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The Center for Child and Family Policy at
Duke University presents :
Community Prevention of Child Maltreatment
October 8-9, 2007
Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University
The community rates of child maltreatment in the U.S. remain at tragically high levels, with 30-40 children per 1,000 population being investigated for possible abuse every year. Communities have begun to initiate efforts to lower these rates through a variety of policies and programs that range from legislative reform of the child protective services system to neighborhood-based social capital development and intensive home-visiting of high-risk families. Promising preventive interventions have been developed and proven efficacious for the families that they reach, but effectiveness of any program to lower the community rate of child maltreatment is not yet clear.
This conference will bring together scholars from psychology, law, pediatrics, psychiatry, sociology, and social work with leading practitioners and policy makers for the purposes of understanding the state of knowledge and practice in the community prevention of child maltreatment and formulating innovative proposals for change. The day-and-a-half-long meeting will include brief presentations by a dozen speakers, followed by discussion and formulation of action plans. About 125 audience members from academic, practice, and policy worlds will participate in discussions. The conference will take place at the Center for Child and Family Policy at the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University .
The conference has been made possible through generous support from the The Children's Initiative, A Project of the J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation.
If you have questions about the conference, please contact Erika Layko in the Center for Child and Family Policy, 919.613.9350 or ehlayko@duke.edu.
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