Real gains: development of a tool to measure outcomes for urban First Australian children accessing culturally responsive interprofessional therapy.

Real gains: development of a tool to measure outcomes for urban First Australian children accessing culturally responsive interprofessional therapy. J Interprof Care. 2020 Aug 24;:1-8 Authors: Hill AE, Nelson A, Copley JA, Quinlan T, McLaren CF, White R, Castan C, Brodrick J Abstract Healthcare services are accountable to their clients, communities, governments and funding sources to clearly demonstrate the effectiveness of interventions. A First Australian children's therapy service delivering culturally responsive, interprofessional collaborative practice aimed to evaluate their service. However, this process was constrained by available outcome measures which lacked the flexibility necessary for meaningful use within the dynamic and relational nature of their service delivery. This paper outlines an action research process in three cycles which was used to develop the Australian Therapies Outcome Measure for Indigenous Clients (ATOMIC) with the aim of evaluating therapy outcomes for urban First Australian children engaged in culturally responsive interprofessional therapy. Interrater reliability values of 0.995 and 0.982 were established for ATOMIC pre- and post-therapy measures, respectively, during a pilot phase involving 16 participants. Participants in the main study were 80 First Australian children aged two to 16 years who attended between two and nine interprofessional therapy sessions with occupational therapists and speec...
Source: Journal of Interprofessional Care - Category: Health Management Tags: J Interprof Care Source Type: research