Research Council workshop, Child Maltreatment, Research, Policy, and Practice for the Next Generation, held on January 30 and 31, 2012, and highlights participant suggestions for future research priorities, policy actions, and practices that may enhance understanding of child maltreatment and efforts to reduce and respond to it. Topics included recognizing and assessing child maltreatment, social trends and child maltreatment trends, causes and consequences of child maltreatment, prevention, service design and delivery, and system-level issues.

Contact: National Academies Press, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Keck 360, Washington, DC 20001, Telephone: (202) 334-3313 Secondary Telephone: (888) 624-8373 Fax: (202) 334-2451 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nap.edu $46.00 plus shipping and handling; also available from the website. Document Number: ISBN 978-0-309-25442-7.

Keywords: Child maltreatment, Prevention, Public policy, Research, Service delivery, Service delivery systems, Social services, Trends

Speilberger J, Gitlow E, Winje C, Harden A, Banman A, Dadisman K. 2012. Building a system of support for evidence-based home visiting programs in Illinois: Findings from year 2 of the Strong Foundations evaluation. Chicago, IL: Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 121 pp.

Annotation: This report provides information from an evaluation of home visiting programs in Illinois that are part of Strong Foundations—a program that supports the implementation, scaling up, and sustainability of evidence-based home-visiting programs for the prevention of child maltreatment. The report presents perspectives on the state system from key informants at state and local program levels and discusses local programs with a focus on five main topics: characteristics of communities and programs, staff training and supervision, program quality and fidelity, programs' ability to meet families' needs, and the availability of and linkages to other community services and resources.

Contact: Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 1313 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, Telephone: (773) 753-5900 Fax: (773) 753-5940 Web Site: http://www.chapinhall.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Child maltreatment, Communities, Family support services, Home visiting, Illinois, Local programs, Low income groups, Prevention, Program evaluation, State programs, Training

U.S. Government Accountability Office. 2011. Child maltreatment: Strengthening national data on child fatalities could aid in prevention. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 51 pp.

Annotation: This report presents the findings from research conducted by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to determine to what extent data on the number of child fatalities from maltreatment, and the circumstances surrounding the deaths, are fully captured in the federal National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS), which is based on voluntary state reports to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Specifically, the report examines (1) the extent to which HHS collects and reports comprehensive information on child fatalities from maltreatment; (2) the challenges states face in collecting and reporting this information to HHS; and (3) the assistance HHS provides to states in collecting and reporting data on child maltreatment fatalities. The report describes the methodology used in the study; highlights from GAO's findings, including variations across counties and states (for example, differences in the definition of medical maltreatment); and recommendations to improve the comprehensiveness, quality, and use of national data on child fatalities from maltreatment,

Contact: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 441 G Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20548, Telephone: (202) 512-3000 Secondary Telephone: E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.gao.gov Available from the website.

Keywords: , Accountability, Child death, Child maltreatment, Federal initiatives, Injury surveillance systems, National surveys, Studies

Child Welfare Information Gateway. 2011. About CAPTA: A legislative history. Washington, DC: U.S Department of Health and Human Services, Children's Bureau, 3 pp. (Factsheet)

Annotation: This factsheet summarizes the legislative history and purpose of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), the key federal legislation addressing child abuse and neglect. CAPTA was originally enacted in P.L. 93-247 and was most recently amended and reauthorized on December 20, 2010, by the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-320). CAPTA provides federal funding to states in support of prevention, assessment, investigation, prosecution, and treatment activities and also provides grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations, including Indian Ttibes and tribal organizations, for demonstration programs and projects.

Contact: Child Welfare Information Gateway, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, Children's Bureau, 1250 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Eighth Floor, Washington, DC 20024, Telephone: (800) 394-3366 Secondary Telephone: E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.childwelfare.gov Available from the website.

Keywords: Child abuse, Child maltreatment, Child neglect, Federal legislation

Paulsell D, Coffee-Borden B. 2010. Assessing the need for evidence-based home visiting (EBHV): Experiences of EBHV grantees. [Princeton, NJ]: Mathematica Policy Research; [Chicago, IL]: Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 49 pp. (Supporting evidence-based home visiting to prevent child maltreatment; brief 1)

Annotation: This brief provides information about how grantees participating in the Children's Bureau's Supporting Evidence-Based Home Visiting to Prevent Child Maltreatment grantee cluster prepared needs assessments to to plan for implementing or expanding grant-related evidence-based home visiting services. The brief discusses how grantees planned the assessments and collected the data, as well as facilitators and barriers to carrying out the assessments. It also describes lesson that grantees identified.

Contact: Mathematica , P.O. Box 2393, Princeton, NJ 08543-2393, Telephone: (609) 799-3535 Fax: (609) 799-0005 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.mathematica-mpr.com Available from the website.

