Parenting Education and Child Abuse and Neglect and Prevention
2018-2020
This community-based research study, sponsored by the Alabama Department of Child Abuse and Neglect (ADCANP) explored how community programs and services successfully support the development of protective factors and prevent child abuse and neglect in Alabama. This team conducted 15 focus groups in the summer of 2019, and hear from almost 100 key stakeholders from across the state on how services and supports can be enhanced to promote child development and family functioning. In Phase I (2018-19) the team reviewed current and leading approaches to child abuse and neglect prevention consistent with the five protective factors of the federal “Strengthening Families” framework. The review explored evidence of how parent leadership and community collaboration, two leading practices identified by the federal department of Community-based Child Abuse Prevention, support capacity for community-based prevention. In Phase II, the team conducted focus groups across Alabama with key community stakeholders who do prevention work to hear perspectives on how the Strengthening Families framework is and could be used to support community-based child abuse and neglect prevention efforts. A range of voices were heard, including rural, diverse, urban, school-based, faith-based, and other community-based agencies, including those that work with children with additional needs. In the third phase we worked with a collaborator in Community Planning at Auburn to map community assets and community risk factors. The results of this project identified new opportunities for strengthening Alabama programs for child abuse and neglect prevention efforts.
Phase I: Vilches, S.L., McDaniel, S., Sherman, H., Burks, B. & Jackson, T. (2020). Phase I Report: A Review of the State of the Art of Research and Promising Practices in Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention, 2019. Auburn, AL: Prepared by the Social Indicators Research Lab, Human Development and Family Studies, Auburn University and Alabama Cooperative Extension Services for the Alabama Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention.
Phase II: Vilches, S.L., McDaniel, S., Sherman, H., Burks, B., Jackson, T. & Merritt, A. (2020). Participation Appendix to the 2020 Report on the Alabama Key Stakeholder Consultations on Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention. Auburn, AL: Social Indicators Research Lab, Human Development and Family Studies, Auburn University and Alabama Cooperative Extension Services.
Phase III: Vilches, S.L., McDaniel, S., Sherman, H., Burks, B., Jackson, T. & Merritt, A. (2020). Keeping Their Heads Above Water: Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention in Alabama. Auburn, AL: Social Indicators Research Lab, Human Development and Family Studies, Auburn University and Alabama Cooperative Extension Services.
Phase II: Vilches, S.L., McDaniel, S., Sherman, H., Burks, B., Jackson, T. & Merritt, A. (2020). Participation Appendix to the 2020 Report on the Alabama Key Stakeholder Consultations on Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention. Auburn, AL: Social Indicators Research Lab, Human Development and Family Studies, Auburn University and Alabama Cooperative Extension Services.
Phase III: Vilches, S.L., McDaniel, S., Sherman, H., Burks, B., Jackson, T. & Merritt, A. (2020). Keeping Their Heads Above Water: Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention in Alabama. Auburn, AL: Social Indicators Research Lab, Human Development and Family Studies, Auburn University and Alabama Cooperative Extension Services.
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