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Family Needs Checklist: Development of a Mobile Application for Parents with Children to Assess the Risk for Child Maltreatment

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  • Heidi Rantanen

    (Health Sciences Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Arvo Ylpön katu 34, 33520 Tampere, Finland
    Pirkanmaa Hospital District, Tampere University Hospital, Elämänaukio 2, 33520 Tampere, Finland)

  • Irja Nieminen

    (Health Sciences Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Arvo Ylpön katu 34, 33520 Tampere, Finland
    School of Health Sciences, Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Kuntokatu 3, 33520 Tampere, Finland)

  • Marja Kaunonen

    (Health Sciences Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Arvo Ylpön katu 34, 33520 Tampere, Finland
    Pirkanmaa Hospital District, Tampere University Hospital, Elämänaukio 2, 33520 Tampere, Finland)

  • Emmanuelle Jouet

    (Mental Health and Social Sciences Research Laboratory, Groupement Hospitalier Universitaire, Psychiatrie & Neurosciences (GHU-PARIS), 258 Rue Marcaret, Bât N, 2ème étage, 75018 Paris, France)

  • Lidia Zabłocka-Żytka

    (Institute of Psychology, The Maria Grzegorzewska University, Szczęśliwicka 40, 02-353 Warszawa, Poland)

  • Giovanni Viganò

    (Synergia s.r.l., Via Molino delle Armi 19, 20123 Milan, Italy)

  • Cristina Crocamo

    (Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Biocca, Via Cadore 48, 20900 Monza, Italy)

  • Henrike Schecke

    (Department of Addictive Behaviour and Addictive Medicine, LVR-Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Virchocstrasse 174, 45147 Essen, Germany)

  • Giedre Zlatkute

    (School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, N Haugh, St Andrews KY16 9TF, UK)

  • Eija Paavilainen

    (Health Sciences Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Arvo Ylpön katu 34, 33520 Tampere, Finland
    Etelä-Pohjanmaa Hospital District, 60220 Seinäjoki, Finland)

Abstract

Child maltreatment (CM) has been enormously studied. However, a preventive practice still requires comprehensive and effective instruments to assess the risks for CM in a family context. The aim of this study is to describe the development process of an evidence-based CM risk assessment instrument (Family Needs Checklist, FNC) for primary prevention online utilization. This article reports the development process of the checklist and its mobile application, consisting of a systematic literature review, identification of known risk factors using the content analysis method, and generation of the checklist, including a multidisciplinary group in the design and feedback. As a result, a comprehensive and compact checklist was developed to be used by parents or caregivers as a self-referral instrument with an option to be used with professionals as a basis for joint conversations. The FNC consists of parental, family-, and child-related risk factors. Based on the international evidence, the online application consists of knowledge about different CM types, information about risk factors and protective factors as well as recommendations and guidance to support services. The FNC is based on robust evidence on known risk factors causing CM in families. It can be used for primary prevention utilization in the general population.

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  • Heidi Rantanen & Irja Nieminen & Marja Kaunonen & Emmanuelle Jouet & Lidia Zabłocka-Żytka & Giovanni Viganò & Cristina Crocamo & Henrike Schecke & Giedre Zlatkute & Eija Paavilainen, 2022. "Family Needs Checklist: Development of a Mobile Application for Parents with Children to Assess the Risk for Child Maltreatment," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(16), pages 1-19, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:16:p:9810-:d:883791
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    1. Edith Montgomery & Emilie Just-Østergaard & Signe Smith Jervelund, 2019. "Transmitting trauma: a systematic review of the risk of child abuse perpetrated by parents exposed to traumatic events," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 64(2), pages 241-251, March.
    2. Cristina Crocamo & Bianca Bachi & Riccardo M. Cioni & Henrike Schecke & Irja Nieminen & Lidia Zabłocka-Żytka & Małgorzata Woźniak-Prus & Francesco Bartoli & Ilaria Riboldi & Jane V. Appleton & Sarah B, 2022. "Professionals’ Digital Training for Child Maltreatment Prevention in the COVID-19 Era: A Pan-European Model," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(2), pages 1-15, January.
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