Deck 16: Effective Program Models for the Prevention of Child Maltreatment

Question 1

Stith and colleagues' study found that parent anger and hyperreactivity had a large effect on both ______ and ______.

A)child neglect, sexual abuse
B)physical abuse, sexual abuse
C)child neglect, physical abuse
D)emotional abuse, physical abuse

Answer 1

C

Question 2

A family of four, a single mother and three children under the age of 4, living in an impoverished inner-city neighborhood would have risk factors at the ______ level.

A)mezzo
B)neighborhood
C)community
D)micro

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Physical, sexual, and verbal abuse relate to the commission of a behavior, while ______ relates to the omission of appropriate caregiving practices, such as adequate child supervision.

A)neglect
B)emotional abuse
C)parenting abuse
D)child maltreatment

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Home visiting models have been ______ for families experiencing or impacted by domestic violence, mental health issues, substance abuse, and dangerous communities.

A)more successful
B)equally successful
C)highly successful
D)less successful

Question 5

______ program has been extensively studied and found to have positive outcomes, such as reported healthier family functioning than those in control groups receiving general mental health services.

A)STEP
B)STAR
C)NFP
D)SFP

Question 6

______ is an evidence-based community healthcare program through which first-time mothers (particularly younger mothers from low socioeconomic backgrounds) can receive in-home care and support from nurses.

A)Nurses That Care
B)Nurse-Mother Partnership
C)Nurse-Family Partnership
D)Nurse-Child Partnership

Question 7

Dani and Jose are 6-year-old twins of a single mother, Maria, an undocumented immigrant who is working for cash at a rate less than the federal minimum wage.Maria's neighbor called child services after Dani and Jose had been to her house for the third time that week asking for food.Dani and Jose were determined to be undernourished.A case was opened on their family for ______.

A)physical neglect
B)medical neglect
C)emotional neglect
D)child maltreatment

Question 8

Ricky and Jane are parents to a 3-year-old and a newborn infant.Jane was meeting with a public health nurse who suggested Jane get her 3-year-old into the local Head Start program.The nurse is suggesting which type of intervention?

A)home-based
B)community
C)educational
D)center-based

Question 9

Merritt and Klein (2015) have found ______ to be particularly beneficial as a protective resource to promote positive child development (e.g., language development) and school readiness for maltreated children, particularly those subjected to supervisory neglect.

A)STEP
B)Early Childhood Education
C)Community-level interventions
D)Strengthening Families Program

Question 10

______ is typically related to poverty and a lack of resources and support.

A)Child maltreatment
B)Physical abuse
C)Neglect
D)Psychological abuse

Question 11

A program targeted at a low-income neighborhood in Detroit, with little access to things like grocery stores, or quality schools, and child care would be an example of a ______.

A)community-level intervention
B)resource intervention
C)neighborhood intervention
D)risk-mitigating intervention

Question 12

______ commonly include meeting with the parent to understand any concerns they may have, assessing the parent and child for various challenges (e.g., postpartum depression of mothers or child developmental concerns), and assisting with parent-child interactions.

A)Intervention programs
B)Prevention programs
C)Home visiting programs
D)Family-based interventions

Question 13

In 2014, ______ children were deemed to have been victims of abuse or neglect.

A)600,000
B)702,000
C)500,000
D)678,000

Question 14

______ refers to a feeling of mutual trust and shared norms among neighbors, while social disorder refers to a measure of an individual's perception of disorder within their neighborhood.

A)Community engagement
B)Collective well-being
C)Collective efficacy
D)Neighborhood bonding

Question 15

______ manifests through a lack of parental empathy or nurturing dispositions and has been linked to poor neurobiological development and internalized behaviors and/or childhood depression.

A)Neglect
B)Verbal abuse
C)Child maltreatment
D)Physical abuse

Question 16

Profiles of child maltreatment suggest risk and protective factors ______ among the various types (i.e., physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, emotional neglect, physical neglect, etc.).

A)are similar
B)don't overlap
C)always overlap
D)differ considerably

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT a parent education program discussed by the authors?

A)Nurturing Parenting Program
B)STAR Parenting Program
C)Parenting Wisely
D)Parenting Now

Question 18

Moreover, studies examining the social processes within neighborhoods have also found that negative perceptions of ______ and ______ are associated with higher levels of physical and emotional abuse.

A)collective efficacy, social disorder
B)neighborhood resources, family members
C)government, social disorder
D)neighbors, government

Question 19

About ______ of the substantiated child maltreatment cases were victims of neglect.

A)60%
B)80%
C)94%
D)75%

Question 20

The Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP) program is which type of intervention?

A)family intervention
B)community-based intervention
C)parent education intervention
D)early childhood intervention

Question 21

Discuss the importance of risk and protective factors in prevention.

Question 22

Summarize parent education interventions.Give some examples of programs and their components as outlined by the authors.

Question 23

Summarize home-based prevention and intervention programs.Give some examples of what is likely to occur in such programming.Name at least one specific program discussed in the text.

Question 24

Summarize community-level interventions.Give some examples of programs and their components as outlined by the authors.

Question 25

Summarize center-based interventions.Give some examples of what is likely to occur in such programming.Name one specific program discussed in the text.