Child health and development: a South Australian data linkage study

Children’s healthy development is important for their readiness to learn, academic achievement at school, and for their future health and economic capability. This study links whole-of-population administrative data from nine different government sources, and data collected as part of a natural experiment evaluating the effects of the South Australian Family Home Visiting program to inform policy and service delivery in child health and development in South Australia.

Output(s)

Identification of Aboriginal children using linked administrative data: consequences for measuring inequalities

Type

Journal article

Authors

Gialamas, A. Pilkington, R. Berry, J. Scalzi, D. Gibson, O. Brown, A. Lynch, J.

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Publication date

Not listed.

Rights notice

File

J Paediatrics Child Health - 2016 - Gialamas - Identification of Aboriginal children using linked administrative data .pdf

Link

https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/handle/2440/102845

Project information

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Community / Language group(s)

Project contact(s)

Professor John Lynch

john.lynch@adelaide.edu.au

Researcher(s)

A/Pr Lisa Smithers
A/Pr Sally Brinkman
Dr Alyssa Sawyer
Dr Catherine Chittleborough
Dr Murthy Mittinty
Ms Kerrie Bowering
Prof John Lynch
Prof Michael Sawyer

Supporting partner(s)

Complete

Yes

Start date

Not listed

End dateNot listed

Topic(s)

Closing the Gap focus

Funder(s)

Organisation(s)

Indigenous involvement

Indigenous involvement notes

Data collections containing a question about Aboriginal ethnicity: birth registrations, perinatal statistics, Australian Early Development Census and school enrolments were linked to datasets recording developmental outcomes: national literacy and numeracy tests (National Assessment Program–Literacy and Numeracy), Australian Early Development Census and perinatal statistics (birthweight) for South Australian children born 1999–2005 (n= 13 414–44 989). Six algorithms to derive Aboriginal ethnicity were specified. The proportions of children thus quantified were compared for developmental outcomes, including those scoring above the national minimum standard in year 3 National Assessment Program–Literacy and Numeracy reading.

Child health and development: a South Australian data linkage study

Output(s)

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