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Table 1 Logic Model of the Strong Families Programme

From: Strong families: a new family skills training programme for challenged and humanitarian settings: a single-arm intervention tested in Afghanistan

Program components

Program process to address underlying causes

Short term participant and family impact

Long term impact

Caregiver sessions

Goal:

Normalise and manage stress

Improve parenting confidence and develop positive parenting strategies

Enancing resources to deal with stress

Child sessions

Goal:

Improve mental health outcomes, better deal with stress, reduce challenging behaviour

Family sessions

Goal:

Improved communication and relationships

Decrease risk factors

Favourable attitudes towards coercive parenting strategies;

Poor family management skills

High levels of stress

Environment favouring early initiation of drug use and of conflict and violenc

Increase protective factors

Improved family interaction

Enhanced relationships, non-violent discipline, prosocial involvement, caregiver social support

Improved caregiver confidence in family management skills

Improved caregiving in parenting skills

Improved child behaviour

Reduced aggressive and hostile behaviours

Increased capacity to cope with stress

Improved mental health outcomes in children and parents

Reduction in violence

Reduction in substance abuse

Reduction in risky behaviours

Improved mental health for caregivers and children