2.3. Exposure—the “For Our Children’s Sake” intervention
The overall aim of the FOCS intervention is to support positive parenting for children’s healthy development. The intervention has been described in detail in the study protocol [The control condition received treatment as usual related to child-parent activities according to the available activities in each prison. These activities are few and infrequent for the most part, and the availability of activities differ between prisons. The activities include the parent recording bedtime stories for the child to listen to, spending visits with the child in a family furnished room in the prison, and parenting focused one-on-one counselling provided non-governmental organisations working for children’s rights, once per month at the most. Parents in the control condition were offered to participate in the FOCS programme after the follow-up measurement in accordance with the operation planning at each prison.