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Community‐based child and family services—many questions remain
Author(s) -
OBERKLAID Frank
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
acta paediatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2005.tb03067.x
Subject(s) - medicine , argument (complex analysis) , baseline (sea) , intervention (counseling) , association (psychology) , socioeconomic status , control (management) , developmental psychology , environmental health , psychiatry , psychology , psychotherapist , law , population , management , political science , economics
In a description of baseline characteristics of experimental and control families that are to be part of an evidence‐based intervention study, Sundelin et al. found, contrary to expectations, a negative association between high socio‐economic status (SES) and child outcomes. Conclusion : Allowing for possible study limitations, the results of Sundelin et al. further the argument that community‐based services should be provided universally to all children and families, rather than attempting to target services on the basis of SES.