ERIC Number: EJ1052084
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Publication Date: 2015-Mar
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Effectiveness of Sweden's Contact Family/Person Program for Older Children
Brännström, Lars; Vinnerljung, Bo; Hjern, Anders
Research on Social Work Practice, v25 n2 p190-200 Mar 2015
Objectives: To estimate the impacts of Sweden's Contact Family/Person Program (CFPP) for older children on participants' long-term outcomes related to mental health problems, illicit drug use, public welfare receipt, placement in out-of-home care, educational achievement, and offending. Method: We analyzed longitudinal register data on more than 1,000,000 individuals born between 1973 and 1984, including 6,386 individuals who entered CFPP at 10-13 years of age, with a follow-up until 2008. The program impact was estimated by means of propensity score matching. Results: Outcomes for those who had received the intervention were not better than that for matched peers who did not receive the intervention. Conclusions: The results did not find support for CFPP effectiveness in reducing risks of compromised long-term development in older children.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Programs, Mental Health, Drug Use, Welfare Recipients, Children, Longitudinal Studies, Outcomes of Treatment, Academic Achievement, Case Records, Followup Studies, Intervention, At Risk Students, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Delinquency Prevention, Preadolescents, Outcome Measures
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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