Table 6.
Quantitative data sources used to assess implementation of the Strong Families programme, process evaluation components, indicators [38] and performance results
| Process evaluation component | Data source | Indicator | Caregiver | Child | Family | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-session | Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 1 | Session 2 | ||||
| Dose delivered | Coordinator | Number of sessions delivered | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Fidelity | Observer | Percentage of activities reported as covered | 91% | 88% | 77% | 93% | 93% | 83% | 93% | 88% |
| Facilitator | Percentage of activities reported as fully/mostly covered as 3/4 (on scale of 1 [not/hardly] to 4 [fully]) | 100% | 100% | 100% | 94% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99% | |
| Observer | Percentage of programmes with ≥2 facilitators at every session | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Observer | Percentage of programmes with ≥1 of the same facilitators at every session | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | |||||
| Observer | Percentage of programmes with > 4 and < 13 families a | 100%a | 100%a | 100%a | 100%a | 100%a | 100%a | 100%a | 100%a | |
| Dose received | Facilitator | Percentage of activities reporting interest of: young people; and parents/carers as 3/4 (on scale of 1 [low] to 4 [high]) | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Reach | Observer | Percentage of families attending all 3 sessions | 99% | 99% | 98% | 99% | ||||
| Inputs | Observer | Percentage of sheets with good or very good evaluation of quality of childcare and travel arrangements | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 50% | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| Observer | Percentage of sheets with positive evaluation of (area of) refreshments | 93% | 100% | 83% | 83% | 100% | 88% | 100% | 92% | |
| Observer | Percentage of sheets with positive evaluation of room/materials/equipment | 85% | 100% | 67% | 100% | 60% | 100% | 80% | 85% | |
a all session actually had between 11 and 12 families as instructed