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ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Parental Worries, Child Maltreatment Risk and Empowerment: How Are They Noticed in Child and Family Services?

Sari Johanna Lepistö, Noora Ellonen, Heidi Eveliina Rantanen, Maaret Kristiina Vuorenmaa, Mika Tapio Helminen, Eija Paavilainen

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Article in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Utilizing the Brief Child Abuse Potential Inventory in a cohort of children with early childhood caries.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2025
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  3. The use of BCAP in Finland: toward correct classification rate.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2022
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sari Johanna LepistöFaculty of Social Sciences, Nursing Sciences, Tampere University, 33520 Tampere, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-7907-7857
Noora EllonenFaculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, 33014 Tampere, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-2961-0606
Heidi Eveliina RantanenFaculty of Social Sciences, Nursing Sciences, Tampere University, 33520 Tampere, Finland.
Maaret Kristiina VuorenmaaFinnish Institute for Health and Welfare, 00271 Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-0258-0550
Mika Tapio HelminenTays Reseach Services, Tampere University Hospital, 33520 Tampere, Finland.
Eija PaavilainenFaculty of Social Sciences, Health Sciences, Tampere University, 33520 Tampere, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-3081-5580
Tampere University · FIFinnish Institute for Health and Welfare · FI

Funding

Ministry of Social Affairs and Health 201610044
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parental empowerment has been related to their well-being and self-efficacy. Learning more about the signs describing child maltreatment risk are crucial for the welfare of children and families. The aim of this study was to assess the risk of child maltreatment (CM) and related worrying factors of parents and associations between the CM risk, worries and parental empowerment. The study is based on self-report surveys administered to parents in primary health care and hospital settings. The risk of CM and related worrying factors were measured by the Brief Child Abuse Potential Inventory (BCAP) from 453 parents. Family empowerment was measured by The Generic Family Empowerment Scale (G-FES). Parents expressed worries such as loneliness and distress (20%), feelings of persecution (9%), family conflict (17%), rigidity (21%) and financial insecurity (4%). The BCAP found 27 parents with increased risk. Parents with CM risk expressed more empowerment in connection to services for their child and family. It is crucial to discuss worries in child and family services before they raise the risk level. Tools such as the BCAP are useful in systematically identifying the child maltreatment risk and parental worries under discussion, offering possibilities for preventing child maltreatment and increasing well-being of children.

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child and family serviceschild maltreatmentempowermentriskworries

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PMID35204989
PMCPMC8870057
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