Effectiveness of family group conferencing in preventing repeat referrals to child protective services and out-of-home placements
| Autor: | Erin J. Maher, Heather Allan, Lisa Merkel-Holguin, Dana M. Hollinshead, John D. Fluke, Tyler W. Corwin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Counseling Male Parents Child abuse medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Referral Poison control Foster Home Care Odds law.invention 050906 social work Young Adult Randomized controlled trial law Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans Family 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Child Abuse Child Referral and Consultation business.industry Child Protective Services 05 social sciences medicine.disease Family preservation Black or African American House Calls Substance abuse Psychiatry and Mental health Treatment Outcome Family Group Conference Child Preschool Family medicine Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Psychotherapy Group Female 0509 other social sciences business 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Child Abuse & Neglect. 69:285-294 |
| ISSN: | 0145-2134 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.04.022 |
| Popis: | Rigorous research on the efficacy of family group conferencing is rare. This randomized control trial study used an intent-to-treat approach to examine whether a referral to a family group conference (FGC) was associated with re-referrals, substantiated re-referrals, or out-of-home placements among child welfare-involved families receiving in-home services. We found no significant associations between treatment and control group assignment and the three outcomes for the sample as a whole. However, families with more children had higher odds of a re-referral and a substantiated re-referral, families with more than one parent had higher odds of re-referral, and families where a substance abuse services referral was noted had higher odds of out-of-home placement. In interaction models with race, we found that families with African American mothers who were referred for an FGC were more likely to be re-referred compared to other families, but no differences were identified with respect to their rates of substantiated re-referrals or out-of-home placements. Implications are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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