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ECD and Equity:Opportunities to change children’s chances
Tasmanian Commissioner for Children’s ForumAugust 2015
Associate Professor Sharon GoldfeldPaediatrician and Research FellowCentre for Community Child Health, Royal Children's HospitalCo-Group Leader, Policy Equity and TranslationMurdoch Childrens Research [email protected]
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To do list:
Crucial…
Must do…
Can wait…
In time…
Next week…
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“A society that is good to children is one with the
smallest possible inequalities for children, with
the vast majority of them having the same
opportunities from birth for health, education, inclusion
and participation.” (Stanley, Richardson & Prior,
2005)
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Centre for Community Child Health
Overview
1. Policy context2. Adversity and child development3. Inequalities for Australia's children4. Geographic inequities5. Contextual principles (levers) for
change6. What can we do?
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1. CHALLENGES FOR CHILDREN’S POLICY IN AUSTRALIA
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Centre for Community Child Health
1. Child health morbidities.. “wicked problems”
2. Service misdistribution3. Imbalanced spending and policy
attention-aging population
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Centre for Community Child Health
Millennial morbidity (2000–present): disorders of the bioenvironmental interface• Socioeconomic influences on health- including
poverty• Health disparities• Technological influences on health• Overweight and obesity• Increasing mental health concerns
Palfrey, J. S., T. F. Tonniges, et al. (2005). ‘Introduction: Addressing the millennial morbidity—the context of community pediatrics.’ Pediatrics 115(4 Supplement): 1121-1123.
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Tackling wicked problems is an evolving art. They require thinking that is capable of grasping the big picture, including the interrelationships among the full range of causal factors underlying them. They often require broader, more collaborative and innovative approaches. This may result in the occasional failure or need for policy change or adjustment.
Lynelle BriggsAustralian Public Service Commissioner 2007
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Overall Proportion of GP visits 1996 – 2010
Freed et al. Changes in the demography of Australia and therefore general practice patient populations. Australian Physician , Sept, 2012
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Heath care costs rise steeply with age
Banks (2008) Health Costs and Policy in an Aging Australia
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2. THE EARLY IMPACTS OF DISADVANTAGE
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The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study (N=17,000)
Abuse: Emotional • Physical • Sexual Neglect: Emotional • Physical Household Dysfunction:Mother treated violently • Household substance abuse • Household mental illness • Parental separation or divorce • Incarcerated household member
Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in Adults. Felitti, Vincent J et al. American Journal of Preventive Medicine , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , 245 - 258
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Impact of adversity early in life
Hackman D, Farah M, Meaney M. Socio economic status and the brain: mechanistic insights from human and animal research. Neuroscience. Vol11 2010; 651-659
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3. UNEQUAL OUTCOMES FOR AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN
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Antenatal
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A Picture of Australia’s Children 2009
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Preschool
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School entry
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AEDI Domain comparison – vulnerability by SEIFAN~261,000 (2009)
Domain Vulnerability by SEIFA
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Physical health and Wellbeing
Social Competance
Emotional Maturity
Language and CognitiveDevelopmentCommunication Skills and GeneralKnowledge
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Disadvantage begins early in life ….
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NAPLAN
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Centre for Community Child Health
69% of NT Indigenous children score belownational minimum standard
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Secondary school
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SocialAdvantagePISA Index of social background
Low
Reading literacy
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Finland
Germany
Canada
This gap is in the order of 3 years of schooling.
Steeper slope = less equitable results
Source: OECD (2001) Knowledge and skills for life, Appendix B1, Table 8.1, p.308
Social background & reading literacy (PISA 2000)
Australia
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4. UNDERSTANDING GEOGRAPHIC INEQUITIES
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Map: City of Hobart suburbs
Lenah Valley surrounds
Fern Tree/Ridgeway
NewTown
Mount StuartNorth Hobart
Hobart/ Glebe / Battery Point / Dynnyrne
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Map: Number and percentage of children developmentally vulnerable – SEIFA score
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Map: Number and percentage of children developmentally vulnerable – Attended a pre‐school program
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Map: Number and percentage of children developmentally vulnerable – Vulnerable on one more domains.
