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Evaluation of a Child and Family Centre

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 1998

Sami Moukaddem ,
Michael Fitzgerald  and
Margaret Barry
Sami Moukaddem
Affiliation:
Laragh Counselling Service, 140 St Lawrence's Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3, Ireland
Michael Fitzgerald
Affiliation:
Child and Family Centre, Ballyfermot Road, Ballyfermot, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Margaret Barry
Affiliation:
Department of Health Promotion, University College, Galway, Ireland
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Abstract

This study set out to evaluate the treatment of 52 consecutive referrals to a Child and Family Centre. Mothers of referred children were interviewed before treatment and again 3 to 4 months later. The interview investigated the children's behaviour problems, their mothers' mental health and life quality, their attitudes and expectations of treatment, and their satisfaction with the treatment. Significant improvements were observed in children's behaviour problems, mothers' mental health, and some areas of the mothers' life quality. A significant correlation between the children's behaviour problems and their mothers' mental health was observed.

Keywords

Client satisfactionevaluationbehaviour problemsIreland
Type
Research Article
Information
Child Psychology and Psychiatry Review , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , November 1998 , pp. 161 - 168
Copyright
© 1998 Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry

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