Table 5.
Joint display table: Integration of quantitative (percent of caregivers reporting construct) and qualitative (interview data) about acceptability of the intervention (cont.).
Quantitative Results | Qualitative Results | Interpretation | ||
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Question | SB (%) |
B (%) |
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Satisfied with the interventionist | 100% | 100% | “Still I get phone calls from some of the families, [laughs] they miss us so much.”—Bhutanese interventionist “It was more comfortable working with [the interventionist] because I knew him [before the intervention].”—Bhutanese boy, age 18 |
Families were very happy with their interventionists across the board. Hiring fellow community members as interventionists was an effective strategy for intervention acceptability. |
Satisfied with content | 76.9% | 92.9% | “We are satisfied with the intervention because we learned a lot that we didn’t know, like parenting strategies, education system in the U.S., family meeting.”—Somali Bantu mother, age 37 “We have learned many things from this program. Like…things we should do to help kids in their school…that we should talk to their teachers…and how they are doing in school…we learned these things that we didn’t really know before.” —Bhutanese father, age 65 “Too much unnecessary information. Who doesn’t know parenting? Once you get a child, your mind and body automatically start thinking like a parent.”—Somali Bantu mother, age 42 |
Respondents generally reported satisfaction with the skills and knowledge gained, especially around the U.S. school system. Still, there were some barriers to acceptability, especially among Somali Bantu caregivers. In particular, non-violent discipline practices, though important to introduce, may not be fully embraced in a ten-session intervention. |
Satisfied with exercises | 76.9% | 100% | ||
Satisfied with information gained | 100% | 100% |
SB = Somali Bantu, B = Bhutanese.