Characteristics of families at risk of problems in parenting: findings from a home-based secondary prevention program

From its inception, the Good Start program has included ongoing evaluation to identify the characteristics of the families served, and areas of program impact. Preliminary analyses of family problems at program entry, service issues addressed, and changes in family functioning, suggest that families...

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Published in:Child welfare 1989-09, Vol.68 (Sep/Oct 89), p.529-538
Main Author: Kowal, L W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
At risk families
Families
Home based preventive programmes
Parenting
Preventive programmes
Problems
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Summary:From its inception, the Good Start program has included ongoing evaluation to identify the characteristics of the families served, and areas of program impact. Preliminary analyses of family problems at program entry, service issues addressed, and changes in family functioning, suggest that families are improving over the course of treatment, and begin to provide indications about which families are most likely to improve. (Abstract amended)
ISSN:0009-4021