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University of South Australia
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Publisher: University of South Australia
Date: 2022
DOI: 10.25954/BJ2C-QK07
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 16-11-2017
Publisher: Queensland University of Technology
Date: 27-07-2014
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2022
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 23-05-2022
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X221104911
Abstract: Evaluation influence is a reconceptualization of evaluation use that reflects the broad and diffuse impacts an evaluation can have on social programs and policies. This way of thinking about impact provides an opportunity to investigate how and why evaluations influence social programs and policy. Twenty participants (practitioners and managers) from two child protection programs evaluated in the previous 24 months were interviewed about the influence of these evaluations, which was complemented with the collection of internal documents about changes to the programs. A qualitative case study analysis of evaluation influence was conducted using the interviews and documents to investigate the influence of two evaluations at different stages in the dissemination process. The participants identified that the evaluations appeared to have significant high-level policy level influence however, limited ex les of influence on practices in the programs were identified. There was some suggestion that the evaluations had increased practitioner interest in working with and participating in program evaluations. The findings suggest the importance of developmental evaluation approaches and practitioner engagement in evaluation to improve the influence and adoption of new knowledge from the evaluation of social programs.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-01-2014
Publisher: ABA España
Date: 17-10-2022
DOI: 10.26741/978-84-09-43990-4_05
Abstract: los Estados Unidos. Narrow et al., (2002) combinando datos del Programa de Área de Captación Epidemiológica (ECA) del Instituto Nacional de Salud Mental y de la Encuesta Nacional de Comorbilidad (NCS), estimaron de forma conservadora que la prevalencia en un año de cualquier trastorno de ansiedad era del 13,1% para los adultos entre 18 y 54 años. Estos trastornos tienden a ser crónicos. Las tasas de remisión a los tres años oscilan entre el 16 y el 23% para la fobia social, el trastorno de ansiedad generalizada, la agorafobia y el trastorno de pánico con agorafobia (Keller, 2000, en Barlow, 2002). En un estudio longitudinal, en los primeros 22 meses tras el inicio de un episodio, solo el 18% de los in iduos diagnosticados con trastorno de pánico y agorafobia, y alrededor del 43% de los que padecían trastorno de pánico sin agorafobia, se habían recuperado, en comparación con aproximadamente el 80% de los que padecían trastorno depresivo mayor (Hirschfeld, 1996). El estado funcional de los pacientes con trastornos de ansiedad está también deteriorado, como demuestran las tasas más elevadas de dependencia económica, desempleo (p.ej., Leon et al., 1995), peor calidad de vida (Massion et al., 1993) y mayor riesgo de suicidio consumado (Allgulander, 1994)...
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2017
DOI: 10.1016/J.CHIABU.2017.08.006
Abstract: While awareness of institutional child sexual abuse has grown in recent years, there remains limited understanding of its occurrence and outcomes as a distinct form of abuse. Drawing on research commissioned by the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, this article presents a rapid review of available evidence on the impacts of institutional abuse on victim/survivors. Literature searches identified 75 sources spanning international peer reviewed work and reports to Government that document or quantify the impacts of mostly historical child sexual abuse occurring in religious, educational, sporting and residential or out-of-home care settings. Consistent with child sexual abuse in other contexts, institutional child sexual abuse is found to be associated with numerous, pervasive and connected impacts upon the psychological, physical, social, educative and economic wellbeing of victims/survivors. Further, institutional child sexual abuse is associated with vicarious trauma at the in idual, family and community level, and with impacts to the spiritual wellbeing of victims/survivors of abuse that occurs in religious settings. The identified literature suggests the trauma of institutional child sexual abuse may be exacerbated by the interplay of abuse dynamics in institutional settings, which may reduce or impede circumstances supporting disclosure, belief, support and protection from future harm. Acknowledging the limitations of the present study and the available evidence, this narrative synthesis provides insights into the complex impacts of institutional child sexual abuse.
Publisher: Center for Open Science
Date: 11-10-2022
Abstract: This repeated-measures study examined the effects of a hybrid of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT) with other therapeutic approaches at a community-based clinic in Perth Western Australia among a s le of children and young people overwhelmingly experiencing symptoms of complex trauma. Drawing on an initial 1713 in idual client records from between 2017-2020, the researchers identified 113 children and young people with viable pre-post treatment assessments including 78 on the TSCC, 36 on the TSCYC, and 12 on the CBCL. Significant improvements on most clinical scales were identified on the TSCC and TSCYC. Sub-analysis of the TSCC results found no differences in improvement on trauma symptoms across gender, age, care status, therapy funding source, presence of sexual abuse, and living situation at intake. Overall, the study highlights the benefits of adaptive therapy approaches for Complex Trauma populations accessing community-based services, and the challenges associated with implementing the use of psychometrics in a community treatment setting.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2019
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2020
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2021
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 28-08-2015
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 14-12-2021
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 06-03-2017
Abstract: Multi-Disciplinary teams (MDTs) have often been presented as the key to dealing with a number of intractable problems associated with responding to allegations of physical and sexual child abuse. While these approaches have proliferated internationally, researchers have complained of the lack of a specific evidence base identifying the processes and structures supporting multi-disciplinary work and how these contribute to high-level outcomes. This systematic search of the literature aims to synthesize the existing state of knowledge on the effectiveness of MDTs. This review found that overall there is reasonable evidence to support the idea that MDTs are effective in improving criminal justice and mental health responses compared to standard agency practices. The next step toward developing a viable evidence base to inform these types of approaches seems to be to more clearly identify the mechanisms associated with effective MDTs in order to better inform how they are planned and implemented.
