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Predicting and preventing parenting problems.

J E Clarkson·S M Monaghan·R J Gilmore·R C Muir·T J Crooks·T G Egan
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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.

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Child RearingHealth ServicesHumansNew ZealandObstetrics and Gynecology Department, HospitalParent-Child RelationsSocial Work Department, HospitalJournal ArticleResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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J E Clarkson, S M Monaghan, R J Gilmore, R C Muir, T J Crooks, T G Egan. 1988-01-27. Predicting and preventing parenting problems.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3380398/

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