Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

CDC Webinar

Child Maltreatment Prevention
as a Public Health Priority

September 10, 2009
Run Time: 53 minutes

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About This Webinar

Did you know some of the worst adult health problems in the nation can be linked to the toxic stress resulting from adverse experiences in childhood?

Population health priorities, including obesity, heart disease, and diabetes are associated with harmful childhood experiences such as abuse or neglect.

The goals of this webinar are to develop a shared understanding of how the prevention of child maltreatment not only promotes optimal development but also reduces disparities in health and explore the important role public health agencies play in improving the health of children and families by preventing childhood abuse and neglect.

Speakers include Francie Zimmerman, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Child Abuse Prevention Program; Dr. Jack Shonkoff, Harvard University's Center on the Developing Child; and Dr. James Mercy, CDC's Division of Violence Prevention.

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Learn More

The Centers for Disease Control’s Public Health Leadership Initiative will investigate and promote public health strategies that help prevent child maltreatment. The initiative's website offers research and resources on maltreatment prevention. Funded in part by DDCF.

The May 2010 edition of the Zero to Three Journal featured an article co-authored by Francie Zimmerman of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Child Abuse Prevention Program and James A. Mercy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on developing a public health approach to the prevention of child maltreatment.