Research and evaluation

Our program evaluation and outcomes measurement model is built upon a participatory and capacity-building approach, involving stakeholders in all aspects of evaluation activity.

The Centre for Community Child Health offers expertise in data, measurement and evaluation to assist initiatives that are seeking to improve outcomes for children and families.

We set up shared measurement systems to evaluate design and delivery outcomes to support, locate, analyse and understand available data sources.

 

Examples of our research and evaluation work

The Child and Family eHub is a digital platform that aims to improve the use of existing primary health, mental health and social care systems.  Three communities were involved in user-centred design of the eHub and will  support evaluation of its first phase to build a minimum viable product.

Strengthening Care for Children (SC4C) explores how to reduce referrals to hospitals and support primary care through general practitioners (GPs) in the first Australian, multi-state trial of an integrated GP-paediatrician care model. This means in analysis, the study team can look at the patterns of referrals made, medications prescribed, and tests ordered for children at those general practices.