TY - SER AU - Wilson, Moira L. AU - Tumen, Sarah AU - Simmens, Anthony G. TI - Predictive modeling: : potential application in prevention services PY - 2014/// PB - Elsevier KW - CHILD PROTECTION KW - INTERVENTION KW - PREDICTIVE RISK MODELLING KW - SOCIAL SERVICES KW - CHILD ABUSE KW - NEW ZEALAND N1 - American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2015, 48(6): 509–519 N2 - In 2012, the New Zealand Government announced a proposal to introduce predictive risk models (PRMs) to help professionals identify and assess children at risk of abuse or neglect as part of a preventive early intervention strategy, subject to further feasibility study and trialing. The purpose of this study is to examine technical feasibility and predictive validity of the proposal, focusing on a PRM that would draw on population-wide linked administrative data to identify newborn children who are at high priority for intensive preventive services. (from the abstract). For all the papers written for MSD, follow the access the website link. Record #4699 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2014.12.003 UR - http://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/research/predicitve-modelling/ ER -