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