HEALS (Hearing EAr health Language and Speech services) project

Young, C; Tong, A; Sherriff, S; Kalucy, D; Fernando, P; Muthayya, S; Craig, J. C; SEARCH Study (Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health); Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) in Urban Aboriginal Child Health

HEALS (Hearing EAr health Language and Speech services) project

Date

2016

Authors

Young, C

Tong, A

Sherriff, S

Kalucy, D

Fernando, P

Muthayya, S

Craig, J. C

SEARCH Study (Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health)

Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) in Urban Aboriginal Child Health

Publisher

Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute (APHCRI), The Australian National University.

Abstract

A key outcome for CRE and the SEARCH program has been the collection, for the first time, of information about hearing and speech development. In 2014, the NSW Ministry of Health approved $800,000 to continue providing ENT surgery and speech therapy services to children identified through SEARCH and children attending the ACCHSs who have been identified with speech and language delays and middle ear disease. The deliverables for 2014 included completion of service provision for HEALS project, completion of qualitative studies and the economic modelling for the scale up of HEALS into a state wide model.