ABSTRACT This article investigates factors influencing the number of hours families are involved with family services and uses these factors to develop a predictive model. This research began with focus groups involving family service workers who identified three key domains influencing service intensity: worker/family relationship, family motivation, and family characteristics. The family characteristics domain is the focus of this article. Influencing factors within this domain are examined through analysis of database information from 258 families who had previously accessed family services through a community services organization. Key predictors identified include the gender of main consumer, family size, and presence of issues such as family violence and physical illness. These findings are used to develop a model to predict intervention intensity for families accessing family services. The ability to estimate service intensity provides data to effectively develop innovative programs and enable better balancing of staff workloads and resources. Additionally, the capability to predict intensity helps allocate families to appropriate workers and programs.

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家庭特征可预测家庭服务强度

摘要本文调查了影响家庭参与家庭服务时间的因素，并使用这些因素建立了预测模型。这项研究从涉及家庭服务工作者的焦点小组开始，他们确定了影响服务强度的三个关键领域：工人/家庭关系，家庭动机和家庭特征。家庭特征域是本文的重点。通过分析以前通过社区服务组织获得家庭服务的258个家庭的数据库信息，分析了该领域内的影响因素。确定的主要预测指标包括主要消费者的性别，家庭人数以及是否存在家庭暴力和身体疾病等问题。这些发现被用于开发一个模型，以预测获得家庭服务的家庭的干预强度。估计服务强度的能力为有效开发创新计划提供了数据，并能更好地平衡员工的工作量和资源。此外，预测强度的能力有助于将家庭分配给合适的工人和计划。