Safe, stable and nurturing relationships explored in special compilations

A special issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health, "Examining the Role of Safe, Stable, and Nurturing Relationships in the Intergenerational Continuity of Child Maltreatment" has been published. It is the result of a collaboration between the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and researchers from four longitudinal research studies on intergenerational patterns of violence.

The papers in the special issue investigate "the role of safe, stable and nurturing relationships (SSNRs) and social contexts in the lives of children and their caregivers, provide insight into complex relationship factors that influence the intergenerational continuity of child maltreatment, and point to a number of important avenues to improve the lives of children and families by preventing violence and promoting health and well-being." The issue is available online: Journal of Adolescent Health (2013) Vol 53. No. 6 December, 677-798.

Other resources on safe, stable and nurturing relationships include WHO's evidence briefing, Preventing violence through the development of safe, stable and nurturing relationships between children and their parents and caregivers (2009). The briefing is intended for advocates, programme designers, implementers and others. Four types of violence prevention programmes are examined: parenting programmes, parent and child programmes, social support groups and media interventions.

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