Michael Cowap, Gabrielle Derraugh, Anna C Shawyer, Rob Balshaw, Suyin A Lum Min, Richard Keijzer
Educational outcomes in school age children with a history of isolated Hirschsprung disease are equivalent to their peers
Journal of pediatric surgery
study purpose describe feasibility implementation reaching kids emotional trauma rocket intervention hypothesised rocket intervention would feasible poor resource school performed singlearm singlecentr feasibility study intervention pilot based reaim framework intervention delivered single k4th elementary charter school nashville tn area lowresource community 57 elementary school children attending partner school reporting exposure least one adverse childhood experience ace parents reaching kids emotional trauma rocket intervention schoolbased multilevel intervention individual child family school promotes positive health behaviours children exposed aces outcomes gathered qualitatively via focus groups primary outcome feasibility secondary outcomes implementation outcomes according reaim framework including reach effectiveness adoption implementation 105 eligible children 57 children parents participated 54 31 54 girls 47 82 blackafrican american 5 9 hispanic 5 9 white school staff implemented planned rocket sessions 90 fidelity session 52 91 children completed final intervention session went complete 6 month followup assessments average attendance inschool child sessions 57 students 87 35 61 parents attended least one family session 25 44 parents attending least half family sessions 13 23 parents participated focus groups qualitative data suggested high parent participant satisfaction uptake positive health behaviours targeted intervention increased quality life study suggests rocket intervention feasible acceptably delivered local elementary school high reach lowincome minority populations data suggest schools especially serving lowincome minority children appropriate avenue interventions designed address health disparities data study used advise pilot study intervention