Background
Research aims
Methods/design
Study setting
Study design
Stakeholder involvement
Participants
Longitudinal study
Data linkage study
Data collection procedures
Longitudinal study
Construct areas | Measurement tools | Source | Wave 1 | Wave 2 | Wave 3 | Wave 4 | Wave 5 |
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Resilience | CD-RISC [16] | P | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Self-determination | AIR Self Determination Scale [17] | P | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Wellbeing | Strong Souls [18] | P | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Adverse experiences | ACEs Questionnaire [19] | P, DoC | ✓ | ✓a | ✓a | ✓a | ✓a |
Independent living (IL) skills | IL Questionnaire | P | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Social Inclusion | Social Inclusion Questionnaire | P | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Living arrangements | Qualitative interview | P | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Leaving care planning | Qualitative interview | P | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Social and family relationships | Qualitative interview | P | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Education and training | Qualitative interview | P | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Employment | Qualitative interview | P | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Living costs | Qualitative interview | P | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Service use | Qualitative interview | P | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Background and culture | Qualitative interview | P | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Parenting | Qualitative interview | P | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Demographics | DoC administrative data | DoC | ✓ | ||||
Period(s) of care | DoC administrative data | DoC | ✓ | ||||
Investigations and outcomes | DoC administrative data | DoC | ✓ | ||||
Safety | Care Plan, NAT, Viewpoint | DoC, CM, P | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Care arrangements | Care Plan, NAT, Viewpoint | DoC, CM, P | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Health | Care Plan, NAT, Viewpoint | DoC, CM, P | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Education | Care Plan, NAT, Viewpoint | DoC, CM, P | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Social and family relationships | Care Plan, NAT, Viewpoint | DoC, CM, P | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Recreation and Leisure | Care Plan, NAT, Viewpoint | DoC, CM, P | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Emotional and Behavioural development | Care Plan, NAT, Viewpoint | DoC, CM, P | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Identity and Culture | Care Plan, NAT, Viewpoint | DoC, CM, P | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Legal and financial matters | Care Plan | DoC, CM, P | ✓ |
Measure Name Dimension Measured | Items; Response Scale (Sub)scales | Psychometrics Validation Population | Administration schedule |
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Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) [16] Resilience | 25 items; 5-point scale Overall scale | Internal consistency: α = 0.89 [16] Adults, young people; general population, trauma, mental health in- and out-patients. | Waves 1–5:all participants |
American Institutes for Research (AIR) Self-Determination Scale [17] Self-determination | 12 items; 5-point scale Capacity, Opportunity Overall scale | Internal consistency: split-half correlations = 0.95 [17] Test-retest reliability over 3-months: r = 0.74 [17] Children and young people aged 6–25 years, from a range of ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds | Waves 1–5:all participants |
Strong Souls [18] Social and emotional wellbeing | 25 items; 4-point scale Anxiety, Depression, Suicide Risk, Resilience, Overall scale | Internal consistency: α = 0.70 [18] Structural validity: 4 factor structure [18] Australian Aboriginal young people | Waves 1–5:all participants |
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Questionnaire [19] Abuse, neglect or household challenges | 10 itemsa; 3-point scaleb Overall scale | Internal consistency: α = 0.88 [20] Young people and adults, from a range of ethnic, socioeconomic and trauma backgrounds | Wave 1: all participants Wave 2–5: participants aged ≤18 years. |
Independent Living Skills Questionnaire Independent living skills | 42 items; 5-point scale Overall scale | To be determined though this project Young people with OOHC experience | Waves 1–5:all participants |
Social Inclusion Questionnaire Social inclusion | 37 items; 5-point scale Overall scale | To be determined though this project Young people with OOHC experience | Waves 1–5:all participants |
Domain of child wellbeing | Care Plans | NAT | Viewpoint |
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Safety | Qualitative review of previous Care Plan aspects relating to this domain, description of current safety needs or concerns, decisions about future actions to meet safety needs. | Young person’s actions or behaviours that place themselves or others at risk or harm. | Young person’s sense of physical and emotional security, and perceptions of own risk taking behaviour. |
