Population health and wellbeing: identifying priority areas for Victorian children Davis, Elise, Waters, Elizabeth, Wake, Melissa, Goldfeld, Sharon, Williams, Joanne, Mehmet-Radji, Ozlem and Oberklaid, Frank 2005, Population health and wellbeing: identifying priority areas for Victorian children, Australia and New Zealand health policy, vol. 2, no. 16, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1186/1743-8462-2-16. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads davis-populationhealth-2006.pdf Published version application/pdf 301.10KB 83 Title Population health and wellbeing: identifying priority areas for Victorian children Author(s) Davis, Elise Waters, Elizabeth Wake, Melissa Goldfeld, Sharon Williams, Joanne orcid.org/0000-0002-5633-1592 Mehmet-Radji, Ozlem Oberklaid, Frank Journal name Australia and New Zealand health policy Volume number 2 Issue number 16 Start page 1 End page 6 Publisher BioMed Central Ltd. Place of publication London, England Publication date 2005-07-20 ISSN 1743-8462 Summary Background Population health information, collected using soundly-designed methodologies, is essential to inform policy, research, and intervention programs. This study aimed to derive policy-oriented recommendations for the content of a health and wellbeing population survey of children 0–12 years living in Victoria, Australia. Results Qualitative interviews were conducted with 54 academic and policy stakeholders, selected to encompass a wide breadth of expertise in areas of public health and inter-sectoral organisations relevant to child health outcomes, including universities, government and non-government agencies across Victoria. These stakeholders were asked to provide advice on strategic priorities for child health information (data) using a structured interview technique. Their comments were summarised and the major themes were extracted. The priority areas of health and wellbeing recommended for regular collection include obesity and its determinants, pregnancy and breastfeeding, oral health, injury, social and emotional health and wellbeing, family environment, community, health service utilisation, illness, and socioeconomic position. Population policy questions for each area were identified. Conclusion In contrast to previous population survey programs nationally and internationally, this study sought to extract contemporary policy-oriented domains for inclusion in a strategic program of child health data collection, using a stakeholder consultation process to identify key domains and policy information needs. The outcomes are a rich and relevant set of recommendations which will now be taken forward into a regular statewide child health survey program. Language eng DOI 10.1186/1743-8462-2-16 Field of Research 111712 Health Promotion Socio Economic Objective 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2005, Davis et al. Free to Read? Yes Use Rights Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30003347 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Health and Social Development Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 15 Jan 2009, 13:31:27 EST Mon, 22 Jun 2009, 10:29:13 EST Fri, 18 Mar 2016, 09:34:25 EST Fri, 28 Apr 2017, 16:46:23 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 12:32:22 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 9 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1006 Abstract Views, 83 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 08:50:33 EST

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