Evaluation of the National Trachoma Health Promotion Programme
Report for Indigenous Eye Health, University of Melbourne; Ninti One Research Report NR002
Ninti One Limited
E-Publications; E-Books; PublicationNT; Report NR002
2017
Ninti One was invited by Indigenous Eye Health (IEH) to conduct an evaluation of the Trachoma Health Promotion Programme (THPP). The project evaluated the work of IEH at the University of Melbourne and its contribution to the goals of the National THPP in six remote Aboriginal communities in Central Australia (namely the tristate border region of South Australia, the Northern Territory and Western Australia). The intent of the project was to identify community knowledge and perceptions of the THPP and what impact this knowledge had on the respondents and their actions. The outputs will be used by IEH and others working in this field to continue the work of eliminating trachoma and to improve and develop future activities and initiatives. The research was conducted over six locations – Ali Curung, Finke, Lajamanu, Ntaria, Pukatja (Ernabella) and Warburton – ensuring that a sufficiently large and representative sample of people was reached in each community and overall across the population. - Executive summary; Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).
Executive summary -- Introduction -- Monitoring and evaluation strategy -- Research process -- Dara from survey questions -- Data analysis -- Conclusion -- Appendix A-B
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Prevention and control; Trachoma; Health and hygiene; Ophthalmology; Eye diseases; Aboriginal Australians
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Report NR002
iv, 38 pages : colour illustrations ; 30 cm.
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Ninti One Research Report NR002 Ninti One Limited Evaluation of the National Trachoma Health Promotion Programme 1 Report for Indigenous Eye Health University of Melbourne 1. Introduction 1.1 Objectives The purpose of this report is to describe the process and results produced by Ninti One through research to support an evaluation of the National Trachoma Health Promotion Programme (THPP). The purpose of the research is to develop and deliver an independent evaluation of the National THPP in remote Australian communities. The specific objectives of the work this document reports on are to assist Indigenous Eye Health (IEH) to develop a good understanding of: 1. Which THPP messages are working: Are people seeing/hearing the messages? Where and when are they seeing the messages? What is their understanding of the message(s)? Are the messages making any difference? What is the level of intention to change behaviour? 2. What else can we do to make the messages more impactful or to change the social norm (do people understand that dirt on the face is a bad thing?)? The objectives were proposed to be achieved by: submitting an ethics application to the Central Australian Human Research Ethics Committee (CAHREC) outlining the project, by June 2016 conducting consultations including focus groups and interviews in six remote communities, by the end of March 2017 providing IEH with a preliminary summary of results from completed communities at the end of November 2016 preparing a draft report on the results obtained from consultations in all six communities by the end of April 2017 finalising the report in consultation with IEH, by the end of June 2017. In summary, the project evaluated the work of IEH at the University of Melbourne and its contribution to the goals of the National THPP in six remote Aboriginal communities in central Australia (namely, the tristate border region of South Australia, the Northern Territory and Western Australia). The outputs of this work will identify community knowledge and perceptions of the THPP and will be used by IEH and others working to eliminate trachoma to improve and develop future activities and initiatives. Figure 1: Newsletter and drawing from Ntaria Childcare