Intervention Worksheet
Part I: Complete the following table comparing international interventions and implications as it relates to the following:
Type of Abuse | International Interventions | Implications |
Child labor
| - Creating awareness on the existence and effects of child labor through campaign and advocacy.
- Availing affordable education across all levels
- Enforcement of anti-child labor laws
- Building national alliances to make education policies more responsive to children at risk
| - Poor health conditions and injuries that may lead to death
- Hindrance in their educational development
- Psychological damage
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Slavery
| - Rescue
- Rehabilitation programmes
- Hotlines
- Shelter for abused people
- Seeking under age child employees and rescuing them
| - Physical and psychological torture from the masters
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Child prostitution
| - Making and implementing laws that protect prostituted youth
- Initiating the child prostitutes into treatment programmes
- Supporting social change
- Strengthening internal systems of child protection
| - Spread of sexually transmitted infections and diseases
- No access to services such as education, health etc.
- Physical and psychological illness
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Part II: Complete the following table comparing primary interventions and implications as it relates to the following:
Type of Abuse | Primary Interventions | Implications |
Child abuse
| - Creation of caring communities
- Implementation of primary prevention programs that focus on attitude change
- Public education activities
| - Poor mental health
- Childhood physical and sexual abuse
- Likelihood of committing juvenile and adult crimes
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Neglect
| - Treatment of neglected children
- Legal Intervention With Neglectful Families
- Termination of Parental Rights
| - Poor mental and physical health
- Likelihood of committing juvenile and adult crimes
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Child maltreatment
| - Public service announcements that encourage positive parenting
- Public awareness campaigns on ways and places of reporting maltreatment cases
- Family support and strengthening programs
| - Affects children’s health now and later
- It increases the country’s costs
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