Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Assignment #6
With limited funds I would chose to focus my attention towards Tertiary Prevention. My reasoning for this is that statistically maltreatment is not noticed or addressed until it is visually obvious and by this point the damage has been done. Im not saying that maltreatment is never addressed early or prevented Im just saying that it is much more difficult to address during early onset. We cannot monitor each and every home to ensure the safety and wellbeing of every child. All we can do is pass laws that prohibit maltreatment of our children and then pray that parents have enough responsibility to rais their children in a clean, safe, nuturing environment or that other adults will take the responsibility upon themselves to report a maltreating parent to the proper authorities. Tertiary Prevention is designed to address this precise issue; actions taken after an adverse event occurs.
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You have a fascinating point of view, however I might tend to disagree. I have seen first hand how prevention programs do work and if implemented correctly can be quite successful. In response to your comment on my posting, people of low SES are surprisingly open to help with new parenting ideas. Just last week a co-work informed me of the success they are having with an abuse prevention program in inter city St. Louis.
I agree that it is important to focus on tertiary prevention and you supported your claim well. However, I do think that there is an awareness of accidents that can occur in and outside of the home. For example, it is known that people drive drunk. So it is important to educate people about the dangers. There are plenty of things that can be done to prevent accidents from happening. Research has shown since the start of MADD the amount of drunk drivers has decreased.
I understand your point when you stated that maltreatment is not noticed until it is obvious. But, I feel like maltreatment would occur at any point in time. The Tertiary Prevention is needed I will not disagree with that but I feel that money used would be more effective if given to the Primary Prevention. I feel that education programs need to be implemented for everyone. Everyone that has children, wants children or works with them needs to know and understand the injuries, diseases and abuse that occurs with maltreatment. No I don’t believe maltreatment would end completely but if everyone had more knowledge and knew the consequences behind maltreatment, you would see a decline. I have seen many prevention plans implemented and I work in a department where I see maltreatment come in quite frequently. I know that this is a stereotype but most of the people that you see that are parents of these children are low-income poorly educated people. At least that’s from what I have seen. I truly believe if these people were educated about maltreatment and were given some attention there would be a decline in the cases you see.
i agree with what you are saying. we won't be able to address every early home to ensure the saftey and wellbeing.
I have to agree with your reasoning. All too often maltreatment goes unnoticed. How can primary prevention effectively prevent a caregiver with bad temperament from harming a child. After all, temperament is genetic. I unfortunately have witnessed the effects of this. My aunt's husband is bipolar and refuses to take his meds. He recently attacked my 15 year old cousin, with what appeared to be intent to kill. How was a primary prevention program supposed to prevent the jackass from harming his family if he refused to take his meds?
I also agree. Child abuse or maltreatment will occur whether we like it or not. This way we can make sure those who were harmed will no longer have to experience that again. Tertiary prevention is perfect for that!
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