Research demonstrates that NFP and PAT also have negative effects, such as program families having fewer appropriate play materials in the home
than the comparison group families, using harsher discipline techniques and being less accepting of the child's behaviour.
Not exact matches
Of those that examined immunizations (NFP - Memphis, HFA, HSP, EHS, Queensland, and Early Start), only EHS identified a significant program effect on immunizations, though the size of the effect was quite small and applied to the
comparison of the entire treatment
group to controls, not specifically to those
families who had received home visits.70 The one - year follow - up of the Queensland program also suggested a trend in favor of the intervention
group's having higher levels of vaccinations
than the control
group.71
Families in the
comparison group lived in an area with higher -
than - state - average child abuse notifications and
Family Crisis Program benefits — although not quite as high as the intervention regions.
Parents in the care coordination
group who reported being satisfied with their care rated their PCPs as more helpful
than did the
comparison families.
Adolescents born to nurse - visited (treatment
group 4) women who were unmarried and from low - SES
families had fewer episodes of running away from home, arrests, and convictions and violations of probation
than did their counterparts in the
comparison group.
Nurse - visited children whose mothers were unmarried and from low - SES
families were reported by their parents to have been arrested less frequently
than were their counterparts in the
comparison group (P =.05).
Results for Study 2 in youth experiencing the Teaching
Family Program (TFP)[now called the Teaching -
Family Model] indicated that the number of youth staying at the same offending level was lower for the TFP
group than the
comparison group (24 % vs. 48 %).
Summary: (To include
comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) This study investigated whether Multidimensional
Family Therapy (MDFT) was more effective
than Cognitive - Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in treatment - seeking adolescents with a DSM - IV cannabis use disorder.
Analyses showed that the
Families First
group has a significantly lower recidivism rate
than the
comparison group, based on a one - year follow - up of new misdemeanor or felony charges, as well as significant reductions in rebellious and anti-social attitudes.
We compared the therapist - led treatments to the MIT condition rather
than a wait - list control because: (a) the superiority of parent training over wait - list controls seemed well - established and there appeared to be little additional benefit from conducting another
comparison of parent training with a wait - list
group; and (b)
families receiving mental health care often come for too few sessions to complete a 12 - session treatment program such as those often used in manual - driven, empirically - supported treatments.
In
comparison with the norm
group, parents found their
family more expressive, less conflictual, better organized, less controlling and more social
than the norm
group (Table 2).