title: The impact of child maltreatment and intimate partner violence surveillance initiatives.
abstract: Child maltreatment (CM) and intimate partner violence (IPV) take a tremendous toll on communities around the world. Despite the impact of CM and IPV, data on their incidence are drawn from disparate sources of varying quality. To improve data resources in these areas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Division of Violence Prevention funded state-based IPV and CM surveillance activities in nine states between 1994 and 2005. This article describes reported outcomes of these surveillance programmes; assesses factors affecting their sustainability; and provides recommendations for similar programmes through document review and interviews with state representatives. Findings indicate that states achieved outcomes with these surveillance initiatives; however, states noted concerns with sustaining systems because of a lack of resources and ineffective collaborations. Highlighted in this article are several lessons that other countries can learn from the experiences of these states in testing CM and IPV surveillance systems.
authors.affiliation: RTI International, 3040 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA. mclinton@rti.org
authors.forename: A Monique
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Clinton-Sherrod
authors.forename: Deborah A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Gibbs
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Crosby
authors.forename: Cindi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Melanson
authors.forename: Kellie M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Loomis
authors.forename: Tonya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Farris
authors.forename: Rebecca T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Leeb
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D012747:Sexual Partners; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*