Abstract

OLIVARES, Bárbara  and  REYES-ESPEJO, Maria Isabel. Evaluation of a social program in childhood, from the principles of Community Psychology. Rev.latinoam.cienc.soc.niñez juv [online]. 2016, vol.14, n.1, pp.431-444. ISSN 1692-715X.  https://doi.org/10.11600/1692715x.14129090215.

This article presents a case study that has the purpose of analyzing, in the framework of the context of community psychology, the design and implementation of a Chilean public program called the Community Prevention Program, a subsidiary agency of the National Service for Minors. Methodologically, the study adopts a qualitative approach using primary sources (interviews and focus groups) and secondary sources (technical documents), within the framework of an empirically established theory to reconstruct the intervention model of the Community Prevention Program as a historical continuum. The authors conclude that the case study has made it possible to examine the technical, ethical and political dimensions involved in the production and implementation of a public program. This analysis resulted in the identification of a logic of rights within the program that involves a set of innovative interventions that go beyond the basic perspectives of children at risk.

Keywords : childhood; social program; child protection; children’ s rights; participation.

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