English Information
This page provides English-language publications and information on the Austrian Early Childhood Intervention Programme (“Frühe Hilfen”). The materials cover the development and implementation of the programme, its professional foundations and quality standards, research and evaluation, annual FRÜDOK data as well as specific topics and international presentations.

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- The Austrian Early Childhood Intervention Programme: Support for families with young children in burdened life circumstances to improve relational health and well-being (A brief overview). In: Perspectives in Infant Mental Health (World Association for Infant Mental Health), 2021, Vol. 29(1), p.16-21
- Evaluation of the Austrian Early Childhood Intervention Programme (2022)
- Development and Implementation of "Frühe Hilfen", a national Programme of Early Childhood Interventions in Austria, Vienna (2019)
- DRIVERS Case Study: Netzwerk Familie, Austria (2014)
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- Early Childhood Interventions (Frühe Hilfen): The Austrian "ideal model" - Version 3, Vienna (2023)
- Guideline for Group Services - Version 2, Vienna (2023)
- Guideline for Family Support - Version 2, Vienna (2023)
- Guideline for Network Building - Version 3, Vienna (2023)
- Guideline for Group Services, Vienna (2019)
- Guideline for Familiy Support, Vienna (2018)
- Guideline for Network Building, Vienna (2017)
- Early Childhood Interventions (Frühe Hilfen): The Austrian "ideal model", Vienna (2017)
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- Mothers' experiences surrounding childbirth. A survey in Austrian Early Childhood Interventions (2024)
- Evaluation Report on the Expansion of Regional "Frühe Hilfen" Networks as part of the Austrian Recovery and Resilience Plan (ARP) (2024)
- Prevention chains (Präventionsketten) and Regional Early Childhood Intervention Networks (Frühe Hilfen), Vienna (2024)
- Early Childhood Interventions - Evaluation - Psychosocial Care, Vienna (2024)
- Sasto Chavoripe – Social inclusion of Roma through Early Childhood Interventions, Vienna (2021)
- Austrian National Centre for Early Childhood Intervention. Evaluation 2018 to 2021 of the Implementation of Frühe Hilfen in Austria, Vienna (2021)
- How do Early Childhood Interventions work? The Early Childhood Interventions Impact Model, Vienna (2020)
- Early Childhood Interventions and Child Protection. Supportive Materials, Vienna (2020)
- Early Childhood Interventions – Raising Awareness in Resident Health Professions, Vienna (2019)
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- Early Childhood Interventions. Figures, Data and Facts 2024. FRÜDOK Annual Report, Vienna (2025)
- Early Childhood Interventions. Figures, Data and Facts 2023. FRÜDOK Annual Report, Vienna (2024)
- Early Childhood Interventions. Figures, Data and Facts 2022. FRÜDOK Annual Report, Vienna (2023)
- Early Childhood Interventions. Figures, Data and Facts 2021. FRÜDOK Annual Report, Vienna (2022)
- Early Childhood Interventions. Figures, Data and Facts 2020. FRÜDOK Annual Report, Vienna (2021)
- Early Childhood Interventions. Figures, Data and Facts 2019. FRÜDOK Annual Report, Vienna (2020)
- Early Childhood Interventions. Figures, Data and Facts 2018. FRÜDOK Annual Report, Vienna (2019)
- Early Childhood Interventions. Figures, Data and Facts about Supported Families 2017, Vienna (2018)
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- Early childhood interventions („Frühe Hilfen") in Austria
- Impact and effectiveness of early childhood intervention: a cost-benefit analysis based on representative snapshot case studies
- „Keep going and don’t stop reminding them of yourself" -Networks for successful out-reach-work
- Implementation of regional Early Childhood Intervention Networks in Austria
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- The Austrian programme for early childhood intervention: supporting families in need (EuroHealthNet Webinar 2025)
- Health and social equity right from the start: the Austrian programmeof early childhood interventions (Conference Ljubljana 2025)
- The Austrian programme for early childhood intervention: supporting families in need (ORGINNOVATIEREIS 2025)
- The Austrian programme for early childhood intervention: supporting families in need (Meeting of National Coordinators of European Child Guarantee 2025)
- Sasto Chavoripe – Roma and Early Childhood Interventions (European Public Health Conference, virtual Conference 2021)
- Austrian Early Childhood Intervention programme "Frühe Hilfen" (EuroHealthNet Country Exchange Vienna 2019)
- Linking social and health services for families in need: implementation of early childhood intervention networks in Austria (International Social Prescribing Network Conference London 2019)
- Data on the mental health of supported families from the documentation of early childhood interventions in Austria (ESCAP Vienna 2019)
- Early childhood interventions–cooperation, networking and dialogue to support families in need (HPH Conference Warsaw 2019)
- Systemic approach for preventive early childhood interventions: learnings from Austria (Riga 2018)
- Evaluation of a risk screening project: Early childhood intervention networks (EPH Stockholm 2017)
- Quality assurance measures for the implementation of early childhood intervention networks in a federal state like Austria (EUSPR Vienna 2017)
- Can early childhood intervention networks support health equity? (EPH Vienna 2016)
- Early Childhood Networks – Strategy and implementation in Austria (EPH Milano 2015)