FRAMEWORK
Child maltreatment is a major but preventable public health issue. This framework provides a guide to help determine and document:
- How your health department can provide leadership in state child maltreatment prevention efforts
- How your health department can provide core services to enhance child maltreatment prevention efforts (e.g., surveillance and data systems)
- How child maltreatment prevention fits into existing health department programs such as maternal and child health, injury and violence prevention, and chronic disease
- Where and how linkages within the health department and across sectors can be beneficial in addressing child maltreatment
This framework includes three priority areas and 10 strategies identified as useful in promoting child maltreatment as a public health issue and establishing a leadership role for health departments in state child maltreatment prevention efforts. It was developed from information gathered through an environmental scan of all 50 states and the District of Columbia; state case studies; and consultation with experts in the field.
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1. COMMITMENT