The influence of family skills programmes on violence indicators: Experience from a multi-site project of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in low and middle income countries

Maalouf, Wadih; Campello, Giovanna

doi:10.1016/j.avb.2014.09.012

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“…Family and parent-focused interventions in this review addressed a variety of populations within LMIC, including communities affected by armed conflict O'Callaghan et al 2014), higher rates of violence and violent behaviours (Maalouf and Campello 2014), or high risk of or being affected by HIV (Bell et al 2008;Eloff et al 2014;, to specific clinical groups including autism spectrum disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder (Abedi and Vostanis 2010;Bello-Mojeed et al 2016).…”

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“…11 studies reported on conducting the intervention in the community's mother tongue. No between-group difference, but significant improvement for treatment group over time i Secondary analysis showed increased attention was significant to improvement for treatment group j Treatment group decline expressions, and examples (Annan et al 2016;Bhana et al 2014;Cluver et al 2016;Cluver et al 2018;Eloff et al 2014;Li et al 2014;Maalouf and Campello 2014;O'Callaghan et al 2014;O'Donnell et al 2014;Rochat et al 2015;Smith Fawzi et al 2012).…”

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A Systematic Review of the Evidence for Family and Parenting Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Child and Youth Mental Health Outcomes

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Objectives Children and youth in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC) are at greater risk for poor mental health. Adverse circumstances including poverty, violence, and lack of available psychological treatments increase their vulnerability. Given the importance of the family environment for child and youth wellbeing, family interventions are a powerful mode of treatment; however, their development and evaluation has received relatively little attention in LMIC. Methods This review presents evidence for family-and parent-focused interventions on mental health outcomes for children and youth in LMIC and identifies treatment components present in promising interventions. A systematic search was conducted using comprehensive search terms in five databases (Global Health, PubMed, PsychINFO, PILOTS, and Cochrane Library). Reporting follows PRISMA guidelines. Independent raters screened and retrieved articles for inclusion, completed quality ratings, conducted data extraction, and coded common practice elements. Results This review included 36 papers representing 32 unique studies of family or parenting interventions in LMIC. Study designs covered: RCTs (50% of studies), pre-to-post studies (38%), and other (12%). The majority of interventions showed positive outcomes for child and youth mental health and wellbeing. The two most frequently used treatment techniques were caregiver psychoeducation and caregiver coping skills; the next most common were treatment processes of providing between-session homework and accessibility promotion. Conclusions Evidence for family-focused interventions for child and youth mental health in LMIC is growing with several promising approaches that should be more rigorously evaluated. Further research into effects of specific intervention components will ensure targeted and optimally effective interventions.

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A Systematic Review of the Evidence for Family and Parenting Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Child and Youth Mental Health Outcomes

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“…The aim of UNODC's approach with policy makers is to ensure service providers at the “bottom” level have access to evidence‐based interventions that would support the Sustainable Development Goals of 2030 that all UN Member States have signed up to achieve. To complement this, UNODC adopted a bottom‐up approach focus on piloting evidence‐based or evidence informed preventive interventions adapted to national needs and documenting evaluation reports on their process of implementation, effectiveness and cost‐effectiveness (Maalouf & Campello, ). The main social institution identified as important for this bottom‐up approach was the family where over 23 countries in more than five geographical locations were engaged in adapting and piloting such initiatives (Campello, Heikkila, & Maalouf, ).…”

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Caregiving for children through conflict and displacement: a pilot study testing the feasibility of delivering and evaluating a light touch parenting intervention for caregivers in the West Bank

