Do graduates of a parenting program for child abusers use the skills and knowledge they have obtained to solve problems associated with child abuse? If so, how do they use these skills and knowledge

Each day in the United States, more than 8,500 children suffer abuse at the hands of those they trust. Every day, an estimated 14 to 22 or more children die because of abuse. Recognition of this problem began in the United States in 1962 after C. Henry Kempe and colleagues published "The Battered Child Syndrome" in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) first identifying abuse as a problem. Many successful child abuse prevention programs do exist. However, there is a lack of research regarding if graduates of these programs utilize the skills and knowledge obtained and if so, how these skills and knowledge are utilized. These were the questions that guided this study. This was a grounded theory study that involved interviewing successful graduates of a child abuse prevention program in a North Carolina city. Recruitment of participants occurred via letters mailed to clients who met the criteria for being selected for the study. The letter explained the purpose of the study, assured confidentiality and further offered that participants would be paid...