Preventing Child Maltreatment in Low‐ and Middle-Income Countries: Parenting for Lifelong Health in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Alampay, Liane Peña, Lachman, Jamie M, Landoy, Bernice Vania Navarro, Madrid, Bernadette J, Ward, Catherine L, Hutchings, Judy, Alinea, Ma. Cecilia D, Gardner, Frances
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2018
• Subjects: Violence against children; Child maltreatment; Parent interventions; Low and middle-income countries; Philippines; Sustainable development goals; Community Psychology; Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence; Psychology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/77; https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-96592-5_15#citeas
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The 2030 Global Agenda for Sustainable Development includes ending all forms of violence against children as an explicit goal (SDG target 16.2). This chapter highlights the scientific basis and potential of parent education and skills development programs to prevent child maltreatment, and describes...