Deck 15: Prevention of Child Maltreatment

Question 1

The historical response to child abuse could be characterized as which of the following?

A)tertiary
B)proactive
C)comprehensive
D)empirically driven

Answer 1

A

Question 2

______ is one of the most widely used approaches for improving maternal and child outcomes and preventing maltreatment.

A)Public health
B)Home visitation
C)Center-based visitation
D)Therapy

Answer 2

B

Question 3

An estimated ______ of U.S.children will experience a confirmed case of maltreatment by 18 years of age.

A)15.4%
B)12.5%
C)16.0%
D)5.6%

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The overall savings of NFP, including the benefit of child maltreatment prevention, were ______.

A)equal to the cost of the program.
B)double the cost of the program.
C)three times the cost of the program.
D)more than four times the cost of the program.

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT one of the six key recommendations across strategies for approaching child maltreatment prevention?

A)involving parents as partners and strengthening protective factors related to parenting
B)collaboration across agencies
C)understanding social norms
D)involving law enforcement in prevention activities

Question 6

Worldwide ______ of children report experiencing some form of physical punishment.

A)60%
B)80%
C)90%
D)77%

Question 7

In 2010, the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program through the Affordable Care Act provided $1.5 billion over 5 years for states to implement evidence-based home visiting services, as a strategy to promote child and family well-being.This prompted a ______ increase in home visits.

A)double
B)triple
C)quadruple
D)10-fold

Question 8

Will and Martha have four children under the age of 6, and the oldest child, James, has just been diagnosed with autism after being brought to a pediatric clinic to address behavioral issues.The clinic has provided Will and Martha with resources for parenting a child with autism and suggested an income-based program that will provide special needs child care.This type of approach would be considered which of the following by Caplan?

A)secondary prevention
B)tertiary prevention
C)primary prevention
D)family prevention

Question 9

Low-income mothers reported high rates of physical or psychological punishment of which age-group child?

A)toddlers (age 2-4 years)
B)young children (age 5-11 years)
C)teens (age 12-18 years)
D)infants (age 0-12 months)

Question 10

______ are advisable for population subgroups distinguished by age, sex, occupation, or other evident characteristics, but who, on individual examination, are perfectly well.

A)Universal interventions
B)Tertiary interventions
C)Selective interventions
D)Indicated interventions

Question 11

The CDC estimated the financial burden resulting from new cases of fatal and nonfatal child maltreatment to be ______ in 2008.

A)7 million dollars
B)800 million dollars
C)12 billion dollars
D)124 billion dollars

Question 12

What makes child maltreatment prevention different, and more difficult to solve than other public health problems?

A)There is no single answer, cure, or vaccine to prevent child maltreatment.
B)Much child maltreatment goes unreported, making it difficult to detect.
C)Child maltreatment causes a much wider array of negative consequences than other problems such as disease outbreaks.
D)Child maltreatment prevention has not had a significant amount of financial resources devoted to solving the problem compared to other public health crises.

Question 13

The Nurse Family Partnership is an example of what type of intervention?

A)tertiary
B)indicated
C)selective
D)universal

Question 14

Janet is 6 months pregnant, and 19 years old, with a minimum wage job.She is getting prenatal care at a community women's clinic.The clinic has suggested that she attend parenting classes and get her income verification in order and submitted to receive financial assistance and SNAP benefits in preparation for the baby.This type of approach would be considered which of the following by Caplan?

A)secondary prevention
B)tertiary prevention
C)primary prevention
D)family prevention

Question 15

What is the first step in the public health framework for prevention?

A)identify risk factors
B)identify protective factors
C)identify the nature and scope of the problem
D)test efficacy of treatment

Question 16

A rural county in Oregon uses public service announcements and billboard campaigns to remind people about child abuse prevention.What type of intervention would this be, according to Gordon?

A)primary
B)secondary
C)tertiary
D)universal

Question 17

The true prevalence of child maltreatment is ______.

A)likely underestimated.
B)likely overestimated.
C)accurately reflected in reports.
D)debated.

Question 18

Jill and Jake have a 6-year-old child, Jesse.Jesse was going to the bathroom at day care and asked for help cleaning up.His day care provider noticed welts on his bottom and filed a CPS report.The child welfare worker opened a case and created a case plan that included treatments aimed at preventing spanking or corporal punishment from happening in the future and addressing the trauma associated with the previous discipline tactics.Caplan would define this as:

A)secondary prevention.
B)tertiary prevention.
C)primary prevention.
D)family prevention.

Question 19

One of the biggest problems in terms of moving from a reactionary to a primary or secondary prevention framework nationally is which of the following?

A)lack of funding
B)lack of empirical data
C)child protective services caseworker burnout
D)lack of advocacy

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT a prevention program identified by the RAND Corporation that showed evidence of reducing child maltreatment?

A)Nurse Family Partnership
B)Home Visits Partnership
C)Parents as Teachers
D)Chicago Child-Parent Centers

Question 21

Explain what the public health framework is.What are the four steps of the framework?

Question 22

Discuss Caplan and Gordon's approaches to child maltreatment prevention.How do they differ? What elements make up each approach?

Question 23

What are the key contributions of the Adverse Childhood Experiences study that have impacted the child maltreatment prevention field?

Question 24

What is a child maltreatment prevention strategy? How is it different from prevention models or programs? Why do you think both strategies and models are important in prevention?

Question 25

Discuss the challenges to child maltreatment prevention in the context of a public health crisis.What makes it different from other public health problems? What types of factors impact child maltreatment?