A Taxonomy of Care for Youth: Results of an Empirical Development Procedure

Autor/inn/en	Evenboer, K. Els; Huyghen, Anne-Marie N.; Tuinstra, Jolanda; Knorth, Erik J.; Reijneveld, Sijmen A.
Titel	A Taxonomy of Care for Youth: Results of an Empirical Development Procedure
Quelle	In: Research on Social Work Practice, 22 (2012) 6, S.637-646 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1049-7315
DOI	10.1177/1049731512448546
Schlagwörter	Intervention; Foreign Countries; Classification; Expertise; Mental Health Programs; Children; Child Care; Youth; Adolescents; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Expert appraisal; Child; Kind; Kinder; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Niederlande
Abstract	Purpose: Statements about potentially effective components of interventions in child and youth care are hard to make because of a lack of a standardized instruments for classifying the most salient care characteristics. The aim of this study is to present an empirically developed taxonomy of care for youth (Tocfy) which is feasible for use in daily practice, including an explanation of the developmental process itself. Methods: The development procedure, comprising of different stages, contributed significantly to the foundation of the taxonomy. Results: The operational version consists of six domains: (1) contents of the intervention; (2) judicial context; (3) duration of the intervention; (4) intensity of the intervention; (5) intervention recipients; and (6) expertise of professionals. The terminologies used to describe treatment programs and the levels of classification were standardized for each organization participating in our study. By doing so, the feasibility and manageability of the taxonomic system in daily practice increased. Discussion: Using tocfy in daily practice provides the opportunity to gather information on care and treatment characteristics within care organizations. The strength of tocfy is that its framework can be extended to other care organizations within child and youth care. Replication of the findings of our study in other child and youth care settings is needed, because this study only covered one province in the Netherlands. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10