Eradicating Child Maltreatment

Jane Barlow is Professor of Public Health in the Early Years. She is Director of the Warwick Infant and Family Wellbeing Unit (WIFWU), which provides training and research in innovative evidence-based methods of supporting parenting during pregnancy and the early years. Jane has also researched extensively on the effectiveness of interventions aimed at preventing and treating abuse and is a strong advocate of a public health approach to child protection. Arnon Bentovim is a Director of Child and Family Training, and a Visiting Professor at Royal Holloway, University of London. He was formerly a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital and the Tavistock Clinic. He was also Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Child Health, University College London.

This book blends together current thinking about child maltreatment from a group of expert clinicians, researchers and policy makers. Its emphasis on prevention, appropriate use of systems, practical preventive programs and the use of a public heath approach to reduce child abuse is particularly welcome.

• 1. Introduction, Jenny Gray, OBE, International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN), and Social Work Consultant, UK. 2. Burdens and Consequences of Child Maltreatment, Arnon Bentovim, Visiting Professor, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. 3. The Role of Health Services in Responding to Child Maltreatment, Jenny Woodman, UCL-Institute of Child Health, London, UK and Ruth Gilbert, UCL-Institute of Child Health, London, UK. 4. Preventing Abuse: Getting it Right From the Start, Jane Barlow, Warwick University, UK. 5. Public Health Approach to Parenting and Family Support: A Blended Prevention Strategy to Reduce Child Abuse and Neglect, Ron Prinz, Professor and Director of Parenting and Family Research Center, University of South Carolina. 6. Developmental and Dynamic Design in Service Systems: Making the Most of What We Know, Bruce Chorpita, University of California, Los Angeles and Practice Wise LLC, USA, Alayna Park and Eric Daleiden. 7. Hope for Children and Families: Developing a Resource Pack Targeting Abusive Parenting and the Associated Impairment of Children, Arnon Bentovim. 8. Application of the Hope for Children and Family Resource Pack (The Green Family), Arnon Bentovim. 9. Child Sexual Abuse: The Possibilities of Prevention, Donald Findlater, The Lucy Faithfull Foundation, Birmingham, UK. 10. Review, Arnon Bentovim and Jenny Gray.