Does allocation to a control condition in a Randomized Controlled Trial affect the routine care foster parents receive?

Frank Van Holen, Johan Vanderfaeillie, Skrallan De Maeyer and Laura Gypen

Children and Youth Services Review, 2015, vol. 49, issue C, 48-53

Abstract: ‘Strengthening Foster parents in Parenting’ (SFP) is a support program for foster parents who care for foster children with externalizing problem behavior. Its effectiveness was examined with a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT). In this paper, we examine the treatment as usual (TAU) that was offered in the control condition of this RCT. For this purpose, the TAU from the SFP control group was compared with TAU provided to a similar group of foster parents outside any RCT.

Keywords: Foster care; RCT; Control group; Treatment as usual (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.01.001

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