Fostering Healthy Futures Preventive Intervention for Children in Foster Care: Long-term Delinquency Outcomes from a Randomized Controlled Trial
| Autor: | Heather N. Taussig, Erin Crites, John L. Cooley, Edward F. Garrido, Julia Dmitrieva |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent education Child Welfare Article law.invention Foster Home Care 03 medical and health sciences Randomized controlled trial law Risk Factors Intervention (counseling) Juvenile delinquency medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Justice (ethics) Child Abuse Psychiatry Child 030505 public health Preadolescence Public health 05 social sciences Mentors Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Health psychology Foster care Juvenile Delinquency 0305 other medical science Psychology 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Prev Sci |
| Popis: | Child maltreatment and foster care placement are strong risk factors for delinquency and juvenile justice involvement, and there is substantial crossover between youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. This study examines the long-term impact of the Fostering Healthy Futures (FHF) program, a 30-week mentoring and skills group preventive intervention for preadolescent maltreated children in foster care. Participants included 426 children recently placed in out-of-home care who were randomized to intervention or control conditions. Outcomes included both self-reported delinquency, measured at multiple time points between 6 months and 12 years post-intervention, as well as court records of delinquency charges, which were measured for 7 consecutive years beginning 3 months after the intervention began. Results from multilevel models indicated that the intervention group self-reported 30–82% less total and non-violent delinquency than the control group between ages 14 and 18. Court charges for total and violent delinquency in mid-adolescence were also 15–30% lower for the intervention group. These findings indicate that a mentoring and skills training program in preadolescence can reduce delinquency and justice involvement for children who are at high risk for these outcomes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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