Integrated Child and Family Hub models for detecting and responding to family adversity: protocol for a mixed-methods evaluation in two sites.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Integrated community healthcare Hubs may offer a 'one stop shop' for service users with complex health and social needs, and more efficiently use service resources. Various policy imperatives exist to implement Hub models of care, however, there is a dearth of research specifically evaluating Hubs targeted at families experiencing adversity. To contribute to building this evidence, we propose to co-design, test and evaluate integrated Hub models of care in two Australian community health services in low socioeconomic areas that serve families experiencing adversity: Wyndham Vale in Victoria and Marrickville in New South Wales.

Methods and analysis

This multisite convergent mixed-methods study will run over three phases to (1) develop the initial Hub programme th

SUBMITTER: Hall T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9125738 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature