The Iowa Strengthening Families Program

The purpose of Iowa Strengthening Families Program program is to help parents/caregivers learn nurturing skills that support their children and to teach youth skills for dealing with stress and peer pressure.

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SBU Enquiry Service

Consists of structured literature searches to highlight studies that can address questions received by the SBU Enquiry Service from Swedish healthcare or social service providers. We assess the risk of bias in systematic reviews and when needed also quality and transferability of results in health economic studies. Relevant references are compiled by an SBU staff member, in consultation with an external expert when needed.

Question

What systematic reviews are there on Iowa Strengthening Families Program?

Identified literature

One relevant systematic review was identified. The systematic review had included only one study on Iowa Strengthening Families Program [1].

Table 1. Systematic reviews with low/medium risk of bias
Included studies Population/Intervention Outcome
Gates et al 2006 [1]
Seventeen studies, 9 cluster randomised studies, with 253 clusters, 8 individually randomised studies with 1,230 participants, evaluating four types of intervention: motivational interviewing or brief intervention, education or skills training, family interventions and multicomponent community interventions. Young person’s <25 years
Interventions intended to prevent or reduce use of drugs by young people delivered in non-schools’ settings.
Randomised trials that evaluated an intervention targeting drug use by young people under 25 years of age, delivered in a non-school setting, compared with no intervention or another intervention, that reported substantive outcomes relevant to the review.		 (1) - To summarise the current evidence about the effectiveness of interventions delivered in non-school settings intended to prevent or reduce drug use by young people under 25;
(2) - To investigate whether interventions' effects are modified by the type and setting of the intervention, and the age of young people targeted;
(3) - To identify areas where more research is needed.
Adverse effect:Not addressed
Authors' conclusion:
“There is a lack of evidence of effectiveness of the included interventions. Motivational interviewing and some family interventions may have some benefit. Cost-effectiveness has not yet been addressed in any studies, and further research is needed to determine whether any of these interventions can be recommended.”

References

  1. Gates S, McCambridge J, Smith LA, Foxcroft D. Interventions for prevention of drug use by young people delivered in non-school settings. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2006.
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Iowa strengthening families program
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Search terms Items found
Intervention: Iowa strengthening families program.
1. (strength* ADJ2 famil*).ti,ab. 1,058
2. Exp systematic review/ OR cochrane library.mp OR exp meta analysis/ 192,676
3. ((systematic* ADJ3 review) OR meta analy* OR metaanaly*).ab,ti,kw 256,720
4. 2 OR 3 283,734
Final 2 1 AND 4 25

 

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Iowa strengthening families program
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Search terms Items found
Intervention: Iowa strengthening families program
1. (strength* NEXT/2 famil*):ti,ab 790
2. 'systematic review'/exp OR 'cochrane library'/exp OR 'meta analysis'/exp 328,901
3. ((systematic* NEAR/3 review):ti,ab) OR 'meta analy*':ti,ab OR metaanaly*:ti,ab 327,335
4. 2 OR 3 419,052
Final 2 1 AND 4 21

 

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Iowa strengthening families program
Final 2 1 AND 4 94
Search terms Items found
Intervention: Iowa strengthening families program
1. (strength* NEXT/2 famil*):ti,ab 7,564
2. DE "Systematic Review" OR DE "Cochrane reviews" OR DE "Meta-analysis" 162,048
3. (TI (systematic* N3 review) OR "meta analy*" OR metaanaly*) OR (AB (systematic* N3 review) OR "meta analy*" OR metaanaly*) 371,854
4. 2 OR 3 398,635
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