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What is Child Maltreatment (CM)

Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior
Can be either acts of commission (abuse) or omission (neglect), perpetrated by the caregiver, which may result in pernicious results related to the physical, psychological, sexual, medical, or emotional needs of a child.
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Use of Mobile Phones to Help Prevent Child Maltreatment
Katelyn M. Guastaferro (Georgia State University, USA), Matthew C. Jackson (Georgia State University, USA), Shannon Self-Brown (Georgia State University, USA), Julie J. Jabaley (Craddock Center, USA), and John R. Lutzker (Georgia State University, USA)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 17
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8239-9.ch074
Abstract
Child maltreatment prevention interventions have been proven to reduce risk and rates of recidivism, although only recently have these interventions incorporated mobile phone technology in implementation. This article first presents the public health problem of child maltreatment and discusses the use of technology in the at-risk population. Prior public health research that has evaluated the effect of mobile phone technology in implementation is reviewed followed by the few child maltreatment prevention research efforts that have incorporated mobile phones. Limitations of mobile phone technology in this field and future directions are suggested.
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