Collective Impact on Prevention: Let’s Talk About Children Service Model and Decrease in Referrals to Child Protection Services
Collective Impact on Prevention: Let’s Talk About Children Service Model and Decrease in Referrals to Child Protection Services
Families with parental mental health issues often have numerous problems needing multilevel measures to address them. The “Let’s Talk about Children Service Model (LT-SM)” is a community-based service approach aiming at collectively impacting population needs regarding child protection services. Three municipalities in the Raahe District (RD) of Finland requested implementation of the LT Service Model. This paper describes the model and first results.
Authors: Mika Niemelä, Hannu Kallunki, Jaana Jokinen, Sami Räsänen, Birkitta Ala-Aho, Helinä Hakko, Tiina Ristikari and Tytti Solantaus
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