Process Evaluation of a Pre-adolescent Transdisciplinary Health Intervention for Inter-generational Outcomes

Overview

Journal PLoS One

Specialties General Medicine
Science

Date 2021 Dec 23

PMID 34941911

Authors

Keshni Arthur

Nicola Christofides

Gill Nelson

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Abstract

Background: The CIrCLE of Life Initiative was implemented to 537 grade 6 learners and their parents, in five Government-run South African primary schools. The transdisciplinary intervention was intended to increase knowledge and skills on HIV and obesity. The study aim was to assess and report on the implementation process.

Methods: Data was collected on an adapted Proctor's taxonomy of implementation outcomes, and to assess participants' experiences. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected through educator logbooks, researcher observations, and learner-parent workbooks.

Results: Differentiations between the various school contexts were observed. The process evaluation revealed high learner penetration (97.2%), but lower learner and parent exposure (44.3% and 55.5%, respectively). All educators thought that the intervention was a fit for both rural and urban schools, different socio-economic groups, and people of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. The intervention was perceived to be sustainable, and there were recommendations for adoption into the school curriculum and scale-up if found to be effective.

Conclusion: The process evaluation facilitated the assessment of the implementation outcomes, described its processes, and acknowledged fundamental characteristics that could justify variability in the intervention impact and outcomes. The value of process evaluations and their benefit to the science of implementation were demonstrated.

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