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From assessing needs to designing and evaluating programs: Case study of a family support program in Portugal

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  • Calheiros, Maria Manuela
  • Graça, João
  • Patrício, Joana Nunes

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In the last years, researchers have been emphasizing the importance of promoting needs-led, context-specific, user-centered services in the context of child protection. However, policy-makers and service planners around the world largely depend on US-based research evidence of what is effective in the domain of family support. This work presents, in two studies, the process of design and evaluation of a targeted family support intervention that was developed and implemented in Portugal.

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  • Calheiros, Maria Manuela & Graça, João & Patrício, Joana Nunes, 2014. "From assessing needs to designing and evaluating programs: Case study of a family support program in Portugal," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 36(C), pages 170-178.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:36:y:2014:i:c:p:170-178
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.11.012
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    1. Maria Manuela Calheiros & Sandra Ornelas & Eunice Magalhães & Margarida Vaz Garrido, 2022. "Profiles of Young Children Involved with Child Protection Services in Portugal," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 15(3), pages 933-958, June.

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