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Chapter 4 OUTCOMES AT TWELVE MONTHS................................................584.1 Child-Associated Outcomes .................................................................594.1.1 Parental Behaviour Associated with Child Rearing........................594.2.2 Health & Safety of child(ren) including CYFS involvement ............614.2 Family Psychosocial Functioning..........................................................664.2.1 Maternal Health .............................................................................674.2.2 Mother Psychosocial Functioning ..................................................684.2.3 Family Relationships .....................................................................704.2.4 Family Economic and Material Well-being.....................................724.3 Summary ..............................................................................................74CHAPTER 5 DISCUSSION.............................................................................765.1 Retention Rates....................................................................................775.2 Comparison with Other Home Visiting Services ...................................775.3 Limitations ............................................................................................795.4 Comments on Selected Areas of Psychosocial Functioning.................805.4.1 Child Abuse ...................................................................................805.4.2 Basic Needs of Child .....................................................................815.4.3 Domestic Violence.........................................................................835.4.4 Social Isolation ..............................................................................855.4.5 Alcohol and Other Drug Use..........................................................875.4.6 Economic and Material Well-being ................................................895.5 Conclusions ..........................................................................................905.5.1 Concluding Comments ..................................................................92Appendix I Risk Factors for Referral to Family Help Trust .................................94References .........................................................................................................97v
AcknowledgementsMany people and organisations have been instrumental in allowing this projectto be completed.This project would not have been possible without the generous financialsupport of The Lion Foundation. Thanks also to the Christchurch City Counciland the University of Canterbury Social Work Department.All the staff of Family Help Trust, without whose dedication, this just would notbe possible:• Jeanette Patrick (office administrator)• Elaine Sheehan (social worker)• Dawn Jefferies (social worker)• Cathie Tatupu (social worker)• Karen Brown (social worker)• Susan Hadley (social worker)• Susan Richards (social worker)• Viv Cotter (transcriber)• Maggie Riddell (social worker)• Also to David Armstrong, (volunteer)Special thanks to all the forward-thinking Board Members of Family HelpTrust, who saw the importance of validating the effectiveness of the service.• Sally Thompson (Chairperson)• Judith Miller• Jane Tappendon• Alison Wilkie DPH, NZRN• Annabel Taylor PhD• Charles Knibb (Treasurer)• Jocelyn Darling (Secretary)• Susie Brethertonvi
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Page 3 and 4: ForewordIt gives me pleasure to pro
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Page 9 and 10: Executive SummaryFamily Help Trust
Page 12: The wellbeing of children matters t
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Examination of Table 3.2 shows that
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Table 3.4 shows that the majority o
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From Table 3.6, it is apparent that
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partners, should this variable be o
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An examination of Table 3.10 indica
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CHAPTER 4OUTCOMES AT TWELVE MONTHSW
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at least to some extent, due to inp
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From Table 4.4 it can be seen that
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From Table 4.6 it can be seen that
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target families may be due to a rep
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4.3 SummaryChapter 4 has provided a
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CHAPTER 5DISCUSSIONThe purpose of t
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services, Table 5.1 shows a compari
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5.4 Comments on Selected Areas of P
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dental services are currently not a
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Case 2Referral from obstetric socia
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Perry (2004) emphasised that a key
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eported cigarette smoking by others
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ecause a) mothers would be busy wit
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ehaviours such as criminality and s
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Appendix I Risk Factors for Referra
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Chaffin, M. (2004). Is it time to r
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Evaluation Unit Ministry of Social
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Ministry of Health. (1994). Report
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Shirley, I., V., Adair, & Anderson,
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