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A child's adjustment to wartime stress is reliant not only on individual responses and qualities, but very significantly on the availability of support that they may receive from their parent or caregivers and quality of relationships. Strengthening parental support has the potential to be valuable. A pilot two‐arm randomised controlled trial investigated the feasibility of delivering and evaluating the “Caring for Children Through Conflict and Displacement” intervention with caregivers in the West Bank. Feasibility to recruit and train non‐specialist staff on‐the‐ground to screen families for eligibility, collect outcome data, deliver the intervention and to recruit and retain families in the study were examined. Research staff and intervention facilitators were successfully appointed in the field, screened participants and delivered the intervention to 120 caregivers, collecting outcome measures pre‐and post‐delivery. All families completed the outcome measures, with very little missing data. This indicated that the intervention can be delivered feasibly and evaluated with families in this humanitarian context. Preliminary outcome data showed promise that the intervention may have the potential to both improve family functioning and reduce children's problem behaviour. Implications of family‐focused initiatives, particularly within a conflict/post‐conflict context for the prevention of several negative health and social outcomes directions, are discussed.

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“…The results show a consensus among external observers, participants, implementation team, and management team regarding the need to perform adaptations in the superficial structure of SFP, including adaptations in the materials, activities, and language. Resembling findings of studies about SFP's cultural adaptation carried out in other countries (Allen et al, 2007;Maalouf &Campello, 2014;Ortega et al, 2012;Stolle et al, 2011), except for Sweden (Skärstrand et al, 2008), adaptation needs for its deep structure, such as in values and risk factors and associated protective approaches, were not recommended. Such data indicates that the protective factors promoted by the Strengthening Families Program, as revealed in the objectives and content of the sessions, are relevant for the participating Brazilian families.…”

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“…A systematic review indicated SFP as effective in preventing alcohol misuse in the long term (over 3 years) (Foxcroft et al, 2003). Given the evidence for SFP's effectiveness obtained from randomized clinical trials with follow-up evaluations in delaying age of first alcohol use (Spoth et al, 1999) and improving interpersonal mindfulness in parenting, quality of the parent-juvenile relationship, juvenile behavior management (Coatsworth et al, 2010;Coatsworth et al, 2015), school engagement, and academic success (Spoth et al, 2004), it has been adapted and implemented in several European countries (for example, Allen et al, 2007;Ortega et al, 2012;Skärstrand et al, 2008;Stolle et al, 2011) and in countries of low and middle income (Maalouf & Campello, 2014). The program adopted in Brazil is a version for children and adolescents aged 10 to 14, adapted in the United Kingdom (Strengthening Families Program-10-14-UK) (Allen et al, 2014), which had been initially named "Strengthening Families Program" by the Ministry of Health, but later changed to "Strong Families Program" (respectively "Programa Fortalecendo Famílias" and "Programa Famílias Fortes" in Portuguese).…”

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Needs assessment for cultural adaptation of Strengthening Families Program (SFP 10-14-UK) in Brazil

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This study sought to evaluate the cultural adequacy of materials and procedures of the Strengthening Families Program (SFP 10-14-UK) and to identify requirements for its cultural adaptation to Brazilian families. The descriptive study had 33 informants, including external observers, managers, multipliers, facilitators, adolescents, and parents. The data were collected at a pilot application in the Federal District. Direct observation was applied to four intervention groups, with seven meetings of 150 min for families, parents/guardians and adolescents, and mixed nominal groups at the end of the interventions. The results, analyzed through content analysis and descriptive statistics, provided evidence that SFP was perceived as sufficiently appealing, culturally relevant, and partially clear. Recommendations for cultural adaptation of linguistic aspects of the materials and procedures were made, considering the cultural and educational differences of the participant families. Focus on implementation quality, including infrastructure, families' mobilization and continuous planning, was recommended. Replication studies in other Brazilian regions and analyses of contextual and political dimensions are suggested.

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The influence of family skills programmes on violence indicators: Experience from a multi-site project of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in low and middle income countries

Cited by 35 publications

References 35 publications

A Systematic Review of the Evidence for Family and Parenting Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Child and Youth Mental Health Outcomes

A Systematic Review of the Evidence for Family and Parenting Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Child and Youth Mental Health Outcomes

Caregiving for children through conflict and displacement: a pilot study testing the feasibility of delivering and evaluating a light touch parenting intervention for caregivers in the West Bank

Needs assessment for cultural adaptation of Strengthening Families Program (SFP 10-14-UK) in Brazil

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