Strengthening Care for Rural Children (SC4RC): study protocol for a stepped-wedge translational trial of an integrated general practitioner–paediatrician model of primary care in regional Victoria and New South Wales
Year: 2025
Type: article
Language: en
Topic: Health Policy Implementation Science
Authors and affiliations:
raw_author_name: Raghu Lingam
raw_affiliation_strings: Population Child Health Research Group, Discipline of Paediatrics & Child Health, Randwick Clinical Campus, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2031, Australia. r.lingam@unsw.edu.au
Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Sydney, NSW, 2031, Australia. r.lingam@unsw.edu.au
raw_author_name: Harriet Hiscock
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Dental Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
Health Services and Economics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
raw_author_name: Sonia Khano
raw_affiliation_strings: Health Services and Economics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
raw_author_name: Jack Bernard Murphy
raw_affiliation_strings: Population Child Health Research Group, Discipline of Paediatrics & Child Health, Randwick Clinical Campus, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2031, Australia
raw_author_name: Karen Wheeler
raw_affiliation_strings: Population Child Health Research Group, Discipline of Paediatrics & Child Health, Randwick Clinical Campus, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2031, Australia
raw_author_name: Anna Tuttle
raw_affiliation_strings: Faculty of Medicine, Health and Dental Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
raw_author_name: Bianca Forrester
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3052, Australia
Western Victoria Primary Health Network, Geelong, VIC, 3220, Australia
raw_author_name: John Preddy
raw_affiliation_strings: Murrumbidgee Local Health District, Wagga Wagga, NSW, 2650, Australia
raw_author_name: Faye McMillan
raw_affiliation_strings: School of Public Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
raw_author_name: Susan Bullock
raw_affiliation_strings: Population Child Health Research Group, Discipline of Paediatrics & Child Health, Randwick Clinical Campus, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2031, Australia
raw_author_name: Michael Hodgins
raw_affiliation_strings: Population Child Health Research Group, Discipline of Paediatrics & Child Health, Randwick Clinical Campus, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2031, Australia
raw_author_name: Carmen Crespo
raw_affiliation_strings: Population Child Health Research Group, Discipline of Paediatrics & Child Health, Randwick Clinical Campus, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2031, Australia
raw_author_name: Nan Hu
raw_affiliation_strings: Population Child Health Research Group, Discipline of Paediatrics & Child Health, Randwick Clinical Campus, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2031, Australia
raw_author_name: Mike Forrester
raw_affiliation_strings: Faculty of Health, Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, 3216, Australia
Paediatric Unit, Women's & Children's Services, Barwon Health, Geelong, VIC, 3220, Australia
raw_author_name: David Tickell
raw_affiliation_strings: Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, 3216, Australia
Paediatric Unit, Women's & Children's Services, Grampians Health, Ballarat, VIC, 3352, Australia
raw_author_name: Peter Hibbert
raw_affiliation_strings: Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Macquarie Park, NSW, 2109, Australia
IIMPACT in Health, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia
raw_author_name: Michael Brydon
raw_affiliation_strings: Rural Clinical School, University of Notre Dame Australia, Lithgow, NSW, 2790, Australia
raw_author_name: Kim Dalziel
raw_affiliation_strings: Health Services and Economics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
Melbourne Health Economics, Centre for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3052, Australia
raw_author_name: Kristine Pierce
raw_affiliation_strings: Child UnLimited, Randwick, Sydney, NSW, 2031, Australia
Population Child Health Research Group, Discipline of Paediatrics & Child Health, Randwick Clinical Campus, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2031, Australia
raw_author_name: Vilas Sawrikar
raw_affiliation_strings: Growing Minds Australia, School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
Population Child Health Research Group, Discipline of Paediatrics & Child Health, Randwick Clinical Campus, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2031, Australia
raw_author_name: Patty Chondros
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3052, Australia
raw_author_name: Lena Sanci
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3052, Australia