Feasibility and acceptability of Blackpool PIR Service - FABPAIRS
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of the newly implemented Blackpool Specialised Parent-Infant Relationship Service for parents and practitioners.
IRAS ID
325733
Contact name
Karen Kinloch
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
NSPCC
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 9 months, 0 days
Research summary
The first 1001 days of a child’s life are essential for their future development, and building a secure responsive relationship with a parent or caregiver in this period is really important to support child development. Some parents and infants, for many reasons, struggle to build this relationship and need extra support. Specialised Parent-Infant Relationship Services work with parents and infant to build this relationship and improve their outcomes. There is currently some research into the implementation and outcomes of these services in the UK but further work is needed to learn how parents and practitioners feel about the services.
The aim of this study is to find out whether therapeutic support delivered by a new Specialised Parent-Infant Relationship Service is feasible (delivery works practically) and acceptable (participants feel that delivery is appropriate for them) for practitioners and parents involved with the service. Researchers will invite 10 parents and up to 5 practitioners to take part in interviews about their experiences of therapeutic support delivery by the service in its first year. These interviews will be recorded and analysed by the research team to learn how practitioners and parents feel about the service from the point of referral, through the therapeutic work to discharge or disengagement with the service. The analysis of the interviews will be used to answer the question of whether the service is feasible and acceptable for parents and practitioners.
This research will focus on the voices and experiences of those who are most involved in the service and provide learning both for the study site and future service development work. The learning from the study will be written up as a report for the service commissioners and a summary report will be shared with participants and on the research team website.REC name
London - Camden & Kings Cross Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
23/LO/0365
Date of REC Opinion
2 May 2023
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion