A practical study on the community development approach focused on a regional council of countermeasures for Children Requiring Aid to prevent child abuse and neglect in local communities.

本研究调查了高中生和成人在需要帮助时的求助行为，并探讨了社区发展方法在预防当地社区儿童虐待和忽视中的作用，重点是儿童需要援助区域对策委员会。本研究结果显示，中学生对所在社区的认同感较成人弱。此外，与成年人相比，学生在遇到困难时不寻求帮助的比例更高。区域人口规模和建立时间不影响区域信用评级的功能和作用。然而，CRA功能受到与在该领域工作的专家会面频率的影响。虽然在建立紧急援助机构之后，与有关机构的联络取得了进展，但被虐待、被忽视或被怀疑被虐待或被忽视的儿童的转介并没有增加。这表明，在虐待和/或忽视的早期阶段，很难发现和预防需要援助的儿童。

We investigated the help-seeking behavior of senior high school students and adults when in need, and discussed the function and role of community development approach focused on a regional council of countermeasures for Children Requiring Aid (CRA) to prevent child abuse and neglect in local communities. CRA consists of a local government, child guidance center, relevant bodies, etc.The results of this study showed that students identified themselves more weakly with communities where they lived than adults. =Furthermore, compared to the adults, a higher percentage of students did not seek help when they were in a difficult situation. The function and role of CRA were not influenced by both regional population size and time elapsed after CRA establishment. However, CRA function was influenced by the frequency of meeting with specialists working in this field.Although after establishment of CRA the liaison with relevant bodies progressed, referrals of children who were abused, neglected or suspected of being abused or neglected did not increase. This showed that its difficult to discover and prevent adequately children requiring aid at the early stage of abuse and/or neglect.