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Therése Skoog1, Martin Bergström2, Matilda Karlsson3
1Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden.
Insights
This study implements and evaluates the "My Choice-My Way!" program for Swedish youth (15+) in out-of-home care. The goal is to improve their transition to independent living and overall wellbeing.
Area of Science:
- Social Work
- Developmental Psychology
- Public Health
Background:
- Youth in out-of-home care are a vulnerable population at high risk for adverse developmental outcomes.
- There is a significant need for effective interventions to support their transition to independent living, particularly in Sweden.
- Existing interventions often face challenges when adapted from different cultural contexts.
Purpose of the Study:
- To implement, test, and evaluate recently developed interventions tailored for Swedish practice.
- To address the gap in supportive services for youth transitioning from out-of-home care.
- To promote wellbeing across various outcome areas for this high-risk group.
Main Methods:
- A hybrid effectiveness-implementation study design will be employed over two years.
- Utilizes a mixed-methods approach, including qualitative, quantitative, and multiple information sources.
- Compares the 'My Choice-My Way!' leaving care program for youth aged 15+ against usual services.
Main Results:
- Evaluation of both the implementation process and the effectiveness of the interventions.
- Data collection and analysis will inform the program's impact on youth wellbeing.
- Findings will highlight the feasibility and outcomes of the 'My Choice-My Way!' program.
Conclusions:
- The project aims to provide novel insights into promoting wellbeing for youth in transition from out-of-home care.
- Offers potential improvements for societal support systems for vulnerable youth.
- Expected to have significant implications for both social work research and practice.
Introduction:
Youth placed in out-of-home care is a large and highly vulnerable group at high risk of negative developmental outcomes. Given the size and extent of negative developmental outcomes for youth placed in out-of-home care, interventions to help this vulnerable group navigate successfully towards independent living and promote wellbeing across a spectrum of outcome areas are needed. To date, there is a lack of such interventions, particularly in Sweden. Importing interventions from other societies and cultures is associated with difficulties. The aim of the research project is to implement, test, and evaluate interventions that have been recently developed in Swedish practice to close this gap.
Methods:
The project has an ambitious and complex data collection and analysis strategy using qualitative, quantitative, and multiple information methods (hybrid effectiveness-implementation study) over the course of two years. Both the implementation and effectiveness of the interventions will be evaluated. The recently developed My Choice-My Way! leaving care program for youth aged 15+ will be the primary focus of the project and will be compared to usual services.
Conclusions:
The project has the potential to offer novel insights into how society can promote wellbeing across a spectrum of outcome areas for the high-risk group of youth transitioning from out-of-home care to independent living. As such, the project will have important implications for both research and practice.
Trial Registration:
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05813197.
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