Needs and feasibility assessment for an early relational intervention: using participatory research and prioritizing sustainability for achieving social impact

Participant details
Name and surname
Pablo Carrera
Home institution
Universidad Isabel I
Location of the Training School
Faro, Portugal
Dates for the Training School
Thursday, July 4, 2024 to Friday, July 5, 2024
Training School Title
Family support and research for social impact
Research interests
Parenting interventions – Implementation science
TS details
Knowledge and skill acquisition

I have learned a great deal on translational science in family support, particularly in how to make research useful by engaging with practitioners, families, and policymakers to support the inclusion of evidence-based practices in family support and intervention. I have learned as well about many factors that are relevant for assessing the quality of family support at the level of policies and practitioners, factors that I was not aware because they are less in the research field.

I also learned about the value of incorporating diverse voices in the process, including families, children, and practitioners. I also liked the complex and multifaceted view on evidence that the speakers translated, not only based on research evidence on efficacy, but also on effectiveness in real-world conditions and other areas.

I will try to incorporate these approaches to family support when working in research projects involving the implementation of evidence-based approaches in family support and parenting interventions, being humble about the role of research evidence in the overall complex picture of quality family support and counting with the voice of practitioners and families.

Outputs

In the training school I presented a brief oral presentation following the prompt “What I have done or am planning to do to generate social impact with my research”. In this brief oral presentation I outlined two key ideas for a future research project assessing the feasibility and perceived need for an evidence-based relational intervention for the foster care field in Andalusia: participatory research and pragmatic measures. 

Future collaborations

I will continue to collaborate with the Eurofam network and I will contact Sofia Baena, the leader of the Eurofam Young Researchers network