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University of Wollongong

Australian Health Services Research Institute

2012

Health

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Health Workforce Australia Expanded Scopes Of Practice Program: Compendium Of Data Requirements And Evaluation Tools, Cristina J. Thompson, Karen Quinsey, Darcy Morris, Robert Gordon, Kathryn E. Williams, Patrea R. Andersen, Milena Snoek, Simon Eckermann, Kathy Eagar Jan 2012

Health Workforce Australia Expanded Scopes Of Practice Program: Compendium Of Data Requirements And Evaluation Tools, Cristina J. Thompson, Karen Quinsey, Darcy Morris, Robert Gordon, Kathryn E. Williams, Patrea R. Andersen, Milena Snoek, Simon Eckermann, Kathy Eagar

Australian Health Services Research Institute

The evaluation of the Expanded Scopes of Practice (ESOP) Program is structured to include data collection at the local; sub-project and national leve l. Local projects are responsible for conducting their own project evaluation within the overarching framework of the national evaluation. This means that projects will collect a range of data to support evaluation activities. In some cases this data will be analysed locally and for other evaluation activiti es it will be analysed by the NET. The National Evaluation Team will not finalise the sub-project data analyses until the first quarter of 2014.


The Need To Evaluate Public Health Reforms: Australian Perinatal Mental Health Initiatives, Marie-Paule Austin, Nicole M. Reilly, Elizabeth Sullivan Jan 2012

The Need To Evaluate Public Health Reforms: Australian Perinatal Mental Health Initiatives, Marie-Paule Austin, Nicole M. Reilly, Elizabeth Sullivan

Australian Health Services Research Institute

Objective: To describe the Australian perinatal mental health reforms and explore ways of improving surveillance of maternal mental health morbidity and mortality in this context. Approaches: We reviewed the Australian perinatal (defined as conception to one year postpartum) mental health reforms, in association with an appraisal of the population health methods that could be used for their evaluation. Conclusion: Despite the increasing focus of public health reforms on maternal mental health in the perinatal period, there is currently no national data available to evaluate these reforms or to provide an evidence base for improved health outcomes. National data development and …


Health Workforce Australia Expanded Scopes Of Practice Program: Evaluation Framework, Cristina Thompson, Karen Quinsey, Robert Gordon, Kathryn Williams, Simon Eckermann, Patrea Andersen, Milena Snoek, Kathy Eagar Jan 2012

Health Workforce Australia Expanded Scopes Of Practice Program: Evaluation Framework, Cristina Thompson, Karen Quinsey, Robert Gordon, Kathryn Williams, Simon Eckermann, Patrea Andersen, Milena Snoek, Kathy Eagar

Australian Health Services Research Institute

In June 2012, the Centre for Health Service Development (CHSD), University of Wollongong, was appointed by Health Workforce Australia (HWA) as the national evaluator of the Expanded Scopes of Practice (ESOP) Program. This report provides the current iteration of the evaluation framework for HWA Australia's ESOP Program. HWA through this Program has initiated a range of projects that support implementation of the National Health Workforce Innovation and Reform Strategic Framework for Action 2011-2015. The ESOP Program (also referred to as the 'Program'), has been developed as part of the corresponding HWA work plan. This evaluation framework aims to ensure a …