Respite care from the child’s perspective – The Support Family Intervention in Finland

This article presents a synthesis of two PhD studies Support Family Intervention (SFI) in Finland. is service which volunteer families provide support and respite care to children parents who are coping with range psycho-social challenges by looking after the for one weekend month. The aim this develop child-centred programme theory (CCPT) SFI that combines meta-ethnography-based underpinning use evidence participating children’s lived experiences. CCPT emerged grounded on three elaborations currently informing SFI: more nuanced description child as stakeholder intervention, an investigation into supportive properties environment activities provided family clarification function relationships central element intervention.