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Implementation of a multi-family intervention for children with behavioural and emotional problems in a semi-rural
Martha Isabel Jordán-Quintero1, Felipe Agudelo Hernández2, Adonilso Julio De la Rosa3
1Grupo de Investigación: Perspectivas en ciclo Vital, Salud Mental y Psiquiatría, Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia; Unidad de Salud Mental, Instituto de Ortopedia Infantil Roosevelt, Bogotá, Colombia.
Objective:
To determine the feasibility of implementing a community-based, multi-family group intervention in a semi-rural population in Aranzazu, northern Caldas, Colombia.
Methods:
Qualitative study. A convenience sample was taken of 10 families with children with affective and behavioural disorders, previously identified by the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL). The Multifamily Psychoeducational Psychotherapy (MF-PEP) model was adapted to the culture and needs of the families.
Results:
The contents of the sessions and the topics and experiences that were most significant for the children and their families are described.
Conclusions:
The adaptation to the cultural context of the multi-family intervention had a very good acceptability by all participants: caregivers, children and therapists.
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