- Title
- An evaluation of a service to keep children safe in families with mental health and/or substance abuse issues
- Creator
- Coates, Dominiek; Howe, Deborah
- Relation
- Australasian Psychiatry Vol. 24, Issue 5, p. 483-488
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1039856216634821
- Publisher
- Sage Publications
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2016
- Description
- Objective: 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. Method: 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. Results: 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). Conclusion: Specialised programs can assist families with child safety concerns suffering from mental health and/or drug and alcohol problems.
- Subject
- parental mental health; child protection concerns; service evaluation; parental drug and alcohol problems; risk of significant harm
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1342952
- Identifier
- uon:29069
- Identifier
- ISSN:1440-1665
- Language
- eng
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