Predicting and preventing parenting problems.
Over a ten year period a psychosocial risk scoring system for antenatal and perinatal use has been developed. A nine item questionnaire which can be administered by a range of health care personnel has been shown to predict future parenting problems. It has also been shown that the provision of special social interventions has been associated with a reduced likelihood of serious parenting failure, and that mothers who have been identified as being in a high risk group are likely to use such services when they are offered. We believe that by screening the whole obstetric population into no risk (78%) and some risk (22%) groups, limited social work services can be focused on areas of need.
Clarkson
J E
JE
Paediatric Department, Dunedin Hospital.
Monaghan
S M
SM
Gilmore
R J
RJ
Muir
R C
RC
Crooks
T J
TJ
Egan
T G
TG
D002668:Child Rearing; D006296:Health Services; D006801:Humans; D009520:New Zealand; D009775:Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012948:Social Work Department, Hospital