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Reducing the risk of criminal exploitation using multi-systemic therapy (the RESET Study) : study protocol for a feasibility study and process evaluation
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Hayden, Nikita, Flynn, Samantha, Blumenfeld, F., Hastings, Richard P., Gray, Kylie M., Cullen, Stephen Michael, Cullen, Mairi Ann and Langdon, Peter E. (2023) Reducing the risk of criminal exploitation using multi-systemic therapy (the RESET Study) : study protocol for a feasibility study and process evaluation. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 9 (1). 193. doi:10.1186/s40814-023-01409-9 ISSN 2055-5784.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40814-023-01409-9
Abstract
Background
Child criminal exploitation is a form of child abuse that poses a serious risk to the welfare, safety, and wellbeing of young people. Multisystemic therapy (MST) is an intensive family and community-based intervention for young people with anti-social behavioral problems, many of whom will be at risk of criminal exploitation. This protocol describes a pilot feasibility study and process evaluation, designed to examine MST for children at risk of criminal exploitation.
Methods
This pilot feasibility study and process evaluation involves two phases with associated subphases: phase 1.1 involved the collaborative refinement of the logic model adapting MST for children at risk of criminal exploitation; phase 1.2 involved pre-pilot interviews with MST therapists, families, and young people; phase 2.1 is a pilot modeling study of MST for children at risk of criminal exploitation, and; Phase 2.2 is a process evaluation that will involve interviewing stakeholders, MST therapists and employees, families, and young people. The dataset for the process evaluation will include questionnaires completed by parents and young people at baseline, mid-treatment, end of treatment, and 6 months after treatment. We will supplement these data with participant-level data linkage from MST sites and services.
Results
Accrual to the pilot stage of this project opened on 6th August 2021 and is due to close on 31st May 2022. We aim to publish the results of this feasibility study and process evaluation in 2023.
Conclusions
The results of this feasibility study and process evaluation will inform the decision as to whether it is advisable to progress to a pilot clinical trial of MST for children at risk of criminal exploitation.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare R Medicine > RC Internal medicine |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Juvenile delinquents -- Services for , Children -- Crimes against -- Prevention, Juvenile delinquency -- Prevention, Behavior modification, Family psychotherapy, Problem youth -- Behavior modification | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Pilot and Feasibility Studies | ||||||
Publisher: | BioMed Central Ltd. | ||||||
ISSN: | 2055-5784 | ||||||
Official Date: | 27 November 2023 | ||||||
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Volume: | 9 | ||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||
Article Number: | 193 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1186/s40814-023-01409-9 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 28 November 2023 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 29 November 2023 |
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