Caregivers involved in child welfare report receiving fewer services than they anticipated or desired. To date, service needs and barriers research has focused on mental health care, though this pattern of unmet needs likely extends to other critically important areas (i.e., physical health, basic needs, school, social support). Further, there is lack of a standardized measure that captures these constructs. The current study developed a self-report measure of needs, use, and barriers across a wide range of service areas. Participants were caregivers of children involved in child abuse or neglect investigations (N = 32, 59% Latino, 50% alleged perpetrator) and were recruited as part of a larger study evaluating a multidisciplinary response to allegations in a metropolitan U.S. county. Items were generated based on existing needs assessments and consultation from researchers and caseworkers. The C-SNAB appeared to have adequate coverage of the breadth of services needed (33 items) and barriers faced (19) and had good predictive validity. About 93% of caregivers endorsed at least 1 unmet service need. Caregivers experienced an average of 4 unmet needs and 7 barriers to accessing services. The current study provides an approach to practically and comprehensively assessing service needs, use and barriers within this population.

参与儿童福利的看护人报告说，他们接受的服务比他们预期或期望的要少。迄今为止，服务需求和障碍的研究主要集中在精神卫生保健上，尽管这种未满足的需求模式可能会延伸到其他至关重要的领域（即身体健康、基本需求、学校、社会支持）。此外，缺乏捕捉这些结构的标准化措施。目前的研究开发了一种对广泛服务领域的需求、使用和障碍的自我报告测量。参与者是参与虐待或忽视儿童调查的儿童的照顾者（N = 32, 59% 拉丁裔, 50% 涉嫌犯罪者) 并被招募为一项大型研究的一部分，该研究评估了美国大都市县对指控的多学科反应。项目是根据现有的需求评估和研究人员和个案工作者的咨询生成的。C-SNAB 似乎充分涵盖了所需服务的广度（33 项）和面临的障碍（19），并具有良好的预测效度。大约 93% 的看护者支持至少 1 项未满足的服务需求。看护者平均有 4 个未满足的需求和 7 个获得服务的障碍。目前的研究提供了一种方法来实际和全面地评估该人群中的服务需求、使用和障碍。