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Definitions of Child Abuse and
Neglect Prevention
The Louisiana Children’s Trust Fund focuses and funds only
primary and
secondary prevention services. These services provide support to
families before a
crisis emerges. The premise of primary and secondary prevention
services is that
everything possible must be done with families to maximize the
protective factors for
children. This will increase the likelihood for good things to
happen in families such that
the health, safety and well-being of children can be ensured.
The most effective
prevention efforts occur within the family and at the community
level!
Primary Prevention is taking measures to keep child abuse from
happening
before it has occurred. It is aimed at positively influencing
families, parents/caregivers,
and children. The key aspects of primary prevention efforts are
as follows:
• It is offered to all members of a population;
• It is voluntary;
• It attempts to influence societal forces which impact on
parents and
children;
• It seeks to promote positive family functioning rather than to
just prevent
problems.
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