Sure Start Assessing The Needs of Hard To Reach Groups

1. Sure Start Assessing The Needs of Hard To Reach Groups Project Sponsor: Melanie Dopson April 2002 Gloucestershire Research Unit; Health Psychology Department, In partnership with Sue Porter “Sustainable Futures”

2. Delivery team meeting 4 main groups identified Interviews with service providers Analysis of results 24 in-depth interviews Results inform interviews • Dissemination • Action planning • Report Making sense meeting

3. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis • Applied in a range of health & social areas • Attempts to understand how people make • sense of their experiences • Based on semi-structured interviews Gloucestershire Research Unit; Health Psychology Department, In partnership with Sue Porter “Sustainable Futures”

4. Benefits of IPA • Deals with the ‘unexpected’ from participants • Reduces bias • Rich information obtained Gloucestershire Research Unit; Health Psychology Department, In partnership with Sue Porter “Sustainable Futures”

5. Themes from stage 1 - Interviews with service providers • Cultural Issues • Service Issues • Children’s needs Gloucestershire Research Unit; Health Psychology Department, In partnership with Sue Porter “Sustainable Futures”

6. Themes cont. • Money/employment • Lifestyles • Health - physical and psychological • Support Gloucestershire Research Unit; Health Psychology Department, In partnership with Sue Porter “Sustainable Futures”

7. Main Groups • Working Parents • Parents coping with disability and/or illness or addiction • Homeless and transitional families • Parents without English Gloucestershire Research Unit; Health Psychology Department, In partnership with Sue Porter “Sustainable Futures”