@article{ref1,
title="Effectiveness of family group conferencing in preventing repeat referrals to child protective services and out-of-home placements",
journal="Child abuse and neglect",
year="2017",
author="Hollinshead, Dana M. and Corwin, Tyler W. and Maher, Erin J. and Merkel-Holguin, Lisa and Allan, Heather and Fluke, John D.",
volume="69",
number="",
pages="285-294",
abstract="Rigorous research on the efficacy of family group conferencing is rare. This randomized control trial study used an intent-to-treat approach to examine whether a referral to a family group conference (FGC) was associated with re-referrals, substantiated re-referrals, or out-of-home placements among child welfare-involved families receiving in-home services. We found no significant associations between treatment and control group assignment and the three outcomes for the sample as a whole. However, families with more children had higher odds of a re-referral and a substantiated re-referral, families with more than one parent had higher odds of re-referral, and families where a substance abuse services referral was noted had higher odds of out-of-home placement. In interaction models with race, we found that families with African American mothers who were referred for an FGC were more likely to be re-referred compared to other families, but no differences were identified with respect to their rates of substantiated re-referrals or out-of-home placements. Implications are discussed.<br><br>Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0145-2134",
doi="10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.04.022",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.04.022"
}