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Kids Come First Project
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Kids Come First Project
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Kids Come First Project
Antenatal Early Years (0 – 5) Children (6 – 12) Young People (12 – 17)
Smoking, Drinking, Illicit Drug Use During Pregnancy
Teenage Pregnancy
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Low Birth Weight
Infant Mortality
Attendance at Nurse Health Assessment
Breastfeeding rates (6 weeks, 6
months)
Congenital Malformation
Developmental Vulnerability
(AEDI)
Literacy and Numeracy in Prep (PIPS)
Tasmanian Child Health and Wellbeing Survey• Physical Activity
• Nutrition• Mental Health
• Family Functioning
ABS Census• Socio-Economic Disadvantage
• Low income families• Access to a vehicle
• Access to the Internet• Children with a disability
Education• NAPLAN
• Absences (Chronic Absenteeism)
• Suspensions
Child Protection• Children notified
• Children investigated• Children in Out of Home Care
• Multiple Placements in Out of Home Care
Hospitalisations • Injury and poisoning
• Asthma
cu@home (Teenage pregnancy)
Community Youth Justice
Alcohol, Tobacco and Illicit Drug Consumption (ASSAD)
Custodial Youth
Justice
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Australian Early Development Index
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Physical health and wellbeing
Social Competence Emotional Maturity Language and cognitive skills
Communication skills and general knowledge
Vulnerable on one or more domain of the
AEDI
Vulnerable on two or more domains of the
AEDI
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Children Developmentally Vulnerable on the Australian Early Development Index (AEDI)
Tasmania Australia East Devonport Most disadvantaged communities (SEIFA)
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Kids Come First
• Reports• Analysers• Profiles
– Area Profiles– Child and Family Centre Profiles
• Maps
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Working with Communities• Child and Family Centres• Providing support for grant applications• Place based (Area advisory groups, Local Government, Huon
Valley Health Services Advisory Committee)• Coalitions of Interest
– Breastfeeding Coalition, Making Choices (teenage pregnancy), Child Home Injury Prevention, Early Years Groups
• Schools, Child Health Nurses, Neighbourhood Houses, Non Government Organisations
• Overarching Bilateral Indigenous Plan (COAG Closing the Gap)
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Lessons Learnt
• Real time analysis saves time and increases understanding
• A holistic approach to data collection takes more time but pays off in the long term
• The need for various tools to engage with communities – not just tables of data– Maps– Visualisations– Narrative / Context
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Lessons Learnt
• An iterative process to measuring outcomes is ok– indicators can be improved over time
• More eyes on the data the better• Don’t forget the data gaps
– Eg Family Violence indicator– Let people know what you want to measure
• There’s no such thing as evidence based – only evidence influenced
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Lessons Learnt
• Importance of comparisons– Similar communities (LGA)– Over time– LGA / State / National
• Be willing to:– Let the data question your assumptions– Let your experience question the data
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Future Directions
• Moving from interest to action– Clearly linking decisions to data
• Ensuring that monitoring outcomes and using them to inform planning becomes part of everyday business
• Evaluations using data linkage
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Contact Us
http://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/kids_come_first [email protected]
6233 3764
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