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The problem
Intervention: Group foster care system providing structured intake, assessment, care planning, intervention, evaluation, and aftercare with designated caregivers (Hope Mothers) in a community-based village setting
Who it was tested with: Children in need of care and protection in Alappuzha, Kerala, India.
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.
"A qualitative approach was used, employing focus group discussions and semi-structured interviews. Participants included children, Hope Mothers, and key organisational staff, selected through purposive sampling." The study documents practitioners' experiences and lessons learned from implementing a specific care model without experimental comparison, making it a practitioner-level evidence record.
Single-site case study with qualitative methods only; no quantitative outcome measures; no comparison group or long-term follow-up data; cannot determine generalisability to other settings or measure lasting impact on children's wellbeing
Across countries and designs
1 study · 1 country
