Why use the results of the Perspectives parents initiative?
The Perspectives parents initiative is a gold mine of information that can stimulate reflections on parenting in Québec. The first region-specific population survey of its kind, it specifically aims to document certain aspects of the parenting experience based on the opinions of parents with children aged 0 to 5.
The survey stimulates reflections on the types of interventions best able to support early childhood development actors at the local, regional and provincial levels. By combining the survey results with the realities experienced in the field, Perspective parents provides food for thought on how best to adapt the services available to families and further develop guidance practices and services for parents, especially those with low incomes and scarce resources. The data may also serve to reconsider the relationships between parents and intervention workers.
Becoming familiar with the results of the Perspectives parents initiative
The Perspectives parents initiative has two distinct components: the quantitative component (the survey conducted with 14 900 parents) and the qualitative component (focus groups – results forthcoming). If you would like to initiate discussions based on the Perspectives parents data or wish to make use of the information, it isn’t necessary to know the data down to the last detail. In fact, we have developed several tools that can help you to appropriate the results of the Perspectives parents initiative.
The complete set of data is available, in French, on the page Publications and reports.
Consult documents designed to facilitate use of the data
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Summary table of the different theme-based information sources (in French)
PDF version (in French)
- Illustrated themes as infographics
- Parents living in underprivileged circumstances
- Parents with an immigrant background: realities that need to be taken into account
- Information flow to parents: too much or not enough?
- How are our parents doing?
- Family-work balance: a tricky balancing act?
- Family services: an obstacle course?
- Importance that parents have a reliable social network
- Parenting partnership: a winning relationship
Leading a discussion based on the results of the Perspectives parents initiative
The initiative’s complete data can nourish discussions. The information can be combined with the knowledge and practices of early childhood development intervention workers and partners. While it isn’t necessary to have exhaustive knowledge of the Perspective parents results, they can serve to initiate or support discussions, as the case may be.
When is a good time to use the results?
Here are some suggestions:
- Discuss the results in connection with existing practices with your team.
- Use the results during the reflection stage when planning intervention actions or identifying needs.
- Organize discussion groups based on the infographics or regional data.
- Include the data in reports, presentations, and communication tools.
- Keep the data on hand—the infographics, for example—so you can reuse them at any time.
Questions to help initiate a discussion
General questions
When discussing the data, you may want to use a four-step process. After introducing specific results, for example the infographics or the regional data, you can address the following points:
- What the results confirm…
- In what ways do the results correspond to our observations in the field?
- What is surprising…
- In what ways do the results contradict our observations in the field?
- What thoughts are sparked by the results …
- What questions do the results prompt us to ask?
- What are the required actions suggested by the results …
- At the individual, organizational and collective levels?
- At the local, regional and provincial levels?
Specific questions
REGIONAL DATA
QUESTIONS TO INITIATE THE DISCUSSION
- What are the differences between the regional and the Québec-wide data?
- What are the characteristic features of our region or community?
- What possible actions does the data inspire?
TOPICS AND ISSUES (INFOGRAPHICS)
QUESTIONS TO INITIATE THE DISCUSSION
- What can we do to improve the information flow to parents with an immigrant background?
- What can we do to give more support to parents with an immigrant background?
- What can we do to give more support to separated parents who get very little support from their ex-partners?
- What are the sources of support available to parents in our area?
- What are the sources of pressure experienced by parents in our area?
- What service-use impediments do parents in our area experience?
- What are the implications/how can we adjust the services we offer?
- What can we do to strengthen family-work balance measures?
- What factors impede access to information?
- What can we do to adapt our communications to parents?
- What can we do to to adapt our communications specifically intended for certain parents?
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