Systems integration to promote the mental health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children: protocol for a community-driven continuous quality improvement approach.
Janya Robyn McCalmanRoxanne BainbridgeYvonne Cadet JamesRoss BailieKomla TseyVeronica MatthewsMichael UngarDeborah AskewRuth FaganHannah VisserGeoffrey SpurlingNikki PercivalIlse BlignaultChris DoranPublished in: BMC public health (2020)
The study will provide evidence-informed, community-driven, and tested models that can be used for implementing systems integration to promote the mental health and wellbeing of Indigenous children. It will identify the situational enablers and barriers that impact systems integration and determine the extent to which systems integration improves service availability, systems and child outcomes. Evidence for the cost effectiveness of systems-level integration will contribute to national mental health policy reform.