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HEALS (Hearing EAr health Language and Speech services) project
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.
Partnerships
- SEARCH Study (Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health) that is coordinated by a network of several agencies with local, state and national remits to improve the health of Aboriginal childre
- Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHSs at Western Sydney, Campbelltown, Newcastle and Wagga Wagga)
- the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council (AH&MRC)
- a senior team of researchers (University of Sydney, the Australian National University, University of Newcastle)
- NSW Health
- Sydney Children’s Hospital Network (SCHN)
- beyondblue (the national depression initiative)
