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Evidence-based interventions: costs and benefits of early intervention Louise Morpeth , Co-director Social Research Unit, Dartington Twitter: @ Lmorpeth. ignore her! look at me! . NO ! I am. I’m evidence-based. I’m not evidence-based, I’m evidence- informed.
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Evidence-based interventions: costs and benefits of early intervention Louise Morpeth, Co-director Social Research Unit, Dartington Twitter: @Lmorpeth
ignore her! look at me! NO! I am I’m evidence-based I’m not evidence-based, I’m evidence- informed
Programmes identified for the review of early intervention led by Graham AllenMP
There are 21 free online databases of evidence-based programmes
Intervention specificity - what is it? • Evaluation quality - is the method robust enough for us to believe the findings? • Intervention impact - which aspects of child health and development are affected and to what extent? • System readiness - is the intervention replicable? Standards of Evidence
From Social Research Unit (forthcoming) Investing in Children, Dartington, Social Research Unit www.dartington.org.uk/investinginchildren
*Approximately 5,000 6th and 7th grade students @ baseline and follow-up Data from Pentz, Trebow, Hansen, MacKinnon, Dwyer, Johnson, Flay, Daniels, & CormackEffects of Program Implementation on Adolescent Drug Use Behavior: The Midwestern Eval Rev.1990; 14: 264-289
C 34 18 23 31 28 1 Control Group (N=313) 2 3 33 4 5 55 63 6 33 7 M 8 9 10 11 12 13 M 14 15 16 17 18 M 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 M FFT Results Individual Therapists (N=387) Low Fidelity High Fidelity Group Mean (Average) 26 4 7 23 22 42 47 17 17 17 14 14 43 11 0 26 17 14 20 12 18 8 18-Month Unadjusted Major Recidivism Percentage From: Outcome Evaluation of Washington State's Evidence-Based Programs for Juvenile Offenders, January 2004. Washington State Institute for Public Policy, Report #04-01-1201
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