Child Maltreatment Research, Policy, and Practice for the Next Decade. Workshop Summary. Held on January 30-31, 2012.

摘要

On January 30-31, 2012, the Board on Children, Youth, and Families at the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the NRC held a workshop to review the accomplishments of the past two decades of research related to child maltreatment and the remaining gaps. There have been many exciting research discoveries since the 93 report, said Anne Petersen, research professor at the Center for Human Growth and Development at the University of Michigan. She was chair of the panel that produced the report and also chaired the planning committee for the workshop. But we also want people to be thinking about what is missing. The workshop brought together many leading U.S. child maltreatment researchers for a day and a half of presentations and discussions. Presenters were asked to review research accomplishments, identify gaps that remain in knowledge, and consider potential research priorities. A background paper highlighting major research advances since the publication of the 1993 NRC report was prepared by an independent consultant to inform the workshop discussions; this paper is included in Appendix D. In the past two decades, there has also been significant progress in research on child development more generally, but it was beyond the scope of the workshop to consider this broader topic.