Prenatal Child Abuse Risk Assessment: A Preliminary Validation Study

Workers need an efficient prenatal screener that can identify mothers at greatest risk of child abuse. Existing risk assessment methods are often invasive and difficult to administer. This study assessed child abuse risk in a sample of 49 expectant mothers using the Brigid Collins Risk Screener (BCR...

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Published inChild welfare Vol. 82; no. 3; pp. 319 - 334
Main Authors Weberling, Lara Cady, Forgays, Deborah Kirby, Crain-Thoreson, Catherine, Hyman, Ira
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Child Welfare League of America, Inc 01.05.2003
Subjects
At Risk Persons
Child
Child Abuse
Child abuse & neglect
Child Abuse - psychology
Child Abuse - statistics & numerical data
Family Environment
Female
Forecasting - methods
Health risk assessment
Humans
Infants
Measures (Individuals)
Mothers
Mothers - classification
Mothers - psychology
Parent Child Relationship
Pregnancy
Pregnant Women - psychology
Prenatal Care
Prenatal Influences
Protective Factors
Retrospective Studies
Risk Assessment
Risk Assessment - methods
Risk Assessment Tool
Risk Factors
Screening Tests
Studies
Test Validity
Washington - epidemiology
Washington
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Summary:Workers need an efficient prenatal screener that can identify mothers at greatest risk of child abuse. Existing risk assessment methods are often invasive and difficult to administer. This study assessed child abuse risk in a sample of 49 expectant mothers using the Brigid Collins Risk Screener (BCRS). At three months postpartum, high-risk mothers scored significantly lower on the quality of infants' physical, social, and emotional environments than moderate or low-risk mothers. BCRS appears to offer a noninvasive, efficient approach to assessing risk of child abuse.
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ISSN:0009-4021