Keywords: Assessment, Child maltreatment, Evidence-based practice, Federal programs, Grants, Home visiting, Prevention

Sell K, Zlotnik S, Noonan K. 2010. The recession and child maltreatment. Washington, DC: First Focus, 16 pp. (The effect of the recession on child well-being)

Annotation: This report discusses the relationship between child maltreatment and the recent recession. The report provides an overview of child maltreatment, including a discussion of risk and protective factors and trends. Prior recessions, the recent recession, and challenges in interpreting data area discussed. Next steps are presented, as well.

Contact: First Focus, 1400 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 650, Washington, DC 20005, Telephone: (202) 657-0670 Fax: (202) 657-0671 Web Site: http://www.firstfocus.net Available from the website.

Keywords: Child maltreatment, Economic factors, Families, Low income groups, Parents, Protective factors, Risk factors

Home Visiting Needs Assessment Workgroup. 2010. State of Oregon supplemental information request: Statewide needs assessment. Portland, OR: Oregon Department of Human Services, 66 pp.

Annotation: This report provides statewide data for Oregon in the following categories: premature birth, low-birthweight infants, infant mortality, poverty, crime, domestic violence, school dropout rates, substance abuse, unemployment, child maltreatment, and other indicators of at-risk prenatal, maternal, newborn, or child health. County-level data for the same categories is also provided, and information on the selection process of a unit of analysis is offered. The report also includes information about the quality and capacity of Oregon's existing home-visiting programs and the state's capacity for providing substance abuse treatment. A narrative summary of needs-assessment results concludes the report.

Contact: Oregon Department of Human Services, Maternal and Child Health Section, 800 N.E. Oregon Street, Suite 825, Portland, OR 97232, Telephone: (971) 673-0252 Secondary Telephone: (971) 673-0372 Fax: (971) 673-0240 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://public.health.oregon.gov/PHD/Directory/Pages/program.aspx?pid=25 Available from the website.

Keywords: Child health, Child maltreatment, Crime, Domestic violence, High risk groups, Home visiting, Infant health, Infant mortality, Low birthweight infants, Needs assessment, Oregon Preterm birth, Poverty, Reproductive health, School dropouts, State programs, Statistical data, Substance abuse, Treatment, Unemployment, Women', s health

National Scientific Council on the Developing Child. 2010. Persistent fear and anxiety can affect young children's early learning and development. Cambridge, MA: National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, 13 pp. (Working paper no. 9)

Annotation: This working paper focuses on how early exposure to circumstances that produce persistent fear and chronic anxiety can have lifelong consequences by disrupting the architecture of the brain and on how to implement interventions to prevent and treat the harmful effects of exposure to extreme, fear-eliciting circumstances. The paper discusses what science tells us, correcting popular misrepresentations of science, the science-policy gap, and policy implications.

Contact: National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, Harvard University, 50 Church Street, Fourth Floor, Cambridge, MA 02138, Telephone: (617) 496-0578 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.developingchild.net Available from the website.

Keywords: Anxiety, Behavior disorders, Behavior problems, Child abuse, Child maltreatment, Early childhood development, Emotional development, Intervention, Mental disorders, Mental health, Prevention, Public policy, Research, Treatment, Young children

Panté MD, Simon SG, Callahan JM. 2009. Basic life support provider: Pediatric education for prehospital professionals. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Barlett, 332 pp.

Annotation: This textbook, which is un updated version of the 2005 edition, provides prehospital medical information for the emergency care of infants and children. The textbook presents medical content using special features and an interactive course. Features include learning objectives, case studies, tips, and key terms, among others. Topics covered include pediatric assessment, using a developmental approach, respiratory emergencies, cardiovascular emergencies, medical emergencies, trauma, toxic emergencies, children in disasters, emergency delivery and newborn stabilization, children with special health care needs, sudden infant death syndrome, child maltreatment, medicolegal and ethical considerations, transportation considerations, and making a difference.

Contact: Jones and Bartlett Learning, 5 Wall Street, Burlington, MA 01803, Telephone: (800) 832-0034 Secondary Telephone: (978) 443-5000 Fax: (978)443-8000 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.jblearning.com Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 0763755877.

Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Legal issues, Child health, Child maltreatment, Childbirth, Disasters, Emergency medical care, Infant health, Medical ethics, Newborn infants, SIDS, Training, Trauma

Finkelhor D, Turner H, Ormrod R, Hamby S, Kracke K. 2009. Children's exposure to violence: A comprehensive national survey. Washington, DC: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 11 pp. (Juvenile justice bulletin)

Annotation: This bulletin discusses the National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence, a comprehensive nationwide survey of the incidence and prevalence of children's exposure to violence. The bulletin provides background on the problem, history of the study, highlights of survey results, and implications.

Contact: National Criminal Justice Reference Service, P.O. Box 6000, Rockville, MD 20849-6000, Telephone: (800) 851-3420 Secondary Telephone: (301)240-7760 Fax: 301-240-5830 Web Site: https://www.ncjrs.gov Available from the website. Document Number: OJJDP 227744.

