Protective Factors Articles: Community

A Cure for Child Abuse. (Dec. 7, 2010). Miller-McCune. Retrieved on March 11, 2012 from http://www.miller-mccune.com/a-cure-for-child-abuse-25882

"Asked to investigate the roots of child abuse, a group of social engineers focused not on its cause but its prevention." (Miller-McCune) This article discusses how the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation reached out to the Center for the Study of Social Policy "with a daunting request: Could it help develop an entirely new approach to the field, a strategy that wouldn't be small-bore, lead-footed, depressin?" (Miller-McCune) This article looks at the affect that programs have on families when they are effective and preventive. It discusses the importance of protective factors. "Their presence - or absence - actually can help predict good or bad outcomes. A family with all the signs of risk - but also all the strength of protective factors - has a strong chance of avoiding maltreatment." (Miller-McCune)

This article is important to parents and caretakes because it shows the measures taken to go further than preventing child support but the importance of building protective factors which would strengthen families making communities stronger.