Efforts to prevent abuse are more likely to be successful

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Efforts to prevent abuse are more likely to be successful if directed at families displaying the combination of a high-risk parent and a high-risk child because this group is at the highest risk for abuse. Targeting families with irritable or unresponsive infants (A) or single-parent families with male infants (D) may identify potentially at-risk families, but it does not necessarily mean abuse will occur. Targeting families with parents known to possess attributes that characterize child abusers (B) is vague and subjective, and may miss families who are at high risk but do not display these attributes.

Efforts to prevent Abuse Are More Likely to Be Successful