It takes a village to deliver and test child and family-focused services

Mary M. McKay; Geetha Gopalan; Lydia M. Franco; Kosta Kalogerogiannis; Mari Umpierre; Orly Olshtain-Mann; William Bannon; Laura Elwyn; Leah Goldstein

doi:10.1177/1049731509360976

It takes a village to deliver and test child and family-focused services

Mary M. McKay, Geetha Gopalan, Lydia M. Franco, Kosta Kalogerogiannis, Mari Umpierre, Orly Olshtain-Mann, William Bannon, Laura Elwyn, Leah Goldstein

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	476-482
Number of pages	7
Journal	Research on Social Work Practice
Volume	20
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731509360976
State	Published - 2010

Keywords

Children and youth
Collaborative research
Mental health services
Prevention programs
Urban families

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