A public-health campaign to raise awareness of children's wellbeing with images drawn by children

The Skills for Life intervention was designed to strengthen the school environment by making it conducive to learning and by protecting children’s mental health.

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Child protection is an important social issue in Chile. In response to the results of a study 1 Larrain S Vega J Degado I Estudio comparativo sobre maltrato infantile: 1994 y 2000. UNICEF, Santiago2001http://www.unicef.cl/archivos_documento/19/maltrato%20final.ppt Google Scholar that showed that, in 2000, 74% of children living in Chile were maltreated in their homes, the Metropolitan South Health Service called on the primary-care units in the municipalities of South Santiago under its control to develop a comprehensive programme of interventions, the objective of which was to strengthen family relationships and to lend support to families and children vulnerable to abuse. Department of ErrorFrenz P, Videla C. A public-health campaign to raise awareness of children's wellbeing with images drawn by children. Lancet 2005; 366: 1324–29—In the third paragraph of this Health Promotion article (Oct 8), the message the Health Promotion Unit decided to endorse was "trato digno y respectuoso hacia los niños". Full-Text PDF