Child maltreatment can result in mental and physical harm to the child as well as long-term negative consequences for the individual across their life-course. Delivering measurable reductions in child maltreatment requires action at political, practitione

This report calls on policy-makers, practitioners and activists from across government sectors and non-governmental organizations to enact a new public health approach, which has been shown to prevent much child maltreatment. This study finds that althoug