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										Child abuse and neglect are serious public health problems that can have long-term impact on health, opportunity, and wellbeing. CDC works to understand the problems of child abuse and neglect and prevent them.Video also available in SpanishFast FactsRisk and Protective FactorsPrevention StrategiesAbusive Head TraumaProgram: Essentials for ChildhoodData and Research: Violence Against Children SurveysResourcesResource for ActionPreventing Child Abuse and Neglect: A Technical Package for Policy, Norm, and Programmatic Activities
Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Resource for Action [4 MB, 50 Pages]
This Resource for Action, formerly known as, “technical package,” represents a select group of strategies based on the best available evidence to help prevent child abuse and neglect. Also available in Spanish [21 MB, 52 Pages, 508].
Learn how you can implement strategies from the Resources for Action with CDC’s Violence Prevention in Practice tool.
							
					
							Last Reviewed:  April 6, 2022						Source: 	National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Violence Prevention
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