Effective youth interventions
The Database of Effective Youth Interventions is a searchable database of effective interventions in youth care, youth health care, youth welfare and criminal law that are aimed at the prevention and/or reduction of problems in child development. The Netherlands Youth Institute is responsible for the content of this database.
The database is accessible to the public, the information contained in the database is in Dutch. Three descriptions of interventions in English are added to this page by way of example of database entries.
Goal
The database aims to contribute to the quality of care and services for youth and their parents or carers by giving access to the latest information on effective interventions and on the working mechanisms of different interventions.
Accreditation
All interventions included in the database have been assessed and accredited. The Dutch accreditation system is characterized by its multilevel system of effectiveness. This system is initiated and coordinated by the Netherlands Youth Institute in cooperation with the Centre for Healthy Living of the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) and the Netherlands Centre Youth Health. Accreditation is granted for a period of 5 years. The developers are expected to use this span of time to enhance and improve their intervention. For this purpose a developmental model of effectiveness as been devised.
Database goals
The database is designed to effectuate the Dutch assessment and accreditation system, which is a multilevel system of effectiveness. The database provides a public survey of theoretically sound interventions and shows which of the interventions can be considered effective. Organizations can use the database to complete their curriculum of interventions for the benefit of their target population by implementing new accredited interventions. Furthermore, professionals can further develop and improve their regular programmes by using the available knowledge on the working mechanisms of interventions.