Effectiveness of a family-centered method for the early identification of social-emotional and behavioral problems in children: a quasi experimental study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social-emotional and behavioral problems are common in childhood. Early identification of these is important as it can lead to interventions which may improve the child's prognosis. In Dutch Preventive Child Healthcare (PCH), a new family-centered method has been implemented to identify these problems in early childhood. Its main features are consideration of the child's developmental context and empowerment of parents to enhance the developmental context.

Methods/design

In a quasi-experimental study, embedded in routine PCH in the Netherlands, regions in which the family-centered method has been implemented (intervention condition) will be compared to "care as usual" regions (control condition). These regions are comparable in regard to socio-demographic characte

SUBMITTER: Hielkema M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3175466 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature