Comyn, Julie;
(2019)
Exploring Stakeholders’ Perceptions of the Impact, Acceptability and Feasibility of a Video-Feedback Intervention to Promote Positive Parenting in Foster Care (VIPP-FC).
Doctoral thesis (D.Clin.Psy), University College London.
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Abstract
Aims: Looked after children (LAC) have a higher prevalence for mental health problems, lower academic attainments, and greater interpersonal difficulties than their peers. Many of these difficulties are thought to be rooted in early attachment relationships yet currently there are no evidence-based treatments in the U.K. to support children with these difficulties. This study is part of a Randomised Control Trial (RCT) of a modified video-feedback intervention, VIPP-FC, designed to improve sensitive caregiving and relations between foster carers and LAC with attachment difficulties. Conducting such a trial is a complex and challenging process and in order to fully understand whether the intervention is acceptable and feasible, it is necessary to seek key stakeholders’ qualitative perceptions of the study as they undergo the development, implementation and conduct of the RCT to ensure that a larger-scale future trial is feasible. Method: 10 semi-structured interviews were conducted with key stakeholders involved in the study. Thematic analysis was applied to the data using NVivo12 software. Results: Three overarching themes developed; Challenges of Implementation, Benefits and Impact of VIPP-FC and Key Learnings. These were further broken down into eight subthemes. Conclusions: Conducting an RCT with LAC in a Local Authority (L.A.) context is a multi-layered, complex process. Whilst VIPP-FC holds promise as a useful intervention for this population, adaptations need to occur for the intervention context fit to improve. These include the intervention being more flexible, adopting a relational approach to study management and infrastructure, developing a research infrastructure in L.A.s and improved communication and dialogue between researchers and L.A.s.
| Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Qualification: | D.Clin.Psy |
| Title: | Exploring Stakeholders’ Perceptions of the Impact, Acceptability and Feasibility of a Video-Feedback Intervention to Promote Positive Parenting in Foster Care (VIPP-FC) |
| Event: | University College London |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author 2019. Original content in this thesis is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Any third-party copyright material present remains the property of its respective owner(s) and is licensed under its existing terms. Access may initially be restricted at the author’s request. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10083219 |
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