Abstract
Child maltreatment is a complex global problem which remains difficult to study and address. Over the last decade, we have seen considerable interest by governments globally in learning the lessons from different countries and comparing experiences as systems are adapted and refined. International
organisations such as the World Health Organization and UNICEF are increasingly prioritising activities to protect children from harm, with important reports on violence against children and strategies for preventing
child maltreatment (UNICEF, 2014; World Health Organization, 2002, 2006).
In turn, we have begun to see a growing body of literature that has started to provide data and insight into areas such as prevalence rates and developing
models of safeguarding as they emerge across an expanding range of countries (e.g. Fang et al., 2015; Hutchinson et al., 2015; Leung et al., 2008; Schmid and
Patel, 2016; Sidebotham, 2016).
organisations such as the World Health Organization and UNICEF are increasingly prioritising activities to protect children from harm, with important reports on violence against children and strategies for preventing
child maltreatment (UNICEF, 2014; World Health Organization, 2002, 2006).
In turn, we have begun to see a growing body of literature that has started to provide data and insight into areas such as prevalence rates and developing
models of safeguarding as they emerge across an expanding range of countries (e.g. Fang et al., 2015; Hutchinson et al., 2015; Leung et al., 2008; Schmid and
Patel, 2016; Sidebotham, 2016).
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 247-251 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Child Abuse Review |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2017 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Law
Access to Document
- Editorial Special Issue 2017- final
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Brown, L., Lei, J., and Strydom, M. (2017) Comparing International Approaches to Safeguarding Children: Global Lesson Learning. Child Abuse Rev., 26: 247–251, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/car.2486. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.