Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Utrecht University, PO Box 80.140, 3508 TC, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Centro de Trauma, CES, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
J Public Health Policy. 2018 Aug;39(3):294-303. doi: 10.1057/s41271-018-0129-9.
Child maltreatment (CM) is highly prevalent and one of the most injurious conditions that children may experience. Because it is often-clandestine, it is difficult to assure that existing prevention and treatment mechanisms reach those in need. CM's consequences may take a long time to be recognized and expressed. We discuss the need to increase public health actions when the person reaches adulthood to mitigate the consequences of CM. We propose three intervention targets to alleviate CM-related difficulties in adults: emotion regulation, social functioning, and self-concept. By enhancing awareness and facilitating access to these interventions and using technology-based strategies, we expect this approach to benefit affected persons. It may also reduce the risk for transmission of CM consequences across generations.
儿童虐待（CM）非常普遍，是儿童可能经历的最具伤害性的情况之一。由于它通常是秘密的，因此很难确保现有的预防和治疗机制能够覆盖到那些有需要的人。CM 的后果可能需要很长时间才能被认识到和表达出来。我们讨论了在成年人达到成年后增加公共卫生行动的必要性，以减轻 CM 的后果。我们提出了三个干预目标，以减轻成年人与 CM 相关的困难：情绪调节、社会功能和自我概念。通过提高认识和促进获得这些干预措施，并利用基于技术的策略，我们期望这种方法能够使受影响的人受益。它还可能降低 CM 后果在代际间传播的风险。
