Evaluation of FASD Mentoring Programs
Our Vision
The team is presently in the development stage. The intent of this team is to create collaborative research among the Canadian Parent Child Assistance Program (PCAP) replication sites across Canada Northwest. This Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) prevention model provides intensive mentoring support services to women who are considered most at risk to have a child with FASD.
Our Membership
A few communities in Alberta and Manitoba undertook to replicate this program and maintain program fidelity. Many of these sites have kept data for the past eight to ten years.
More recently, First Nations Inuit Health announced funding to pilot the same program model in approximately 20 First Nations communities across the Canada Northwest. They have also received training in the PCAP model and the outcome measures.
It is the hope of this team to engage many of the above program sites in a shared research agenda that would help inform program and policy development, and demonstrate program fidelity and program outcomes at site level.
Our Direction
The first tasks of this team are as follows:
- Survey the current programs in Canada’s Northwest to assess how many meet a common definition of a PCAP-Mentoring Program
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Gather basic program information to inform the extent of the opportunity to develop a shared research agenda
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Create a working committee that will bring mentoring programs together to assess interest and develop a shared research agenda
Research Questions
Program model – Is the model equally effective in rural and northern communities as compared to the southern urban environments? How can we improve on the effectiveness if there are differences?
Program evaluations - Can we provide opportunities to improve service delivery and secure additional funding to expand the model through demonstrating the efficacy of this model in FASD prevention through a randomized controlled trial at multiple sites?
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