How have service providers been involved in the ACWP?

Service providers have assisted the ACWP by supporting the research team in the recruitment of children and young people aged between 8 and 14 years for the initial qualitative phase of the project.  This involved group workshops and/or interviews during the first half of 2013. The support from these organisations included publicising this opportunity to children and families who access the service and providing them with the contact details for researchers. It also involved talking to young people and their families about the project.

Our thanks go to the service providers that assisted in the qualitative work of the research.

This support allowed the research team to draw on a diverse range of children’s perspectives to inform the design of Australia’s first major nationally representative and internationally comparable survey of wellbeing among young people aged 8-14 years. In this way, service providers assisted the research team – and policymakers, service providers, and schools – to understand Australian young people’s wellbeing and what they need.

Further information

The report for the qualitative phase of the project can be found via the Findings/Resources page of this website. For any further queries, please contact the ACWP team via the contact details on this website.