Giving voice to children in family-centred work: co-producing an evaluation framework for the Strengthening Families Strengthening Communities Program

“这个跨学科项目借鉴了社会政策、社会心理学和公共卫生的理论和方法，并与种族平等基金会的“加强家庭和加强社区”方案密切合作进行。其目的是：(i)严格审查和综合关于参与性研究和与儿童和青年（CYP）共同制作倡议（重点是家庭支持和养育方案/服务）的方法和结果的证据；（ii）与CYP合作，共同制定一个嵌入CYP观点的评估框架；（iii）在SFSC内试点该框架，以评估可行性、可接受性和实用性；（iv）动员政策、实践和公共利益相关者网络中产生的知识，探索在SFSC以外的环境中的可转移性。SFSC最初改编自美国模式，自2000年以来在英国不断完善和扩大规模。该计划的核心重点是认识和应对黑人和少数民族家庭所处的具有挑战性和排他性的社会环境。SFSC得到了积极的评价，并获得了几个国家机构的认可，包括国家育儿从业者学会和儿童劳动力发展委员会。然而，除了一些探索性工作外，迄今为止的评估主要集中在养育子女的结果和父母对子女结果的看法上。与其他机构一样，REF认为优先发展更好的方法，在评估诸如SFSC等育儿计划的影响时纳入CYP的声音。旨在通过在更广泛的社区发展框架内加强家庭关系来支持青少年和父母的心理健康，SFSC是公共卫生、社会心理学和社会政策的交叉点。该项目旨在实现世界卫生组织途径的核心目标，即解决不平等问题，在健康、包容和复原力之间建立联系，并与实践社区合作。该项目还与ECY pathway的关注密切相关，即了解儿童和青少年是如何通过实践被概念化和产生的，并制定让他们发声的方法。学生将为WHC和ECY做出贡献并获得发展机会。该项目符合ESRC的心理健康优先事项，并支持UoS教师级倡议（儿童机会；包容性社会）和整个WRDTP的更广泛倡议，特别是包容性城市网络（由利兹的Mir与Salway等成员领导）和CLAHRC Y&H少数民族健康（由Salway等领导，与布拉德福德，利兹和约克联系）。”

"This interdisciplinary project draws on theory and methods from social policy, social psychology and public health and is conducted in close collaboration with the Race Equality Foundation (REF)'s Strengthening Families Strengthening Communities programme. The aims are to (i) critically review and synthesise evidence on approaches to, and outcomes of, participatory research and co-production initiatives with children and young people (CYP) (with a focus on family support and parenting programmes/services); (ii) work with CYP to co-produce an evaluation framework that embeds CYP's perspectives, (iii) pilot the framework within SFSC to assess feasibility, acceptability and utility, (iv) mobilise the knowledge generated within policy, practice and public stakeholder networks, to explore transferability to settings beyond SFSC. SFSC was originally adapted from a US model and has been refined and scaled up over time in the UK since 2000. The programme has a core focus on recognising and responding to the challenging and often exclusionary societal context within which Black and Minority Ethnic families live. SFSC has been evaluated positively and has achieved recognition from several national agencies including the National Academy for Parenting Practitioners and the Children's Workforce Development Council. However, aside from some exploratory work, evaluations have to-date focused primarily on parenting outcomes and parental perspectives on outcomes for children. In common with other agencies, REF identifies as a priority the development of better ways to include the voices of CYP in assessing the impact of parenting programmes such as SFSC. Designed to support the mental wellbeing of CYP and parents via the strengthening of family relationships within a broader community development framework, SFSC lies at the intersection of public health, social psychology and social policy. The project addresses WHC pathway's core goals to tackle inequalities, draw connections between health, inclusion and resilience, and partner with practice communities. The project also links closely to ECY pathway's concern to understand how children and young people are conceptualised and produced through practices and to develop approaches that give them voice. The student will contribute to, and gain development opportunities within, both WHC and ECY.The project fits with ESRC's mental health priority and supports UoS faculty-level initiatives (Children's Chances; Inclusive Society) and broader initiatives across the WRDTP, notably Inclusive Cities network (Led by Mir at Leeds with Salway and Such as members) and CLAHRC Y&H minority ethnic health (led by Salway and Such, linking to Bradford, Leeds and York). "