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. 2011 Nov 1;21(6):664-674.
doi: 10.1177/1049731511406740.

A Collaboratively Designed Child Mental Health Service Model: Multiple Family Groups for Urban Children with Conduct Difficulties

Mary McKernan McKay  1 , Geetha Gopalan, Lydia Franco, Kara Dean Assael, Anil Chacko, Jerrold Jackson, Ashley Fuss
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A Collaboratively Designed Child Mental Health Service Model: Multiple Family Groups for Urban Children with Conduct Difficulties

Mary McKernan McKay et al. Res Soc Work Pract. .

Abstract

This paper presents preliminary outcomes associated with an experimental, longitudinal study of a Multiple Family Group (MFG) service delivery approach set within thirteen urban outpatient clinics serving children and their families living in inner-city, primarily African American and Latino communities. Specifically, this paper focuses on parent reports of child oppositional behavior and parenting stress over time. MFG is a flexible, protocol-driven approach designed to address the most common reason for referral to outpatient child mental health clinics, childhood behavioral difficulties. The MFG also aims to enhance family-level engagement and retention in ongoing care. Further, the service delivery model was collaboratively developed with intensive input from parents rearing children with conduct difficulties, parent advocates, community-based child mental health providers and services research staff in order to ultimately expand the number of effective service models that can be situated within "real world," urban child mental health settings.

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Multivariate analyses comparing Child Oppositional Behavior over time by treatment group
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Multivariate analyses comparing Parenting Stress over time by treatment group
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