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Getting the Most Juice for the Squeeze: Where SafeCare® and Other Evidence-Based Programs Need to Evolve to Better Protect Children

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Evidence-based practices, particularly home-based parent-support programs, have been effective in preventing child maltreatment. Given the high rate of maltreatment, in particular the relative lack of decline in neglect, the question is what more can evidence-based practices do to maximize effectiveness and responsiveness in the prevention of maltreatment? This chapter describes the movement towards increasing use of evidence-based practices and discusses the challenges for agencies in selecting an appropriate model for the population they serve. SafeCare® is used as an applied example and the content, effectiveness, dissemination, and implementation are highlighted. The chapter reviews challenges in dissemination and implementation of evidence-based practices in the child welfare population and providing recommendations and suggestions for improving the effectiveness and implementation processes effectively and consistently in this population.

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    Katelyn Guastaferro M.P.H., Ph.D

  2. Mark Chaffin Center for Healthy Development, School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30302, USA

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Guastaferro, K., Lutzker, J.R. (2017). Getting the Most Juice for the Squeeze: Where SafeCare® and Other Evidence-Based Programs Need to Evolve to Better Protect Children. In: Teti, D. (eds) Parenting and Family Processes in Child Maltreatment and Intervention. Child Maltreatment Solutions Network. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40920-7_9

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