Walton E, Fraser M W, Lewis R E, Pecora P J, Walton W K
College of Social Work, Ohio State University, Columbus.
Child Welfare. 1993 Sep-Oct;72(5):473-87.
Intensive, in-home family-based services were employed in reunifying families separated by the placement of a child in out-of-home care. After a 90-day service period, 93% of the 57 families randomly assigned to receive the intensive treatment were reunited-compared to 28% of the 53 families in a control group who received routine out-of-home care services. Follow-up data were collected six and 12 months after the end of treatment. Estimates of outcomes suggest that the experimental treatment had a substantial impact on families and that treatment effects endured for upwards of 12 months following cessation of direct intervention services.
针对因孩子被安置在家庭外照料机构而分离的家庭，采用了强化的、基于家庭的居家服务来使其团聚。在为期90天的服务期后，随机分配接受强化治疗的57个家庭中有93%实现了团聚，而接受常规家庭外照料服务的对照组53个家庭中这一比例为28%。在治疗结束后的6个月和12个月收集了随访数据。结果估计表明，实验性治疗对家庭产生了重大影响，并且在直接干预服务停止后的12个月以上，治疗效果仍然存在。