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Maps: Number and percentage of children developmentally vulnerable on each domain
Physical Health and wellbeing Social Competence
Emotional Maturity Language & Cognitive Skills Communication
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‘Complex social issues cannot be dealt with merely by interventions with children or by strengthening families or by building community capacity. Policy needs an integrated focus on all 3 elements: children, families and communities.’
- A. Hayes, M Gray, AIFS, 2008
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5. CONTEXTUAL DRIVERS: PRINCIPLES (LEVERS) FOR CHANGE
• Equity• Ecology• Early intervention• Early childhood
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Equity
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Inequity is the presence of systematic and potentially remediable differences among population groups defined socially, economically, or geographically
International Society for Equity in Health [ http://www.iseqh.org]
Venkatapuram S, Bell R, Marmot M: The right to sutures: social epidemiology, human rights, and social justice. Health Hum Rights 2010, 12:3-16.
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Innovative trials: ideas from the fieldAssociate Professor Sharon Goldfeld
Equality Equity
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Targeting low-ses students v. targeting low performing students Source: Masters (2009) using PISA data
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Targeting low-ses students v. targeting low performing students Source: Masters (2009) using PISA data
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Ecology
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Newacheck, PW, Rising, JP & Kim, SE 2006, ‘Children at risk for special health care needs’, Pediatrics, vol. 118, pp. 334-342
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Early intervention
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Centre for Community Child Health
CUMULATIVE BENEFITS OF EARLY INTERVENTIONS
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James J. Heckman (2013). Giving Kids a Fair Chance (A Strategy That Works). Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press.
In short, to foster individual success, greater equality of opportunity, a more dynamic economy, and a healthier society, we need a major shift in social policy toward early intervention, with later interventions designed to reinforce those early efforts.
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Early childhood
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Brain development
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Centre for Community Child Health
Building strong foundations
Getting the foundations right is important –healthy brain development is a prerequisite
for future health and wellbeing.
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Life course
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Developmental health opportunity
Age
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Economics of human capital
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Return on investment in the early years
Reference: Cunha et. al., 2006.
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6. WHAT CAN WE DO TO CHANGE CHILDREN’S CHANCES?
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Centre for Community Child Health
How to make a difference
• More EQUITABLE use of universal health and education platforms
• High quality ECEC• Strong home learning environments• Supportive communities
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More EQUITABLE use of universal health and education platforms
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Locations of speech pathologists
Source: NHMRC CRE in Child Language, 2014
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Source: NHMRC CRE in Child Language, 2014
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HE
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Percent: AEDI Vulnerability by Indigenous and SEIFA (2009)
Red= Vulnerable on one or more domainsBlue = No vulnerability
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Number: Vulnerability by Indigenous and SEIFA (AEDI 2009)
Red= Vulnerable on one or more domainsBlue = No vulnerability
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Focusing solely on the most disadvantagedwill not reduce health inequalities sufficiently.To reduce the steepness of the socialgradient in health, actions must be universal,but with a scale and intensity that isproportionate to the level of disadvantage.We call this proportionate universalism.
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Tiered system of universal service delivery
2‐5%
10‐15%
100%
High need
Low need
Targeted high intensity
Universal low Intensity
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Tiered system of universal service delivery
2‐5%
10‐15%
100%
High need
Low need
Targeted high intensity
Universal low Intensity
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Tiered system of universal service delivery
2‐5%
10‐15%
100%
High need
Low need
Targeted high intensity
Universal low Intensity
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Tiered system of universal service delivery
2‐5%
10‐15%
100%
High need
Low need
Targeted high intensity
Universal low Intensity
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A national sustained nurse home visiting trial to promote family wellbeing and child development
A research collaboration between the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY), the Centre for Health Equity Training Research and Evaluation (CHETRE) and the Centre for Community Child Health (CCCH)
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High quality ECEC
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AEDI Results and preschool participation
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Attended preschool Did not attend preschool
Lowest 20% SES
Middle 60% SES
Highest 20% SES
Percent of children living in the top 20% of advantaged SES communities, middle 60% of SES communities, and bottom 20% of disadvantaged communities who are developmentally vulnerable on two or more AEDI domains.
