Child Maltreatment Prevention readiness assessment study released
The final report of the Child Maltreatment Prevention readiness assessment study in South Africa has been submitted to the World Health Organisation Department of Violence and Injury Prevention and Disability, Geneva.
The research team that produced this report was lead by the HSRC's Dr Mokhantšo Makoae, who is a senior research specialist in the Population Health, Health Systems and Innovation programme, assisted by Hazel Roberts and Catherine L. Ward.
Main recommendations:
(1) Place CMP as a distinct approach to promoting child wellbeing
high on the political agenda;
(2) recognize that prevention works best when integrated into broader programmes, such as maternal health, child immunization, and early childhood development;
(3) improve the knowledge of key players about the immediate and long-term consequences of child maltreatment as a means of advocating for more attention to CMP in government departments;
(4) increase funding for data collection to understand the magnitude of the problem, in particular for a national prevalence study;
(5) advocate for increased political priority and more funds for CMP; and
(6) integrate child maltreatment prevention programmes in health services already in place for families, e.g. family planning and reproductive health programmes.
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