Publications
As well as being committed to improving the mental health and wellbeing of Australian primary school-aged children, KidsMatter Primary is committed to contributing to the wider scientific community and to the development of best practice guidelines for mental health issues. The KidsMatter Primary evaluation is fundamental to the initiative’s sustainability as well as to its success in improving mental health and wellbeing for students. By publishing the findings of the KidsMatter Primary evaluation so that they are available to the general public and the scientific community, KidsMatter Primary can influence new mental health initiatives and services for children across the world. To read more about the evaluation of KidsMatter click here.
Peer-reviewed publications**
As part of the pilot evaluation KidsMatter Primary has published a number of articles in peer-reviewed journals.
Askell-Williams, H, Russell, A., Dix, K.L., Slee, P.T., Spears, B.A., Lawson, M.J., Owens, L.D., Gregory, K. (2008). Early challenges in evaluating the KidsMatter national mental health promotion initiative in Australian primary schools. International Journal of Mental Health Promotion. 10(2): 35-44.
Graetz B, Littlefield L. Trinder M, Dobia B, Souter M, Champion C, Boucher S, Killick-Moran C, Cummins R. (2008). KidsMatter: A population health model to support student mental health and wellbeing in primary schools. International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 10(4) 13-20.
** These articles have been reproduced with the permission of the International Journal of Mental Health Promotion
Conference papers
Katherine L. Dix, Helen Askell-William, Michael J. Lawson for the Centre for Analysis of Educational Futures, School of Education, Flinders University, South Australia. Different measures, different informants, same outcomes? Investigating multiple perspectives of primary school students’ mental health. Paper presented at the annual Australian Association for Research in Education conference, Brisbane 2008. Available at: http://www.aare.edu.au/08pap/dix081015.pdf
Evaluation report
Click here to read about the outcomes of the KidsMatter Primary pilot evalaution.
