Table 1 Process evaluation methods and number of participants involved (adapted from [10])
From: Process evaluation of the school-based Girls Active programme
Type of data | Collected from | Timing | No. of Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
School details including school environment | Lead teacher, school records, Department of Education school census | Baseline, 7 and 14 months | – |
Training event resources | Documents used at the training i.e. timetable, presentation, handouts | During the training event | – |
Training attendance and evaluation forms | Training deliverer | At the end of the training | 1 training deliverer |
Lead teachers at training | At the end of the initial training day | 7 teachers | |
Lead teachers at training | At the end of the peer review event | 7 teachers | |
Peer leaders | At the end of the peer leader event | 56 girls | |
Interviews | Lead teachers | 7 and 14 months | 10 intervention 8 control at both time-points |
Youth Sport Trust staff members | 7 and 14 months | 3 staff at each time-point | |
The Hub and development coach | 7 and 14 months | 1 staff member from Hub 1 development coach at both time-points | |
Focus groups (intervention schools only) | Peer leaders | 14 months | 46 pupils from 8 schools (range 4–9) |
Subgroups of evaluation sample | 14 months | 58 pupils from 8 schools (range 4–10) | |
A sample of boys | 14 months | 38 pupils from 6 schools (range 2–8) | |
Exit survey | Girls of original sample in all intervention schools | 14 month | 722 pupils |