Effectiveness of Sweden's Contact Family/Person Program for Older Children
Effectiveness of Sweden's Contact Family/Person Program for Older Children
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DOI:
10.1177/1049731514524446
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发表时间:
2015-03-01
影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
Hjern, Anders
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作者:
Brannstrom, Lars;Vinnerljung, Bo;Hjern, Anders
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.