Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a solution-focused intervention in child protection services

Medina Machín, Antonio; Beyebach, Mark; García, Felipe E.

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Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a solution-focused intervention in child protection services

dc.contributor.advisor		es_ES
dc.contributor.author	Medina Machín, Antonio
dc.contributor.author	Beyebach, Mark
dc.contributor.author	García, Felipe E.
dc.contributor.department	Ciencias de la Salud	es_ES
dc.contributor.department	Osasun Zientziak	eu
dc.contributor.funder	Universidad Pública de Navarra	es_ES
dc.date.accessioned	2023-03-24T15:02:49Z
dc.date.available	2023-03-24T15:02:49Z
dc.date.issued	2022
dc.date.updated	2023-03-24T13:31:18Z
dc.description.abstract	The purpose of this research was to evaluate the impact on child welfare of introducing solution-focused principles and intervention techniques in the local child protection service of the island of Tenerife, Spain. 152 workers from 34 local child protection teams participated in the study. Goal achievement, parent's and children’s self-reported well-being, and statutory child welfare measures were recorded during one year. Then the child protection teams were randomly assigned to a control or an experimental condition. 73 workers in the experimental condition, serving 271 families, received 30 h of training and 30 h of supervision in solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT). 79 workers in the control condition, serving 206 families, continued to intervene as usual. The dependent variables were evaluated again in the experimental and in the control group one year after the supervision in SFBT had finished. Results indicate that the experimental and the control group had equivalent outcomes at pre-test. At post-test, the experimental group achieved better outcomes than the control group: workers’ and parents’ goal achievement ratings as well as parents’ and children well-being ratings were higher, fewer cases had been referred to risk teams, fewer children had been removed from their homes and recidivism was lower. The effects were small for goal achievement, medium for recidivism, and large for well-being and child removal. The teams that used SFBT reached these outcomes with fewer sessions and allocating fewer additional resources than the control group.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	This study was partially supported by a grant of the European Brief Therapy Association (EBTA) and by a grant of the Spanish Federation of Family Therapy Associations (FEATF). Open access funding provided by Universidad Pública de Navarra	en
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dc.identifier.citation	Medina, A., Beyebach, M., García, F. E. (2022) Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a solution-focused intervention in child protection services. Children and Youth Services Review, 143, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106703.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106703
dc.identifier.issn	0190-7409
dc.identifier.uri	https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/44955
dc.language.iso	eng	en
dc.publisher	Elsevier	es_ES
dc.relation.ispartof	Children and Youth Services Review., 143 (2022)	en
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106703
dc.rights	© 2022 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.	en
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dc.rights.accessRights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by- nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject	Child removal	en
dc.subject	Child welfare	en
dc.subject	Recidivism	en
dc.subject	Solution-focused brief therapy	en
dc.subject	Solution-focused practice	en
dc.subject	Training evaluation	en
dc.title	Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a solution-focused intervention in child protection services	en
dc.type	Artículo / Artikulua	es
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article	en
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