O'Hara Karey L, Wolchik Sharlene A, Sandler Irwin N
REACH Institute, Arizona State University.
Fam Court Rev. 2021 Oct;59(4):710-724. doi: 10.1111/fcre.12604. Epub 2021 Sep 24.
Promoting the well-being and best interests of children in separated and divorcing families is a shared value among family court professionals and prevention scientists who develop and evaluate intervention programs. This article chronicles the development, evaluation, and implementation of two programs - the New Beginnings Program (NBP), a parenting intervention for separated/divorcing parents and the Family Transitions Guide (FTG), an intervention designed to motivate high conflict separated/divorcing parents to attend the NBP. The development and evaluation of these programs was facilitated by a long-standing collaboration with Maricopa Family Court. We discuss the process of developing these programs, their underlying small theories, and the evaluation of their effects in randomized trials. We also describe our collaboration with the family court and ways that the court promoted the development and evaluation of these programs. Finally, we summarize lessons learned and discuss future directions to bolster the public health impact of evidence-based programs for separated/divorcing families.
促进分居及离异家庭中儿童的幸福和最大利益，是家庭法庭专业人士以及开发和评估干预项目的预防科学家们的共同价值观。本文记录了两个项目的开发、评估和实施过程——新起点项目（NBP），一项针对分居/离异父母的养育干预项目，以及家庭过渡指南（FTG），一项旨在激励高度冲突的分居/离异父母参加新起点项目的干预措施。与马里科帕家庭法庭的长期合作推动了这些项目的开发和评估。我们讨论了这些项目的开发过程、其潜在的小理论，以及在随机试验中对其效果的评估。我们还描述了我们与家庭法庭的合作，以及法庭促进这些项目开发和评估的方式。最后，我们总结了经验教训，并讨论了未来的方向，以增强循证项目对分居/离异家庭的公共卫生影响。
