Population Child Health Group

Population Child Health Group

This page is a research page on Kids Research. For more information, please see our page on the University of NSW (UNSW) website.

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The Population Child Health Group is a multidisciplinary research group based at the University of NSW and Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network. We work collaboratively with our partners to embed child health, implementation science and health economics researchers into health service initiatives to inform policy and service delivery.

We work with communities and partners across Australia and the world so we can conduct translational research that directly impacts minority groups, such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations, refugees, communities of CALD (Culturally And Linguistically Diverse) backgrounds, and those living in socioeconomic disadvantage or out of home care.

Our partners include NSW Health, NSW Local Health Districts, Aboriginal Controlled Community Health Organisations, Primary Health Networks, and the national Child Unlimited Network.

Objectives

Our research aims to improve quality of care, integrate services, promote equity and enhance access for the ultimate benefit of children and young people. We achieve this by:

  • Working with children and young people to discover the factors affecting their health, wellbeing, and access to the care they need.
  • Conducting translational research that focuses on sustainably tailoring health systems to the needs of children and young people.
  • Developing, implementing, and evaluating scalable interventions that can be delivered by existing practitioners to increase access to high quality paediatric care for all children.

Impact

  • Using digital health solutions to deliver mental health screening and early intervention to all children through the Rural Schools Mental Health Plus program.
  • Our Strengthening Care for Children (SC4C) program, an initiative evaluating an integrated model of care, with paediatricians working directly with General Practitioners in their clinics to bring the best possible close-to-home care to children and their families.
  • RuralKidsGPS is an innovative, integrated model of care that supports children with complex health conditions by using shared care plans, technology-enabled healthcare, and capacity building for families and local healthcare providers.

Collaborators

Raghu Lingam

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Prof Raghu Lingam

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Professor and Financial Markets Chair Population Child Health Research Group
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Dr Karen Zwi

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Dr Karen Zwi

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Clinical Director of Priority Populations at SCHN. Dr Karen Zwi is a Conjoint Professor with the School of Women's & Children's Health.
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Dr Nusrat Homaira

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Dr Nusrat Homaira

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Senior Lecturer with the Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Clinical Medicine at UNSW Australia and a Respiratory Scientist within the respiratory department of Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwic
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For enquiries

Lea Dawson

Research Officer

Email: lea.dawson@unsw.edu.au