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Cost-effectiveness of Family Group Conferencing in child welfare: a controlled study
Sharon Dijkstra1, Hanneke E Creemers2, Francisca J A van Steensel3
1Forensic Child and Youth Care Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 127, 1018, WS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. s.dijkstra@uva.nl.
Background:
This study aimed to examine the short- and long term (cost-) effectiveness of Family Group Conferencing (FGC) compared to care as usual (CAU) in terms of improved child safety, empowerment and social support.
Methods:
A subgroup of a larger randomized controlled trial, comprising 69 families in child welfare (experimental group: n = 46; control group: n = 23), was included.
Results:
No additional effects of FGC on child safety, social support and only short-term positive effects on empowerment were found. There were no differences in costs between FGC and CAU. The chance for FGC to be cost-effective was small. For families who refused FGC, the FGC approach was more cost-effective than CAU, whereas it was less cost-effective for families that prepared or completed FGC.
Conclusions:
Overall, FGC is not (cost-)effective in improving child safety, empowerment and social support, but cost-effectiveness varies at different levels of FGC-completion.
Trial Registration:
Dutch Trial Register number NTR4320 . Registered 17 December 2013.
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