Walton E
School of Social Work, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA.
Child Welfare. 1997 May-Jun;76(3):447-61.
Investigative decisions in a child welfare agency were enhanced by the use of brief, intensive, family preservation services. Almost from the moment of referral, personnel worked with child protection investigators to assess the needs and resources of families in crisis and to effectuate viable management plans. Six months after the investigations, 69 randomly assigned families who received the experimental services were compared to the 65 families in the control group. Differences were noted in the number of cases opened, length of time the case was open, length of time the child was at home, and the families' satisfaction with the agency.
儿童福利机构的调查决策因采用简短、密集的家庭保护服务而得到加强。几乎从转介之时起，工作人员就与儿童保护调查人员合作，评估处于危机中的家庭的需求和资源，并制定可行的管理计划。调查六个月后，将69个随机分配接受实验性服务的家庭与对照组的65个家庭进行了比较。在立案数量、案件受理时长、孩子在家时长以及家庭对该机构的满意度方面发现了差异。
