Beyond the silver bullet

18/11/2024

The time to close the equity gap is now.

In their latest paper, the Changing Children's Chances team look beyond the silver bullet for the path to close the equity gap for children within a generation.

Changing Children’s Chances focuses on the need for precision policy to address the growing inequity Australian children face. Drawing on the critical thinking of multidisciplinary leaders across economics, health, education, social care, legislation and policy, the team converges on the ‘thinking and doing’ that can and should inform the early years policy and research agenda for Australia. Their new perspective piece advocates for “stacking” targeted, policy-relevant strategies in the early years, across multiple portfolios and layers of government.

‘Inequity gets under the skin. This is not just a social construct - it is building up the chronic disease profile of children early in life.’

- Prof Sharon Goldfeld AM

This paper has been featured in the Medical Journal of Australia’s latest issue focused on child and adolescent health and wellbeing. Read the full article.

With the right resources and data, plus strong community and political will, we could transform outcomes for today’s children. Let’s invest in our future by investing in our children.

Beyond the silver bullet was developed for the Changing Children's Chances Investigator Group by Prof Sharon Goldfeld AM, Dr Elodie O'Connor, Dr Cindy Pham, PhD and Dr Sarah Gray.