Integrated Family Assessment and Intervention Model: A Collaborative Approach to Support Multi-Challenged Families

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Alarcão, Madalena

doi:10.1007/s10591-011-9168-0

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“…The family unit and family context are important considerations in health care. Family assessment models focus on both family structure and function, providing guidance in determining the impact of health-related changes (de Melo & Alarcão, 2011; Svavarsdottir, 2008; Wright & Leahey, 2013). Literature concerning family caregiving experiences documents the interrelatedness between individuals, the family system, and community.…”

Section: Family Caregiving In Cancermentioning

confidence: 99%

Family Caregiving in Japan

2016

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Caring culture is a concept embodying the perceptions and caring practices of caregivers, acknowledging the unique role of cultural beliefs in shaping behavior. A qualitative descriptive study with 13 caregivers of adult family members with a cancer diagnosis in Japan was conducted to gain insight into perceptions and experiences surrounding caregiving. Several major categories were identified, representing rarely reported cultural constructs of high cultural value for the Japanese: On-repayment for what the patient has given, Caregiving as performing a socially expected role, Enryo/meiwaku-restraint in asking for help, Family decision making reflecting strong bonds, Omoiyari-empathizing with the patient's feelings, and Inori-praying to myriad gods and ancestors. The Japanese cultural construct of ie (the strong relationship to family lineage and spiritual connection to past and future generations) is helpful in understanding these categories. Invisible yet powerful cultural constructs permeated caregiving practices. Insights from Japanese cultural concepts and beliefs may foster sensitivity and individualized care in diverse settings, cultures, and societies.

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Section: Family Caregiving In Cancermentioning

confidence: 99%

Family Caregiving in Japan

2016

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“…Twenty representatives of the Growing Better Platform's entities/institutions participated in an initial strategic planning meeting, allowing (i) the presentation of the program's aims and target groups, (ii) the identification of the actions and daily contact among partners with multiple challenged families in situations of greater vulnerability (Melo and Alarcão, 2011), and (iii) reflection on the best places and time to implement the parent group encounters. This resulted in a collaborative reflection on the consequences of the pandemic, such as new vulnerability circumstances that had become particularly visible to the Growing Better Platform representatives in their daily interactions with families.…”

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Dialogues with parents: a parental support and empowerment program based on the Touchpoints Model

Brito,

Xavier,

Azevedo

et al. 2023

Front. Educ.

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“Dialogues with Parents-welcoming, listening, and empowering” aimed to understand the impact of an innovative approach supporting parents with identified social/emotional vulnerabilities. Program goals included the promotion of positive parenting, the expansion of parents' knowledge and skills, and the enhancement of parent–child interactions. Based on the Brazelton Touchpoints Developmental-Relational Frameworks, the program applied strength-based assumptions and relationship-based practices to underpin empathic and collaborative relationships with families, seeking to strengthen their confidence in parenting. Two modalities were offered with a modular structure from prenatal–newborn to 6 years. Both included 10 modules, one in which the same group of parents carried out the complete sequence of sessions (Continuous Group) and a second in which parents selected one Touchpoint according to their needs and “drop in” to the session(s) of their choice (Touchpoints 1 by 1 Group). Data were gathered through satisfaction questionnaires at the end of each encounter. A focus group was also held with parents from the Continuous Group. The difference between applications (248) and total participation (99) indicates that parent's interest in participating is high but only a third managed to join the groups. Nevertheless, the results were very positive, highlighting the quality of the Touchpoints approach and program implementation, namely its impact on improving parents' understanding of children's development and of their own role in parenting. Parents particularly valued the opportunity to actively participate in the encounters and, in the Continuous Group, the usefulness of the encounters for themselves as a person and as parents.

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“…The context for this study is the third wave of the implementation of a community-based family assessment and intervention program designed for multichallenged families, with at-risk or maltreated children ([Blinded for review], Melo, 2011Melo, , 2012. Our most encompassing goal was to promote the well-being and positive development of the children and families.…”

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Building Future Communities: Strengthening Relational Bonds for a Positive Future

Melo

Alarcão

2015

Journal Community Psychology

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Communities play a special role in the developmentCollaborative and community-based interventions value knowledge and actions that are locally meaningful, congruent with the people's values, and guided by them (Lightburn & Sessions, 2006). The synergies emerging from the interactions of local, culturally relevant, knowledge, and scientific expertise can lead to more encompassing theories and more effective practices (Horowitz, Robinson, & Seifer, 2009).In the following sections, we report the process and results of a series of community reflection meetings (CRMs) aimed at strengthening and promoting the positive development of the communities, their families, and children. We report what we have learned

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Integrated Family Assessment and Intervention Model: A Collaborative Approach to Support Multi-Challenged Families

Cited by 24 publications

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Family Caregiving in Japan

Family Caregiving in Japan

Dialogues with parents: a parental support and empowerment program based on the Touchpoints Model

Building Future Communities: Strengthening Relational Bonds for a Positive Future

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