[Prevention of child abuse]

The concept of "child abuse" comprises as a rule physical damage, neglect of the child and sexual abuse of the child. Prevention in the widest sense of the word comprises all three negative social phenomena-in the narrower sense of the word it has for every phenomenon its specific goals, procedures and means. Greatest attention must be paid to primary prevention. The latter has several layers, above all purposeful enlightenment of the public and extensive measures for the benefit of families with children, secondly training and education of primary educators of the child, and thirdly detection of so-called risk groups of the population. From the aspect of prevention we have to take into account the potential risk on the part of the children as well as risk situations in life encountered by children and adults.