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Investigating changes in use of services by high‐need families following the Helping Families Programme, an innovative parenting intervention for children with severe and persistent conduct problems
Author(s) -
Stevens Madeleine,
Harris Lucy,
Ellis Megan,
Day Crispin,
Beecham Jennifer
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
child and adolescent mental health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1475-3588
pISSN - 1475-357X
DOI - 10.1111/camh.12035
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , intervention (counseling) , term (time) , service (business) , psychology , variety (cybernetics) , sample (material) , service provider , medicine , business , psychiatry , computer science , marketing , chemistry , physics , chromatography , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence
Background Interventions aimed at high‐need families have difficulty demonstrating short‐term impact on child behaviour. Measuring impact on use of services could provide short‐term indication of longer term benefits. Method During a feasibility pilot study we collected data on service use and attitudes to services from a small sample of parents from high‐need families, before and after receiving the Helping Families Programme. Results Respondents provided a range of opinions on a variety of social and community services received. Conclusions The study demonstrates the potential of short‐term changes in enhanced service use data for building hypotheses of longer term change.