Publisher: NSW Ombudsman's Office
Date: 2017
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 23-11-2023
DOI: 10.1177/15248380221134295
Abstract: Neurofeedback training is an established treatment for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder and is an increasingly accepted modality of treatment in the context of child trauma. This treatment is typically delivered as a complement to more traditional talk therapy such as trauma-focused-cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT). This review examined the evidence for the effectiveness of this intervention for children with trauma through a systematic search of the literature. A targeted search across databases identified 10 eligible studies that focused on children/young people who had experienced traumatic events and/or demonstrated symptoms of trauma, and which conducted a repeated measures study at a minimum. While the included studies suggest some benefits from neurofeedback training, the available studies, including randomized trials, have to date been relatively small, involve dramatically different treatment length and intensity, and show inconsistent benefits relative to usual treatment conditions. To advance knowledge of this intervention further research is needed with a clear best practice protocol and with a clearer target group.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 21-04-2015
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 11-02-2020
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2018
DOI: 10.1016/J.CHIABU.2017.09.030
Abstract: Child Advocacy Centers (CAC) emphasize developing effective cross-agency collaborations between workers involved in serious abuse investigations to foster improvements in agency outcomes, and to minimize distress, confusion and uncertainty for children and families. This study examined the characteristics of CACs, whether models in practice match the predominant model presented in the research literature. Directors of CACs in the United States that were members of the National Children's Alliance (NCA) mailing list (n=361) completed an online survey in 2016. While some core characteristics were ubiquitous across CACs, the data suggests that different types of CACs exist defined by characteristics that are not prescribed under NCA principles, but which are arguably relevant to the quality of the response. From the results of a cluster analysis, the researchers propose a typology of CACs that reflects the development and integration of centers: (a) core CAC services (i.e. interviewing & cross-agency case review) (b) an aggregator of external services, and (c) a more centralized full-service CAC. Further research is needed to understand how these variations may impact practice and outcomes this is particularly important considering many CACs do not match the full-service models most commonly examined in the research literature, which limits the degree to which these findings apply to CACs generally. This article proposes further research framed by the need to better understand how different parts of the response impact on outcomes for children and families affected by abuse.
Publisher: University Of South Australia
Date: 2017
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 13-05-2015
Abstract: The Child Advocacy Center (CAC) model has been presented as the solution to many of the problems inherent in responses by authorities to child sexual abuse. The lack of referral to therapeutic services and support, procedurally flawed and potentially traumatic investigation practices, and conflict between the different statutory agencies involved are all thought to contribute to low conviction rates for abuse and poor outcomes for children. The CAC model aims to address these problems through a combination of multidisciplinary teams, joint investigations, and services, all provided in a single child friendly environment. Using a systematic search strategy, this research aimed to identify and review all studies that have evaluated the effectiveness of the approach as a whole, recognizing that a separate evidence base exists for parts of the approach (e.g., victim advocacy and therapeutic responses). The review found that while the criminal justice outcomes of the model have been well studied, there was a lack of research on the effect of the model on child and family outcomes. Although some modest outcomes were clear, the lack of empirical research, and overreliance on measuring program outputs, rather than outcomes, suggests that some clarification of the goals of the CAC model is needed.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 05-09-2014
Abstract: The impact of an evaluation is an important consideration in designing and carrying out evaluations. Evaluation influence is a way of thinking about the effect that an evaluation can have in the broadest possible terms, which its proponents argue will lead to a systematic body of evidence about influential evaluation practices. This literature review sets out to address three research questions: How have researchers defined evaluation influence how is this reflected in the research and what does the research suggest about the utility of evaluation influence as a conceptual framework. Drawing on studies that had cited one of the key evaluation influence articles and conducted original research on some aspect of influence this article reviewed the current state of the literature toward the goal of developing a body of evidence about how to practice influential evaluation. Twenty-eight studies were found that have drawn on evaluation influence, which were categorized into (a) descriptive studies, (b) analytical studies, and (c) hypothesis testing. Despite the prominence of evaluation influence in the literature, there is slow progress toward a persuasive body of literature. Many of the studies reviewed offered vague and inconsistent definitions and have applied influence in an unspecified way in the research. It is hoped that this article will stimulate interest in the systematic study of influence mechanisms, leading to improvements in the potential for evaluation to affect positive social change.
Publisher: NSW Ombudsman's Office
Date: 2017
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