Keywords: Child maltreatment, Prevention, Public policy, Research, Surveys, Violence, Child abuse

Koball H, Zaveri H, Boller K, Daro D, Knab J, Paulsell D, Hargreaves M, Strong DA, Malone L, Del Grosso P, Xue Y. 2009. Supporting evidence-based home visiting to prevent child maltreatment: Overview of the cross-site evaluation. [Princeton, NJ]: Mathematica Policy Research, 14 pp. (Supporting evidence-based home visiting to prevent child maltreatment)

Annotation: This report summarizes a cross-site evaluation design of 17 evidence-based home visiting (EBHV) programs, funded by the Children's Bureau, U.S. Administration for Children and Families, in 13 states to identify successful strategies for adopting, implementing, and sustaining high-quality home visiting programs to prevent child maltreatment. It provides an overview of the EBHV grantees and their selected program models. Five domains are identified and studied including (1) systems change, (2) fidelity to the evidence-based model, (3) costs of home visiting programs, (4) family and child outcomes, and (5) process study. Additional contents include a description of the analytic approach, evaluation technical assistance, and utilization-focused reporting and dissemination.

Contact: FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention, Chapel Hill Training Outreach Project, 800 Eastowne Drive, Suite 105, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, Web Site: http://www.friendsnrc.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Child abuse, Child maltreatment, Early intervention, Home visiting, MCH research, Program descriptions, Program evaluation

Koball H, Zaveri H, Boller K, Daro D, Knab J, Paulsell D, Hargreaves M, Strong DA, Malone L, Del Grosso P, Xue Y. 2009. Cross-site evaluation of the supporting evidence-based home visiting grantee cluster: Evaluation design-Volume 1. [Princeton, NJ]: Mathematica Policy Research, ca 160 pp. (Supporting evidence-based home visiting to prevent child maltreatment)

Annotation: This report describes the cross-site evaluation design to identify successful strategies for adopting, implementing, and sustaining high-quality home visiting programs to prevent child maltreatment. It focuses on domains central to the implementation and monitoring of home visiting programs: systems change, fidelity to the evidence-based model, costs of home visiting programs, and family and child outcomes. It analyzes the process that each grantee uses to implement the grant; uses data from local evaluations and crosssite research to assess participant, program, and systems outcomes; and describes the infrastructure supports for and the implementation fidelity of the home visiting programs as well as detailed information about data collection and analysis plans. The programs discussed were funded by the Children's Bureau, U.S. Administration for Children and Families.

Contact: FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention, Chapel Hill Training Outreach Project, 800 Eastowne Drive, Suite 105, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, Web Site: http://www.friendsnrc.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Child abuse, Child maltreatment, Early intervention, Home visiting, MCH research, Program descriptions, Program evaluation, Research methodology

Hargreaves M, Paulsell D. 2009. Evaluating systems change efforts to support evidence-based home visiting: Concepts and methods. [Princeton, NJ]: Mathematica Policy Research, 18 pp. (Supporting evidence-based home visiting to prevent child maltreatment)

Annotation: This report summarizes evaluation concepts and methods planned by recipients of 17 U.S. Children's Bureau-sponsored cooperative agreements to support the infrastructure needed for the high-quality implementation of existing evidence-based home visiting (EBHV) programs to prevent child maltreatment. It discusses the system-based evaluation approach and theory of change, EBHV infrastructure concepts, and system-based evaluation methods.

Contact: FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention, Chapel Hill Training Outreach Project, 800 Eastowne Drive, Suite 105, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, Web Site: http://www.friendsnrc.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Child abuse, Child maltreatment, Early intervention, Home visiting, MCH research, Program descriptions, Program evaluation, Research methodology, Service delivery systems

Del Grosso P, Daro D. 2009. Cross-site evaluation of the supporting evidence-based home visiting grantees: Summary of the planning year. [Princeton, NJ]: Mathematica Policy Research, 49 pp. (Supporting evidence-based home visiting to prevent child maltreatment)

Annotation: This report describes planning for a cross-site evaluation of programs of 17 evidence-based home visiting (EBHV) grantees of the U.S. Children's Bureau. It describes the EBHV grantees, the home visiting models they are implementing, and their implementation plans. It then highlights key evaluation activities conducted during the planning year. Finally, it describes lessons learned and parameters for moving forward.

Contact: FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention, Chapel Hill Training Outreach Project, 800 Eastowne Drive, Suite 105, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, Web Site: http://www.friendsnrc.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Child abuse, Child maltreatment, Early intervention, Home visiting, MCH research, Model programs, Program descriptions, Program evaluation, Research methodology
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This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number U02MC31613, MCH Advanced Education Policy, $3.5 M. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.