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  • Title: The Better Beginnings, Better Futures Project: a universal, comprehensive, community-based prevention approach for primary school children and their families.
    Author: Peters RD, Petrunka K, Arnold R.
    Journal: J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol; 2003 Jun; 32(2):215-27. PubMed ID: 12679279.
    Abstract:
    Evaluated a community-based, universal project designed to prevent emotional and behavioral problems and promote general development in young children, while also attempting to improve family and neighborhood characteristics, to link effectively with existing services, and to involve local residents in project development and implementation. The research involved 554 4-year-old children and their families living in 3 disadvantaged neighborhoods in Ontario, Canada. Longitudinal analyses of changes over the first 5 years of project operation indicated significant improvements in children's and parents' social-emotional functioning and physical health, parenting behaviors, and neighborhood and school characteristics. The findings from the Better Beginnings, Better Futures Project are encouraging and provide unique evidence for the extent to which a universal, comprehensive, community-based prevention strategy can promote the longer term development of young children, their families, and their neighborhoods.
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