Figure : Recommendation of program (Facilitators and Play Helpers) Base: n=97 (Facilitator); n=33 (Play Helper); n=135 (Overall) Q. Would you recommend the MyTime Peer Support Program to someone caring for a child with a disability or chronic medical condition? As part of the online survey, Facilitators and Play Helpers were also asked to indicate the extent to which they agreed or disagreed that each of the program objectives had been met using a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is disagree’ and 10 is agree’. As shown in Figure 12, there was a ‘Strongly ‘Strongly very high level of agreement with each objective: 93% agreed that program participants develop relationships with other parents/carers as a result of participation; 93% agreed that program participants feel supported in their caring role as a result of participation; 90% agreed that program participation increased the knowledge of participants; and 87% agreed that program participants developed strong linkages with the broader community through program participation. Taken together, these results which are consistent with the findings from the qualitative research – with program stakeholders provide further evidence that the program objectives (i.e. key – participant outcomes) are being met.
Figure : Recommendation of program (Facilitators and Play Helpers) Base: n=97 (Facilitator); n=33 (Play Helper); n=135 (Overall) Q. Would you recommend the MyTime Peer Support Program to someone caring for a child with a disability or chronic medical condition? As part of the online survey, Facilitators and Play Helpers were also asked to indicate the extent to which they agreed or disagreed that each of the program objectives had been met using a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is ‘Strongly disagree’ and 10 is ‘Strongly agree’. As shown in Figure 12, there was a very high level of agreement with each objective: 93% agreed that program participants develop relationships with other parents/carers as a result of participation; 93% agreed that program participants feel supported in their caring role as a result of participation; 90% agreed that program participation increased the knowledge of participants; and 87% agreed that program participants developed strong linkages with the broader community through program participation. Taken together, these results – which are consistent with the findings from the qualitative research with program stakeholders – provide further evidence that the program objectives (i.e. key participant outcomes) are being met.
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