Care Arrangements | Qualitative review of previous Care Plan aspects relating to this domain, description of current care arrangement needs or concerns, decisions about future actions to meet care arrangement needs. | Amount of additional regular car travel required to support young person’s needs. | Young person’s satisfaction with current care arrangement and their participation in care planning, including leaving care planning if relevant. |
Health | Qualitative review of previous Care Plan aspects relating to this domain, description of current physical and/or emotional health needs or concerns, decisions about future actions to meet health needs. | Level of impact of an identified mental, physical or developmental need on young person’s daily functioning. | Young person’s perception of own physical health, frequency of mental health symptoms. |
Education | Qualitative review of previous Care Plan aspects relating to this domain, description of current education needs or concerns, future actions to meet health needs. | Young person’s level of educational attainment and attendance, and impact of any problem behaviours on schooling. | Young person’s school attendance rate, perception of school and academic attainment, perception of support provided (e.g., help with school work, acquiring materials and equipment). |
Social and Family Relationships | Qualitative review of previous Care Plan aspects relating to this domain, description of current family and social relationship needs or concerns, decisions about future actions to meet needs around supporting and maintaining desired relationships. | Presence or absence of young person’s contact with immediate family members (i.e., parents and siblings). | Young person’s sense of closeness to carers and family members, satisfaction with family contact, presence of close friendships, satisfaction with contact with friends. |
Recreation and Leisure | Qualitative review of previous Care Plan aspects relating to this domain, description of current recreational needs or desires, decisions about future actions to meet health needs. | Level of support required for young person to pursue recreational interests of choice. | Young person’s satisfaction with current levels of participation in and recreation and leisure activities. |
Emotional and Behavioural Development | Qualitative review of previous Care Plan aspects relating to this domain, description of current emotional and behavioural concerns or needs, decisions about future actions to meet developmental needs. | Level of impact of an identified emotional need on young person’s daily functioning. | Young person’s perception of self, and self esteem. |
Identity and Culture | Qualitative review of previous Care Plan aspects relating to this domain, description of current needs or desires with regards to connecting to cultural background, decisions about future actions to meet cultural needs. | Level of support required for young person to remain connected to cultural community | Young person’s perception of own depth of knowledge about family background and culture, satisfaction with assistance to learn family’s language, follow own religion, beliefs or culture |
Legal and Financial | Qualitative review of previous Care Plan aspects relating to this domain, description of current legal and financial status, decisions about future actions to meet legal and financial needs. | NA | NA |
Data linkage study
Outcome Areas | Databases | Operationalised |
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Justice | Police Processed Offenders Police Call Out Data Juvenile Justice Adult Corrections | Age of offences, sequence of offending and pathways through justice system. Types of offences and orders, diversionary processes, incarceration. |
Education | School Enrolments Literacy and Numeracy Assessment Data Student Attendance Student Suspensions | Literacy and numeracy achievement, high school completion, school attendance and suspensions. |
Health | Hospital Morbidity Database Emergency Department Data Death Register | Timing and frequency of hospital admissions and emergency department presentations, length of stay, major health diagnoses, external cause of injuries. |
Substance use | Mental Health Register Hospital Morbidity Alcohol and Drug Services Justice and Police Data | Drug and alcohol related contacts and diagnoses, police and justice related contacts for drug and alcohol issues/violence. |
Mental health | Mental Health Register Emergency Department Presentations Hospital Morbidity Database Death Register | Timing and frequency of mental health contacts, diagnoses, co-morbid mental health and substance use issues, length of stay, self-harm episodes, suicide. |
Pregnancy and parenting | Birth Registrations Midwives Notifications Hospital Morbidity Database Child Protection Data | Pregnancy contacts, age at birth, pregnancy complications, birth outcomes, mental health contacts, substance use contacts, child protection contacts. |