Screening for Housing Instability and Homelessness Among Families Undergoing Child Maltreatment Investigation
Screening for Housing Instability and Homelessness Among Families Undergoing Child Maltreatment Investigation
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DOI：
10.1002/ajcp.12152
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发表时间：
2017-09-01
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Britner, Preston A.
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作者：
Farrell, Anne F.;Dibble, Kate E.;Britner, Preston A.
本文报告了混合方法的结果，住房不稳定和无家可归的人口调查。儿童福利工作人员开展了“家庭风险和资产快速分类”，这是一个三个问题的筛选工具，旨在查明住房不稳定和无家可归的情况。QRAFT要求用户评估家庭住房历史、目前的住房安排和目前的住房条件，从资产/无风险到严重风险的四分制。在6 828个正在接受新的虐待儿童调查的家庭中完成了“快速应对措施”。大约5.4%的家庭表现出严重的住房问题，约三分之一的中度住房风险。住房问题和无家可归与儿童福利调查的结果显著相关;在儿童福利调查结果得到证实的家庭中，21%的家庭表现出严重的住房风险，这一比例明显高于调查结果未经证实或差异反应的家庭（即，志愿服务）。在严重住房风险家庭中，15.7%的家庭后来达到了支持性住房干预的资格标准，这表明住房问题与父母和子女的功能困难相结合。定性数据表明，QRAFT被认为是易于管理，有效的筛选工具，并适用于住房透镜早期儿童福利参与。
This paper reports results of mixed methods, population survey of housing instability, and homelessness. Child welfare personnel conducted the Quick Risks and Assets for Family Triage (QRAFT), a three-question screening tool intended to identify housing instability and homelessness. The QRAFT requires users to assess family housing history, current housing arrangement, and current housing condition, on a four-point scale from asset/not a risk to severe risk. The QRAFT was completed among 6828 families undergoing new child maltreatment investigations. Approximately 5.4% of families demonstrated significant to severe housing problems; approximately one-third exhibited moderate housing risk. Housing problems and homelessness were significantly associated with the outcome of child welfare investigations; among families with substantiated child welfare determinations, 21% demonstrated significant to severe housing risk, a significantly higher proportion than among families where the investigation outcome was unsubstantiated or differential response (i.e., voluntary services). Of significant to severe housing risk families, 15.7% later met eligibility criteria for a supportive housing intervention, suggesting that housing concerns combined with substantial parent and child functional difficulties. Qualitative data indicated the QRAFT was perceived as easy to administer, effective as a screening tool, and useful to apply the housing lens early in child welfare involvement.