This paper summarizes the development and evaluation of an assessment instrument for children ages 7–12. The CHILD CARRE measure is a semi-structured interview with 7 domains. Children from the USA and Argentina (N = 134) completed baseline and follow-up assessments. Substance use occurred at an average age of 8. Almost 33% of the children were taking medications for medical issues, more than 50% of them said that medical problem gets in the way of doing things they like to to do and almost 64% of the children stated that they would like to feel better. On average, children completed third grade in school, 56% of them knew how to read and 26% of the children started making money at age 8. Most children (74%) saw someone drunk or high and 23% of children reported alcohol or psychoactive substance use. Among these children using substances, such substance use occurred at an average age of 8, and in the past 30 days they used these substances an average for 5 days. The rating of level of risk on the part of the interviewer placed these children in the “risky” to “very risky” categories. Most children reported seeing their family members smoking (83%) or using alcohol (67%), and 49% reported seeing their family members high on drugs. Few children (10%) had conflicts with the law, while 46% of their family members had legal problems. Some children (30%) reported having serious problems getting along with family members, neighbors, or friends. These results suggest that this measure can serve as the first comprehensive measure to assess multiple life domains for young children at risk for or using psychoactive substances.

本文总结了针对7至12岁儿童的评估工具的开发和评估。CHILD CARRE量度是一个具有7个域的半结构化访谈。来自美国和阿根廷的儿童（N = 134）完成了基线和后续评估。药物的使用平均年龄为8岁。将近33％的儿童正在服用药物治疗医疗问题，其中50％以上的儿童表示医疗问题妨碍了他们做自己喜欢做的​​事情，而近64％的儿童孩子们说他们想好点。平均而言，孩子们在学校读了三年级，其中56％的人会识字，并且26％的孩子在8岁时就开始赚钱。大多数孩子（74％）见过某人醉酒或高醉，而23％的孩子报告了酗酒或酗酒。使用精神活性物质。在这些使用药物的儿童中，此类药物的平均使用年龄为8岁，在过去30天中，他们平均使用5天。访调员的风险等级评定将这些孩子归类为“风险”至“非常风险”类别。大多数儿童报告看到其家人吸烟（占83％）或饮酒（占67％），还有49％的孩子报告其家人吸毒。很少有孩子（10％）违反法律，而其家庭成员中有46％遇到法律问题。一些孩子（30％）报告说与家人，邻居或朋友相处时遇到严重问题。这些结果表明，该措施可以作为评估有风险或使用精神活性物质的幼儿的多个生活领域的第一个综合措施。很少有孩子（10％）违反法律，而其家庭成员中有46％遇到法律问题。一些孩子（30％）报告说与家人，邻居或朋友相处时遇到严重问题。这些结果表明，该措施可以作为评估有风险或使用精神活性物质的幼儿的多个生活领域的第一个综合措施。很少有孩子（10％）违反法律，而其家庭成员中有46％遇到法律问题。一些孩子（30％）报告说与家人，邻居或朋友相处时遇到严重问题。这些结果表明，该措施可以作为评估有风险或使用精神活性物质的幼儿的多个生活领域的第一个综合措施。