Effectiveness of a family-centered method for the early identification of social-emotional and behavioral problems in children: a quasi experimental study

摘要

BackgroundSocial-emotional and behavioral problems are common in childhood. Early identification of these is important as it can lead to interventions which may improve the child's prognosis. In Dutch Preventive Child Healthcare (PCH), a new family-centered method has been implemented to identify these problems in early childhood. Its main features are consideration of the child's developmental context and empowerment of parents to enhance the developmental context.