Use of Mobile Phones to Help Prevent Child Maltreatment

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Author(s): Katelyn M. Guastaferro (Georgia State University, USA), Matthew C. Jackson (Georgia State University, USA), Shannon Self-Brown (Georgia State University, USA), Julie J. Jabaley (Craddock Center, USA)and John R. Lutzker (Georgia State University, USA)
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 17
Source title: Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Zheng Yan (University at Albany, State University of New York, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8239-9.ch074

Keywords: Human Aspects of Technology / Information Science Reference / Mobile and Wireless Computing / Social Sciences & Humanities

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Child maltreatment prevention interventions have been proven to reduce risk and rates of recidivism, although only recently have these interventions incorporated mobile phone technology in implementation. This article first presents the public health problem of child maltreatment and discusses the use of technology in the at-risk population. Prior public health research that has evaluated the effect of mobile phone technology in implementation is reviewed followed by the few child maltreatment prevention research efforts that have incorporated mobile phones. Limitations of mobile phone technology in this field and future directions are suggested.

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