Goldfeld, Sayers, O’Connor, O’Connor, Moore, Brinkman The relationship between early childhood education and care and children’s developmental outcomes in Australia. (2013)
Equity and ECEC
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Community and neighbourhood as a platform for change
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Maps: Number and percentage of children developmentally vulnerable on each domain
Physical Health and wellbeing Social Competence
Emotional Maturity Language & Cognitive Skills Communication
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Kids in Communities Study
KICS modelMeasuring community level factors that may be influencing children’s
development in 5 key domains or environments:
• Social capital environment• Service environment• Governance environment• Physical environment• Socio-demographic environment
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State and federal government policiesState & federal government policies
Local Government
Community
Family
Child
Governance domain:Governance structures & policies
Service domain:Quantity, quality, access and coordination of services
Social domain:Social capital, neighbourhood, attachment, crime, trust, safety
Physical domain:Parks, public transport, road safety, housing
Governance domain:Citizen engagement
Socio‐economic domain:Community SES
Kids in Communities StudyGoldfeld at alSocial Indicators, 2014
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Project Partners:
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Environments of influence
Domains/Environments
Key proposed indicator areas
Physical Parks, public transport, road safety, housingSocial Social capital, neighbourhood attachment, crime,
trust, safetySocio‐economic Community SES, Community demographicsService Quality, quantity, access, coordinationGovernance Citizen engagement, governance structures and
policies
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State and federal government policiesState & federal government policies
Local Government
Community
Family
Child
Governance domain:Governance structures & policies
Service domain:Quantity, quality, access and coordination of services
Social domain:Social capital, neighbourhood, attachment, crime, trust, safety
Physical domain:Parks, public transport, road safety, housing
Governance domain:Citizen engagement
Socio‐economic domain:Community SES
Kids in Communities StudyGoldfeld at alSocial Indicators, 2014
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Service efficiency: the Blue Sky Project (Vic DET)
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Reducing Inter-generational Social Disadvantage in Australia
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Stacking interventions…
Antenatal Early childhood School years
Birth to 2 years 2 – 5 years
• Antenatal support
• Targeted at parents-early intervention of modifiable risk factors eg smoking, alcohol, mental health
• Centre-based
• Outcomes:- Healthy baby weight- Good brain health- Appropriate care- “Adequate
parenting”
• Early childhood education and care (0-5 years)
• Targeted at all kids (in groups)
• High quality for all children
• Delivered out of home in a “pseudo-home-learning environment”
• Outcomes: children on optimal developmental (cognitive and social-emotional) pathway -success at school
• School-based early intervention
• Targeted at kids (in groups and 1:1) who are learning-disadvantaged. Target schools and individuals
• School-based
• Outcomes: Childrenon optimal learning pathway by year 3
• Sustained nurse home-visiting
• Targeted at disadvantaged parents; health and development support
• Home-based
• Outcomes: parents develop parenting skills
• Parenting programs
• Centre-based programs, targeted at parents whose children have behavioural issues (higher prevalence in disadvantaged families)
• Delivered in groups or 1:1
• Outcomes: specific emerging behavioural issues are remedied
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Our intent is to measure which on-the-ground factors are driving the gap between effort and outcomes
Affordability and accessibility
Local leadership
Appeal(motivation, peer pressure)
Quantity Take-up
Magic 5 standards
and dosages
Effort Quality
Awareness
Outcomes
Outcomesin target
populations
• Are the services available locally in sufficient quantity, relative to the size of the target population?
• Are the services delivered with sufficient quality, relative to defined performance standards?
• Are the services used by the target population, at the right dosage?
Policy settings
Funding Agreed standards
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Contributing factors:
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Equality of outcome is possible in Australia….
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Two-year-old children on the ACIR who are fully immunised, by selected population groups, 2011
Source:A Picture of Australia’s Children 2012Australian Childhood Immunisation Register,
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Not everything that seems good…is good
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Centre for Community Child Health
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..but some things are!
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‘It is the burden on good leadership to make the currently unthinkable thinkable, to question the obvious, to make the present systems unavailable as options for the future. The boundaries in our minds create fear about the consequences of crossing over to the undiscovered country. But the possibilities we really need do not lie on this side of our mental fences. Once crossed, these fences will look as foolish in retrospect as the beliefs of other times now often look to us.’
Don Berwick - 1998
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Many things we need can wait, the child cannot. Now is the time his bones are being formed, his blood is being made, his mind is being developed. To him we cannot say tomorrow, his name is today.
Gabriela Mistral (1889‐1957)
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