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Problem and program linkage: The early and periodic screening, diagnosis and treatment program as a means of preventing and detecting child abuse
Author(s) -
Reis Janet,
Herzberger Sharon
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
infant mental health journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1097-0355
pISSN - 0163-9641
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0355(198024)1:4<262::aid-imhj2280010409>3.0.co;2-3
Subject(s) - linkage (software) , child abuse , medicine , early childhood , psychiatry , psychology , medical emergency , suicide prevention , poison control , developmental psychology , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
This paper presents a case model for linkage of social service delivery programs with the prevention and detection of child abuse. The example of problem and problem linkage is given for the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment Program (EPSDT), the nation's largest preventive child health screening program designed to detect and treat early childhood medical and developmental conditions in indigent children. The screening activities combined with the efforts to educate parents as to the nature of normal child development suggests that the EPSDT program may be used to prevent the development of conditions that may lead to abuse as well as to identify children who have been abused.