Harnessing the health communication potential of the early childhood sector

Sheila Degotardi; Janaki Amin; Rebecca Bull; Maria R. Dahm; Michael   Donovan; Fay Hadley; Linda J. Harrison; Lauren Sadow; Dũng Trần; Manjula Waniganayake; Sandie Wong; Yvonne Zurynski

Harnessing the health communication potential of the early childhood sector

Sheila Degotardi, Janaki Amin, Rebecca Bull, Maria R. Dahm, Michael Donovan, Fay Hadley, Linda J. Harrison, Lauren Sadow, Dũng Trần, Manjula Waniganayake, Sandie Wong, Yvonne Zurynski

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Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic the early childhood education (ECE) sector was continuously tasked with expanding their required health practices to include up-to-date evidence-informed interventions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infections.

In this context, the Australian government via its Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) invited research into the processes and challenges associated with population specific health communication. This report outlines the design of a multidisciplinary, multi-method, collaborative research project which sought to capitalise on learning derived from the experience of the ECE sector during the COVID-19 crisis. The ultimate aim was to develop a Best Practice Model of health communication for use whenever population-level health information needs to be communicated rapidly, accurately, and effectively to families of young children and their educators (Degotardi et al., 2020). The following questions guided the investigation:

RQ 1. What health information is received, sought, and communicated by the health and ECE sector to minimise the chance of infection of families and staff?

RQ 2. How does the ECE sector communicate health information to staff, families, and children?

RQ 3. What attitudinal, behavioural, and demographic characteristics are associated with process and effectiveness of the health knowledge translation and communication?

RQ 4. How can the Australian Government and the ECE sector work effectively together to harness the knowledge broker potential of the ECE sector for families with young children?

Original language	English
Place of Publication	North Ryde, NSW
Publisher	Macquarie University
Commissioning body	Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF)
Number of pages	22
Publication status	Published - 13 Apr 2023

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The leadership role of Australian early childhood organisations in communicating health information during COVID-19: lessons from elite interviews
Wong, S., Sadow, L., Waniganayake, M., Zurynski, Y., Amin, J., Bull, R., Dahm, M. R., Degotardi, S., Donovan, M. J., Hadley, F. & Harrison, L. J., 2023, Early childhood education leadership in times of crisis: international studies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fonsén, E., Ahtiainen, R., Heikkinen, K-M., Heikonen, L., Strehmel, P. & Tamir, E. (eds.). Opladen, Germany: Verlag Barbara Budrich, p. 135-150 16 p.
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Using a multidisciplinary, multi-method and collaborative research design to investigate the health communication power of the early childhood sector
Degotardi, S., Waniganayake, M., Bull, R., Wong, S., Dahm, M. R., Hadley, F., Harrison, L., Sadow, L., Amin, J., Donovan, M., Trần, D. & Zurynski, Y., Dec 2022, In: Australasian Journal of Early Childhood. 47, 4, p. 245-259 15 p.
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