title: The Durham Family Initiative: a preventive system of care.
abstract: This article describes the Durham Family Initiative (DFI), an innovative effort to bring together child welfare and juvenile justice systems to reach DFI's goal of reducing the child abuse rate in Durham, North Carolina, by 50% within the next 10 years. DFI will follow principles of a preventive system of care (PSoC), which focuses on nurturing the healthy parent-child relationship. A community collaborative of government agency directors has signed a memorandum of agreement to implement the PSoC principles. The researchers will use multiple methods to evaluate DFI's efficacy.
authors.affiliation: Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Kenneth A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Dodge
authors.forename: Lisa J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Berlin
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Epstein
authors.forename: Adele
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spitz-Roth
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: O'Donnell
authors.forename: Martha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaufman
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Amaya-Jackson
authors.forename: Joel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rosch
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Christopoulos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003256:Community Participation; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D009657:North Carolina; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D012931:Social Environment; D012935:Social Justice; D012947:Social Work / Q000379:methods; D019037:Urban Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration