domestic problems educational problems
Conditions
Interventions
Assertive outreach care originates in public mental healthcare settings for
marginalised persons with severe and complex problems not receiving help they
objectively need, like homeless people and p
Sponsors
Universiteit van Tilburg
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - a family with at least one child under age; - the family has multiple socio-economic and psycho-social problems; these problems are chronic and interrelated; - the development of the child is severely threatened; - the family is not accessing, or no longer accessing, mainstream services and there is no case manager available yet; - Preventive child healthcare professionals suspect that it takes extra efforts to get in touch with the family and to establish a working relation; when Preventive Child Healthcare refrain form intervention, they suspect that the development of the child worsened or that a crises will arise.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: None
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary study parameters are the differences between intervention group and control group on the measures as mentioned below. Registration of care consumption The main outcome of the intervention is a successful linking between problem families and appropriate care. This means that agreements are made between the families and follow-up help, either from the family*s social network or from formal agencies. Subsequently, these agreements need to be kept by all persons involved. No standard measure is available that measures this outcome. Some measurements are available that include aspects of care consumption (like the Engagement Measure and client satisfaction questionnaires). With the help of these measurements a registration form will be developed to measure the family*s care consumption, distinguishing between parents, children and the family as a whole. Family Questionnaire The Family Questionnaire is a measure that assesses the core dimensions of family functioning and educational circumstances in families with 4 -18 year olds children. The psychometric properties are examined providing evidence of the psychometric qualitiy of the questionnaire. The COTAN has evaluated the Family Questionnaire. All criteria were judged positively (*good*). The Family Questionnaire is divided in five subscales: - responsiveness (educational relation of parents with the child) - communication (communication of parents with the child) - organisation (basic care, housekeeping) - relationship (between mother and father) - social network (connections between the family and its social environment) Together, these scales cover the total performance of the family. Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is a standard instrument for early identification of psychosocial problems in 3-16 year olds children. The questionnaire is divided in five subscales: - emotional symptoms - conduct problems - hyperact | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed