Promoting child and family wellness: priorities for psychological and social interventions

✍ Scribed by Isaac Prilleltensky; Geoffrey Nelson

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 167 KB
• Volume: 10
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1052-9284
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1298(200003/04)10:2<85::aid-casp538>3.0.co;2-m

✦ Synopsis

In order to foster the well-being of children and families we propose a shift in the priorities of psychological and social interventions. Following a brief discussion of the concept of wellness, we present a framework for interventions to promote child and family wellness. Psychological and social intervention strategies to promote child and family wellness are then reviewed and interpreted in terms of the framework. Recommendations for changing priorities for programmes and policies are based on the framework and a review of the eectiveness of existing interventions.