Household Knowledge Management

Definition

Household Knowledge Management is the systematic study and design of conditions, interventions and safeguards affecting children or families within family systems.

Why this matters

Children have evolving capabilities and limited power over many systems affecting them. Errors in household knowledge management can create developmental, relational, educational, health or safety consequences that persist.

Research questions

What household knowledge should be captured, how should it be maintained and who should access it?

Hypotheses

Lightweight capture at moments of use will produce more current household knowledge than periodic documentation drives.

Proposed methods

family systems mapping, household ethnography, coordination-task analysis, participatory co-design, service-journey mapping and longitudinal outcome tracking; adapted specifically to Household Knowledge Management; child-appropriate participatory methods; caregiver and practitioner input; age-stratified analysis; validated developmental measures; service-pathway testing; safeguarding review; delayed or longitudinal follow-up; implementation-fidelity assessment

Stakeholders and beneficiaries

family members; carers; social workers; clinicians; schools; legal advisers; community services; employers; household knowledge management specialists; lived-experience family advisory panel; independent child-rights reviewer