How to Foster and Measure

Social Inclusion

NatStats0820 November 2008

Melbourne

Professor Fiona Stanley AC

Director Telethon Institute for Child Health ResearchChair Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth

Australia: Growing old and growing young

Growing Older Growing Younger

Australian population

Australian Aboriginal population

Population

(fertility rate)

20,561,00

(1.8)

419,600

(2.15)

Median age 36.6 years 20.5 years

Adult-to child ratio1

2.95 1.19

Life expectancy 78 years males

83 years females

59 years males

67 years females

Infant mortality rate

5.3 per 1000 10.6 per 1000

1Persons aged 18+ for every 0-17 year old

OECD Istanbul Declaration30 June 2007

EC, OECD, OIC, UN, UNDP, WB, WHO, UNICEF and pother global organisations

• Measurements of progress go beyond GDP per capita (eg MDGs)

• Societal welfare (wellbeing) dependent on evidence based and accountable policy making

• Statistical indicators (social, environmental, economic) disseminated to citizens enables democracy

• Official statistics are a key ‘public good” to foster progress of societies.

Creating or transforming industries

Solving major national and

global challenges

Delivering community solutions

Delivering incremental

innovation for industry

Advancing frontier science and knowledge

Science intensive innovation

Technology intensive innovation

Knowledge intensive innovation

Examining five discrete roles within a national innovation system:

Industry orientedSociety oriented(Public good research andinnovation)

Adapted from CSIRO, Stokes, etc

Public Sector InnovationOur public sector. Making it the world’s best

• A Public Sector Innovation Advocate• Information flows across

– Government departments– Companies/ market place– To engage the public

• Changing the culture to demand and use evidence base, share data and information - innovation KPI’s for departments.

Collaborations for Innovation Success

National (get our house in order)• To serve a NATIONAL agenda and to

effectively collaborate internationally– Encourage and concentrate national capacity for

excellence in research and its use– National Priority Research Centres focusing on

national challenges (climate change, water, environment, mental health and Aboriginal MCH)

Collaborations for Innovation Success

• From Data to Wisdom: National Information Strategy– To share all research and agency data– Use and re-use scientific information– Protect and make available all data assets

(research, Govt data, universities, institutes including Indigenous)

– Innovative methods to access and use (eg. spatial analysis, privacy)

– International best practice

Data to Wisdom

Wisdom

Knowledge

Information

Data

Wisdom

Knowledge

Information

Data

Wisdom

Knowledge

Information

Data

Wisdom

Knowledge

Information

Data

Our Vision

Australia is managing increasing volumes and complexity of data to enhance our country’s scientific, economic and social prosperity and

to protect it from threats

ARACY Report Card

AEDI• A national performance information framework• Australian Early Development Index $15.9 million

over 4 years• National Census 2009• Provides governments and communities with an

understanding of the school readiness of young children entering their first year of formal schooling

• Based on 5 domains – health, social, emotional, communication and cognition

• Will assist targeting interventions to improve development of children in a community

Source: Dept of Education, Employment & Workplace Relations

Australian Early Development IndexCommunities 2004 - 07

Maternal and Child Health Research Database 1980-2003

All Hospitalisations0 - 18 years

Midwives

Cohort StudiesTwins Register

Child Health Surveys

Sibships

Death Registrations

Birth Registrations

Cerebral Palsy Register

Birth Linkage

Birth Defects Registry Census GIS

code

Mental health Register

LinkageHEALTH DATA

Birth Registrations1980 - 2005

Midwives’ Notifications1980 - 2005

Hospital Morbidity1970-2005

Mental Health Clients

1970- 2005

Master LinksFile

CHILD PROTECTION

DATA

Child protectionNotifications1990 - 2005

Substantiated Allegations1990 - 2005

Periods of Care1990-2005

Source: O’Donnell 2008

LinkageHEALTH DATA

Birth Registrations1990 - 1997

Midwives’ Notifications

1990-1997

Master LinksFile

EDUCATIONAL DATA

WALNA1999-2005

Source: Malacova et al, Am. J. Epi. 2008

SOCIAL DATA(neighbourhood characteristics)

ABS Census1990, 1996, 2001

“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the

way in which it treats its children.”

Nelson Mandela