Table 2 Process evaluation of PREP
Areas | Goals | Strategies |
|---|---|---|
Design of study | 1. To ensure intervention is developed based on relevant theory. | Literature review was conducted; intervention is based on resilience framework. |
2. To ensure “dose” across is adequately described. | Participants in intervention arm will received 6 one-hour sessions and each session one-to-three week apart; field note of each session and service received by the participants will be recorded. | |
Training of provider | 3. To ensure group facilitator acquires the skills and sustains over time. | Use standardized training manuals and materials for training; role playing the sessions; external quality assurance through bi-weekly meeting with investigative team throughout the study. |
Delivery of treatment | 4. To ensure intervention delivered adheres to treatment protocol and minimize differences within intervention. | Use of an intervention manual; facilitator will take field notes of the session; Helpers will rate the adherence with a checklist; have member of investigative team to observe selected sessions; record any protocol deviations. |
5. To minimise contamination between intervention and control conditions. | Advise participants not to disclose the condition they are in; conduct interviews with selected participants in control group to ensure they do not receive treatment; train the staff of NGOs the rationale of the two conditions. | |
Receipt of treatment | 6. To ensure participants understand the information provided in the sessions and they are able to perform the skills learnt. | Use of active questioning to assess their understanding; record their attendance; rate their involvement in each session by group facilitator, participants and/or session helper; Use discussion role-play to ensure participants’ understand the contents. |
Enactment of treatment | 7. To ensure participants utilise the skills introduced in the intervention sessions. | Use of homework to encourage they use their skills between sessions; discuss how they have used the skills in daily life in sessions. |