Coates Dominiek, Howe Deborah
Research Officer, Central Coast Local Health District, Children and Young People's Mental Health, Gosford, NSW, Australia
Service Manager, Central Coast Local Health District, Children and Young People's Mental Health, Gosford, NSW, Australia.
Australas Psychiatry. 2016 Oct;24(5):483-8. doi: 10.1177/1039856216634821. Epub 2016 Feb 24.
The objective of this study was to evaluate a specialised service designed to improve parenting capacity, child safety and family functioning in the context of parental mental health, drug and alcohol and child protection concerns.
Client data was collected over a period of 3 years and 3 months, including demographic characteristics, service usage, presenting issues and pre and post revised North Carolina Family Assessment Scale (NCFAS-G) scores.
A significant improvement between intake and discharge occurred on the majority of the 58 NCFAS-G subscale items (32/58). In particular, most significant change occurred in the domains 'family safety' (p < 0.001) and 'family interactions' (p < 0.001).
Specialised programs can assist families with child safety concerns suffering from mental health and/or drug and alcohol problems.
本研究的目的是评估一项专门服务，该服务旨在在父母心理健康、药物和酒精问题以及儿童保护问题的背景下，提高育儿能力、儿童安全和家庭功能。
在3年零3个月的时间里收集客户数据，包括人口统计学特征、服务使用情况、呈现的问题以及修订前后的北卡罗来纳家庭评估量表（NCFAS-G）得分。
在58个NCFAS-G子量表项目中的大多数（32/58）上，入院和出院之间有显著改善。特别是，在“家庭安全”（p < 0.001）和“家庭互动”（p < 0.001）领域发生了最显著的变化。
专门项目可以帮助有儿童安全问题且患有心理健康和/或药物和酒精问题的家庭。
