Preventing child maltreatment in low‐ and middle-income countries: parenting for lifelong health in the Philippines

Alampay, L. P., Lachman, J. M. , Landoy, B. V., Madrid, B. J., Ward, C. L., Hutchings, J., Alinea, M. C. D. and Gardner, F. (2018) Preventing child maltreatment in low‐ and middle-income countries: parenting for lifelong health in the Philippines. In: Verma, S. and Petersen, A. C. (eds.) Developmental Science and Sustainable Development Goals for Children and Youth. Series: Social indicators research series (74). Springer: Cham, pp. 277-293. ISBN 9783319965918 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-96592-5_15)

Abstract

The 2030 Global Agenda for Sustainable Development includes ending all forms of violence against children as an explicit goal (SDG target 16.2). This chapter highlights the scientific basis and potential of parent education and skills development programs to prevent child maltreatment, and describes the Parenting for Lifelong Health (PLH)-Philippines project as an example of such an initiative in a low-resource setting. PLH-Philippines is a local and international multi-sectoral collaboration that conducted a rigorous test of a culturally-adapted parenting intervention, the Masayang Pamilya Para Sa Batang Pilipino (MaPa; Happy Family for the Filipino Child), within the Philippines’ conditional cash transfer service delivery system. The contributions and challenges of Developmental Science in achieving the SDG target of preventing violence against children, particularly via family-focused interventions in low and middle-income contexts, are discussed.

• Item Type: Book Sections
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Lachman, Dr Jamie
• Authors: Alampay, L. P., Lachman, J. M., Landoy, B. V., Madrid, B. J., Ward, C. L., Hutchings, J., Alinea, M. C. D., and Gardner, F.
• College/School: College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > MRC/CSO SPHSU
• Publisher: Springer
• ISBN: 9783319965918
• Published Online: 25 October 2018