Engaging community voices to assess Kenya's strengths and limitations to support a child maltreatment prevention program.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preventing child maltreatment is a global mission of numerous international organizations, with parent support programs as the critical prevention strategy. In Kenya, 70 % of children are at risk of experiencing abuse and neglect, most often by their parents. Yet, there is a lack of evidence-based parent support programs, and a limited understanding of Kenya's capacity and infrastructures (e.g., policies, funding, service agencies) to support and sustain such programs.

Objective

The purpose of this study was to assess systematically Kenya's strengths and limitations to implement a parent support program using a mixed-methods study design.

Participants and methods

Twenty-one community stakeholders from Kenya completed the World Health Organization's (WHO) Re

SUBMITTER: Shanley JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7855883 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature