Detection of unsafety in families with parental and/or child developmental problems at the start of family support

Table 7 New set of items (CFRA and experimental items that are uniquely associated with future reports of child maltreatment)

	Item	Responses	Risk score
1.	Current intervention focuses on neglect	No	0
		Yes	1
2.	Number of prior interventions, investigations or reports (for neglect)	None	0
		One or more (general)	1
		One or more for neglect	2
3.	Current intervention focuses on abuse	No	0
		Yes	1
4.	Number of prior interventions, reports investigations (for abuse)	None	0
		One	1
		Two or more	2
4.	Prior injury to a child resulting from child abuse or neglect	No	0
		Yes	1
5.	Primary caretaker’s assessment of incident	Not applicable	0
		The fault lay with the child	1
5.	Primary caretaker provides physical care inconsistent with child’s needs	No	0
		Yes	1
6.	Primary caretaker has a current drug problem	No	0
		Yes	1
7.	Domestic violence in household in the past year	No	0
		Yes	2
8.	Primary caretaker characteristics	Overly strict with the child	1
		Very dominant	1
9.	The family has financial problems	No	0
		Yes	1
10.	Primary caretaker is involved in destructive relationships	No	0
		Yes, but not as a victim of domestic violence	1
		Yes, as a victim of domestic violence	2
9.	Activities to improve parenting skills	Performs all agreed actions	0
		Performs only some agreed actions	1
		Performs practically no agreed actions	2
		Not to be determined	1
10.	Participation to the intervention: primary caretaker cancels appointments/is not present at appointments	Never without a good reason	0
		Once	1
		More than once	2
		Not to be determined	1
11.	Primary caretaker believes that the parenting problems are less severe than indicated by the professional	No	0
		Yes	1
	Maximum points		18

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