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The problem
Intervention: Marurra-U family camp: a family-centred, therapeutic, recreational camp combining activities with parent support, delivered using a two-way, trauma-informed, strengths-based approach by local Aboriginal-led teams
Who it was tested with: Aboriginal children with complex neurodevelopmental or social-emotional needs and their families in remote Fitzroy Valley, Australia.
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.
"Nine yarning sessions with 13 Aboriginal parent/carers who attended the Marurra-U family camp in 2024 or 2025 were conducted. Researchers also conducted ethnographic observations whilst participating in the camps. Data were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis." This is a practitioner-level qualitative evaluation capturing parent and researcher perspectives of the camp's design and parent-reported impacts without comparison groups or standardised outcome measures.
This is a qualitative study with parent-reported outcomes only; no control group, no objective outcome measures, no data on long-term impacts, and findings are specific to one program in one location. The study cannot determine the relative contribution of different camp components or compare effectiveness to alternative interventions.
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