Closing the Gap Clearinghouse (AIHW & AIFS) (2013) What works to overcome Indigenous disadvantage: key learnings and gaps in the evidence 2011-12, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 02 June 2023.
Closing the Gap Clearinghouse (AIHW & AIFS). (2013). What works to overcome Indigenous disadvantage: key learnings and gaps in the evidence 2011-12. Canberra: AIHW.
Closing the Gap Clearinghouse (AIHW & AIFS). What works to overcome Indigenous disadvantage: key learnings and gaps in the evidence 2011-12. AIHW, 2013.
Closing the Gap Clearinghouse (AIHW & AIFS). What works to overcome Indigenous disadvantage: key learnings and gaps in the evidence 2011-12. Canberra: AIHW; 2013.
Closing the Gap Clearinghouse (AIHW & AIFS) 2013, What works to overcome Indigenous disadvantage: key learnings and gaps in the evidence 2011-12, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report and its appendices summarise the findings of Closing the Gap Clearinghouse on what works to reduce Indigenous disadvantage in relation to three Council of Australian Governments building blocks, namely, 'early childhood', 'health' and 'safe communities'. The report also identified gaps in the evidence in these three areas.
The principles and practices that underpin successful programs for Indigenous Australians include flexibility in design and delivery, community involvement and engagement in both the development and delivery of programs, the importance of building trust and relationships, a well-trained, well-resourced and retained workforce, and continuity and coordination of services.
The Closing the Gap Clearinghouse was established by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) to bring together research and evaluation evidence on overcoming disadvantage for Indigenous Australians. This report and its appendices summarise the findings of the Clearinghouse on what works in relation to the three COAG building blocks that were the focus of the Clearinghouse in Year 3: ‘early childhood’, ‘health’ and ‘safe communities’. It also draws attention to demographic and other data from a number of Australian data sets, and identifies major gaps in the evidence.
The findings from research and evaluation were drawn from accumulated evidence in the Clearinghouse in the form of issues papers and resource sheets that synthesise the evidence on particular topics, and from the 264 publicly released items in the Research and Evaluation Register. More details about this evidence are provided in Section 3 of this report, and summaries of Research and Evaluation Register items classified by theme are provided in Appendices B, C and D. For a list of published and forthcoming Issues papers and Resource sheets see Table 2.1.
The building blocks addressed in previous years’ reports were ‘schooling’, ‘economic participation’, ‘healthy homes’, and ‘governance and leadership’. See the Closing the Gap Clearinghouse website for a summary of what works for all COAG building blocks .
Appendix A: Clearinghouse publications Appendices B to D (PDF, 98kb)
End matter: Acknowledgments; Terminology; Funding; Suggested citation; Copyright
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