Programme Population Programme description Outcomes Cost benefit The incremental cost Incredible Years Families with Significant improvements in: This is a series of programmes effectiveness ratio children at risk child problem behaviour focused on strengthening point estimate was £73 of behavioural parenting competences independent play per one point problems.7 (monitoring, positive antisocial and hyperactive improvement on the discipline, confidence) and behaviour intensity score of the fostering parents’ involvement self control in the children Eyberg child behaviour in children’s school intervention mothers were inventory (95% CI £42 experiences in to promote to £140). It would cost more positive, less critical, children’s academic, social and £5486 to bring the and more consistent in emotional competences and child with the highest their parenting than the reduce conduct problems. The intensity score to below control groups parent programmes are the clinical cut-off point parenting skills and grouped according to age: and £1344 to bring the Babies & Toddlers (0–3 years); confidence.7 average child in the BASIC Early Childhood (3–6 intervention group years); BASIC School-Age within the non-clinical limits on the intensity 12 years); and ADVANCED score (<127). For a 12 years).7 ceiling ratio of £100 per point increase in intensity score, there is an 83.9% chance of the intervention being cost effective. The mean cost per child attending the parenting group was £1934 for eight children and £1289 for children.16
Programme Population Programme description Outcomes Cost benefit Incredible Years Families with children at risk of behavioural problems.7 This is a series of programmes focused on strengthening parenting competences (monitoring, positive discipline, confidence) and fostering parents’ involvement in children’s school experiences in to promote children’s academic, social and emotional competences and reduce conduct problems. The parent programmes are grouped according to age: Babies & Toddlers (0–3 years); BASIC Early Childhood (3–6 years); BASIC School-Age years); and ADVANCED years).7 Significant improvements in: child problem behaviour independent play antisocial and hyperactive behaviour self control in the children intervention mothers were more positive, less critical, and more consistent in their parenting than the control groups parenting skills and confidence.7 The incremental cost effectiveness ratio point estimate was £73 per one point improvement on the intensity score of the Eyberg child behaviour inventory (95% CI £42 to £140). It would cost £5486 to bring the child with the highest intensity score to below the clinical cut-off point and £1344 to bring the average child in the intervention group within the non-clinical limits on the intensity score (<127). For a ceiling ratio of £100 per point increase in intensity score, there is an 83.9% chance of the intervention being cost effective. The mean cost per child attending the parenting group was £1934 for eight children and £1289 for 12 children.16 12
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