Inside SMART Africa

SMART Africa Ghana- updates from the field

SMART Africa-Ghana is a pilot study that tests the effectiveness of the Multiple Family Group (MFG) Intervention amongst approximately 180 children and their caregivers in northern Ghana. Our SMART Africa Ghana team is currently busy in the field, delivering MFG sessions in one of the two treatment arm schools. To date, they have delivered up to session 11 to 52 families and the exercise is still ongoing. Families and the school administration, including teachers, appreciate the intervention. They participate enthusiastically and share relevant experiences to help everyone learn from one another. The School Health Education Program (SHEP) coordinators who facilitate these sessions have noted that they are proud to be part of an intervention that is improving families’ wellbeing. Regarding data collection, the team finalized 8-week data collection from participants in the treatment school. The team will begin to collect data from the parent peer group school in the near future and preparations for this are underway. The team is also working on their protocol paper, which provides a detailed account of the hypothesis, rationale, and methodology of the study. Kudos to the Ghana team for all your efforts in the field and to BasicNeeds Ghana for the wonderful collaboration.