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How to Foster and Measure Social Inclusion

How to Foster and Measure Social Inclusion. NatStats08 20 November 2008 Melbourne Professor Fiona Stanley AC Director Telethon Institute for Child Health Research Chair Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth. Australia: Growing old and growing young.

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How to Foster and Measure Social Inclusion

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  1. How to Foster and Measure Social Inclusion NatStats08 20 November 2008 Melbourne Professor Fiona Stanley AC Director Telethon Institute for Child Health Research Chair Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth

  2. Australia: Growing old and growing young

  3. 1Persons aged 18+ for every 0-17 year old

  4. OECD Istanbul Declaration30 June 2007 EC, OECD, OIC, UN, UNDP, WB, WHO, UNICEF and pother global organisations • Measurements of progress go beyond GDP per capita (eg MDGs) • Societal welfare (wellbeing) dependent on evidence based and accountable policy making • Statistical indicators (social, environmental, economic) disseminated to citizens enables democracy • Official statistics are a key ‘public good” to foster progress of societies.

  5. Examining five discrete roles within a national innovation system: Science intensive innovation Advancing frontier science and knowledge Creating or transforming industries Solving major national and global challenges Technology intensive innovation Knowledge intensive innovation Delivering incremental innovation for industry Delivering community solutions Society oriented (Public good research and innovation) Industry oriented Adapted from CSIRO, Stokes, etc

  6. Public Sector InnovationOur public sector. Making it the world’s best • A Public Sector Innovation Advocate • Information flows across • Government departments • Companies/ market place • To engage the public • Changing the culture to demand and use evidence base, share data and information - innovation KPI’s for departments.

  7. Collaborations for Innovation Success National (get our house in order) • To serve a NATIONAL agenda and to effectively collaborate internationally • Encourage and concentrate national capacity for excellence in research and its use • National Priority Research Centres focusing on national challenges (climate change, water, environment, mental health and Aboriginal MCH)

  8. Collaborations for Innovation Success • From Data to Wisdom: National Information Strategy • To share all research and agency data • Use and re-use scientific information • Protect and make available all data assets (research, Govt data, universities, institutes including Indigenous) • Innovative methods to access and use (eg. spatial analysis, privacy) • International best practice

  9. Data to Wisdom Our Vision Australia is managing increasing volumes and complexity of data to enhance our country’s scientific, economic and social prosperity and to protect it from threats

  10. ARACY Report Card

  11. AEDI A national performance information framework Australian Early Development Index $15.9 million over 4 years National Census 2009 Provides governments and communities with an understanding of the school readiness of young children entering their first year of formal schooling Based on 5 domains – health, social, emotional, communication and cognition Will assist targeting interventions to improve development of children in a community Source: Dept of Education, Employment & Workplace Relations

  12. Australian Early Development Index Communities 2004 - 07

  13. Maternal and Child Health Research Database 1980-2003 Birth Registrations Death Registrations Midwives Birth Defects Registry Census GIS code Birth Linkage Cerebral Palsy Register Sibships All Hospitalisations 0 - 18 years Cohort Studies Twins Register Child Health Surveys Mental health Register

  14. Linkage HEALTH DATA Birth Registrations 1980 - 2005 Midwives’ Notifications 1980 - 2005 Hospital Morbidity 1970-2005 Mental Health Clients 1970- 2005 CHILD PROTECTION DATA Child protection Notifications 1990 - 2005 Substantiated Allegations 1990 - 2005 Periods of Care 1990-2005 Master Links File Source: O’Donnell 2008

  15. Linkage HEALTH DATA Birth Registrations 1990 - 1997 Midwives’ Notifications 1990-1997 EDUCATIONAL DATA WALNA 1999-2005 Master Links File SOCIAL DATA (neighbourhood characteristics) ABS Census 1990, 1996, 2001 Source: Malacova et al, Am. J. Epi. 2008

  16. “There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.”Nelson Mandela

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