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. 2010;20(5):476-482.
doi: 10.1177/1049731509360976.

It Takes a Village to Deliver and Test Child and Family-Focused Services

Mary M McKay  1 , Geetha Gopalan, Lydia M Franco, Kosta Kalogerogiannis, Mari Umpierre, Orly Olshtain-Mann, William Bannon, Laura Elwyn, Leah Goldstein
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It Takes a Village to Deliver and Test Child and Family-Focused Services

Mary M McKay et al. Res Soc Work Pract. 2010.

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this article is to highlight the benefits of collaboration in child focused mental health services research. METHOD: Three unique research projects are described. These projects address the mental health needs of vulnerable, urban, minority children and their families. In each one, service delivery was codesigned, interventions were co-delivered and a team of stakeholders collaboratively tested the impact of each one. RESULTS: The results indicate that the three interventions designed, delivered, and tested are associated with reductions in youth mental health symptoms. CONCLUSION: These interventions are feasible alternatives to traditional individualized outpatient treatment.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Conflicting Interests The authors declared that they had no conflicts of interests with respect to their authorship or the publication of this article.

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Figure 1
Multiple family group attendance (in comparison to rates of retention in outpatient urban individualized mental health services).
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Figure 2
HOPE rates of attendance. Note: HOPE = homeless outreach for parents and early adolescents.
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Figure 3
Percentage attendance at spring 2008 Step-Up sessions.
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