ABSTRACT

Objective

The Home Parenting Education and Support (HoPES) programme is a new intensive 8-week home-visiting intervention supporting the preservation and reunification of families with young children (aged 0–4 years) receiving child protection services following child abuse and/or neglect in Australia. The aims of the study were to (a) describe families who had participated in HoPES, (b) describe the key education content and support activities of the programme, and (c) identify the enablers and challenges in implementing HoPES.

Background

Intensive home-based family preservation programs are designed to improve parenting skills, reduce specific abusive behaviours, and address child, parent and contextual risk factors for child maltreatment and its recurrence.

Methods

A casefile review and document analysis of 34 families who enrolled in HoPES was conducted.

Results

Families enrolled in HoPES were experiencing significant parent and child risk factors for child maltreatment and recurrence. Despite challenges in supporting families experiencing many complex social health issues and stressful life circumstances, there was evidence of intervention tailoring and use of strengths-based approaches to meet the needs of families.

Conclusion

This casefile review gathered rich evidence to inform further development of a trauma informed and culturally sensitive intervention to support family preservation and reunification, and to guide the next stage of evaluation research to generate a more robust level of evidence.

中文翻译：

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幼儿家庭的保存和团聚：家访计划的案例档案审查

摘要

客观的

家庭育儿教育和支持 (HoPES) 计划是一项新的为期 8 周的强化家访干预措施，支持在儿童受到虐待和/或忽视后接受儿童保护服务的有幼儿（0-4 岁）的家庭维持和团聚。澳大利亚。该研究的目的是 (a) 描述参与 HoPES 的家庭，(b) 描述该计划的主要教育内容和支持活动，以及 (c) 确定实施 HoPES 的推动因素和挑战。

背景

以家庭为基础的强化家庭保护计划旨在提高养育子女的技能，减少特定的虐待行为，并解决儿童、父母和儿童虐待及其复发的相关风险因素。

方法

对参加 HoPES 的 34 个家庭进行了病例档案审查和文件分析。

结果

参加 HoPES 的家庭正在经历儿童虐待和复发的显着父母和儿童风险因素。尽管在支持经历许多复杂的社会健康问题和紧张的生活环境的家庭方面存在挑战，但有证据表明干预措施和使用基于优势的方法来满足家庭的需求。

结论

该案例文件审查收集了丰富的证据，为进一步发展创伤知情和文化敏感的干预措施提供信息，以支持家庭保护和团聚，并指导下一阶段的评估研究以产生更强大的证据水平。