Results from the evaluation of 11 demonstration programs designed to prevent child abuse are summarized in this working paper. The programs were of three types: perinatal programs; community-wide education, information, and referral projects; and culturally relevant parent education efforts. The four perinatal programs focused on extended mother/infant contact, participatory birth experience, postpartum education and support activities for the mother, and perinatal support to provide parents with coping skills and to reduce their isolation. The two culture-specific parent education programs addressed unique parenting problems of Hispanics and highlighted parenting issues of relevance to recently arrived Asian immigrants (Japanese, Samoan, Filipino, and Vietnamese). Aimed at the public in general, two demonstration programs promoted public awareness and education through live drama and videotaped dramatic presentations. The remaining three community-focused programs sought to provide parent and family education along with courses on childrearing skills, strengthen informal helping networks, and use media to educate the public about family support resources. These last three demonstration programs served unique communities: the largely rural island community of northwest Washington state; the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Browning, Montana; and the three most impoverished black census tracts in Atlanta, Georgia. (RH)