Implementation Science and Prevention in Action: Application in a Post-Permanency World

Figures & data

Table 1. Number of children assigned to the intervention.

	Intervention		Comparison		Total
Cohort 1	165	85%	29	15%	194
Cohort 2	218	71%	88	29%	306
Total	383	77%	117	23%	500

Table 2. Recruitment efforts and results.

Assigned to the intervention group		Contacted by project staff		Registered		Attended any sessions		Attended four or more sessions
Cohort 1	165	84	51%	26	16%	27	16%	23	14%
Cohort 2	218	121	56%	53	24%	26	12%	22	10%
Total	383	205	54%	79	21%	53	14%	45	12%

Table 3. Bivariate results.

			Contacted (n = 205)				Attended (n = 45)
	All (n = 383)		Yes		No		Yes		No
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Child’s gender
Female	221	58	95	46	111	54**	26	13	180	87
Male	162	42	110	62	67	38	19	11	158	89
Child’s race or ethnicity
African-American	218	57	113	52	105	48	33	15	185	85
White	78	20	42	54	36	46	5	6	73	94
Hispanic	51	13	27	53	24	47	4	8	47	92
Other	36	9	23	64	13	36	3	8	33	92
Kinship relationship
Kin	179	47	92	51	87	49	14	8	165	92*
Non-kin	204	53	113	55	91	45	31	15	173	85
Type of legal permanence
Adoption	310	81	165	53	145	47	38	12	272	88
Guardianship	73	19	40	55	33	45	7	10	66	90
Time in foster care
Less than 3 years	162	42	84	52	78	48	19	12	143	88
Three or more years	221	58	121	55	100	45	26	12	195	88
Ever placed in congregate care prior to permanence
In congregate care	51	13	28	55	23	45	12	24	39	76**
Never in congregate care	332	87	177	53	155	47	33	10	299	90
Mean	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Age at permanence	7.47	2.83	7.42	2.90	7.53	2.74	6.93	3.08	7.54	2.79
Miles from training center^++	7.19	5.94	6.87	5.63	7.56	6.29	5.78	3.86	7.38	6.15
Number of outreach calls	2.33	1.19	1.86	1.08	2.87	1.07***	1.49	0.84	2.44	1.18***
Time since permanence	4.72	2.86	4.78	3.01	4.66	2.68	5.32	3.14	4.64	2.82
Number of moves while in foster care	3.23	2.14	3.13	2.06	3.36	2.22	3.22	2.08	3.24	2.15

⁺⁺N = 378

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.

Table 4. Logistic regression results.

	Predicting contact with project staff			Predicting attendance
Variable^a	HR	95% CI		HR	95% CI
Female (male)	2.29***	1.42	3.70	0.82	0.41	1.63
African-American (not African-American)	1.62	0.98	2.68	0.52	0.23	1.16
Age at permanence	1.01	0.82	1.23	1.12	0.83	1.52
Miles from training center	1.03	0.99	1.07	1.05	0.98	1.12
Number of outreach calls	2.36***	1.91	2.93	2.33***	1.63	3.34
Time since permanence	0.95	0.78	1.16	1.04	0.78	1.40
Number of moves while in foster care	1.11	0.98	1.25	1.04	0.88	1.24
Permanence with kin (non-kin)	1.23	0.74	2.06	2.09	0.95	4.60
Adoption (guardianship)	1.00	0.53	1.90	0.93	0.34	2.54
Length of time in foster care	0.63	0.36	1.09	0.97	0.43	2.17

^aReference categories for categorical variables shown in parentheses.

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.