Families and Collective Futures: Developing a Programme Logic Model for Arts-Based Psychosocial Practice with South African Rural Communities Dataset

Aim

This aim of this study is to describe the
development of a professional-led programme logic model to guide arts-based
psychosocial practice delivered in rural South African farming communities,
including workers and their families affected by transgenerational traumas.

Background

The rationale for developing a programme logic
model for arts-based psychosocial practice in South Africa was based on the
lack of evidence for effective community arts-based psychosocial interventions
for collective trauma, unknown consensus about best practices and the
requirement to reconsider individualised psychosocial practices. Further to
this, the aims and benefits of the practice required clarity given the psychosocial
complexity of the environment within which the practices for this population
are being offered. The
logic model offers a valuable resource for practitioners, participants and
funders to understand the problem being addressed, how practice is defined, as
well as the impact of practice.

Methods

The authors used a systematic iterative approach
to describe the operationalisation of arts-based psychosocial practice. This
resulted in the design of the logic model being informed by data from the focus
groups, literature overview and operational policies and organisational
documents. The development of the logic model involved actively investigating
with practitioners their work with remote farming communities. We used
organisational documents, policies and an overview of the literature to
identify the operational elements, a focus group and thematised personal
constructs with practitioners to define salient practice elements and their
relationship to perceived benefits and lastly feedback from practitioners
following implementation to make adjustments to the logic model.

Results

This data set describes the practice elements and impact of practice quantified according to a ranking process made by focus group members (arts based practitioners). this data then informed a visual mapping using the design of a programme logic model. The logic model was
divided into 5 parts and was verified by practitioners following implementation
as (Part 1) main presenting problem, (Part 2) operational processes, (Part 3)
practice elements, (Part 4) benefits and impact and (Part 5) review.