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The problem
Intervention: Pathways to Wellness, a social-emotional learning program codeveloped with an Indigenous community, integrated cultural strengths and holistic approaches to support children's social-emotional well-being
Who it was tested with: Children in Grades 3-6 (ages approximately 8-12) in a tribal nation public school; 67 children in Year 1 (73% Indigenous, 46% girls) and 63 children in Year 2 (81% Indigenous, 42% girls).
Experience from people who deliver programmes: stories, case studies and lessons learned. Valuable for understanding how and why, and for spotting what to test next, but not a measure of effect.
"With two-eyed seeing and a cross-sequential and convergent mixed methods design, this study examined children's experiences and outcomes participating in Pathways to Wellness during academic years 2020-2021 and 2021-2022." The study measured the same children before and after program implementation over two years but without a control group, making it a pre-post design that cannot isolate the program's causal effects from other influences.
The study lacks a comparison group, preventing attribution of changes to the program alone. The timing during 2020-2022 coincides with the COVID-19 pandemic, which may have influenced results. The incongruence between positive qualitative and negative quantitative findings is acknowledged but not fully explained, limiting causal interpretation.
Across countries and designs
4 studies · 3 countries
Confirmed by a peer reviewer
A reviewer checked the classification against the source.
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