TY - JOUR
T1 - A scoping review of commissioning practices used in the evaluation of Indigenous health and wellbeing programs
T2 - Protocol article
AU - Finlay, Summer May
AU - Boulton, Amohia
AU - Simpson, Helen
AU - Fredericks, Bronwyn
AU - Roe, Yvette
AU - Judd, Jenni
AU - Smith, James A.
AU - Pender, Janaya
AU - Cargo, Margaret
PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - Despite the billions of dollars invested in improving Indigenous health and wellbeing outcomes in Australia, there is little evidence of program effectiveness to inform policy and practice. The deficiency of evaluations is problematic. Critical to this process is the effective engagement of commissioners with Indigenous peoples, which is not well documented. Currently, there is scant evidence on modes of commissioning practices used. This scoping review will aim to identify the spectrum of commissioning practices used when evaluating Indigenous health and wellbeing programs in Australia, codifying them into a model set. Documents (between 2008 and 2020) will be retrieved from Scopus, Proquest, Informit, Google Scholar and via a web-based search that refers to the commissioning of Indigenous health and wellbeing program evaluations in Australia, New Zealand, Canada or the United States. Importantly, the research team is Indigenous-led and the project’s governance, quality and translation framework will be informed by a project advisory group, including Indigenous associates. This will be the first scoping review globally to identify practices used to commission Indigenous health and wellbeing program evaluations. Results will be utilised to strengthen the commissioning practices of Indigenous health and wellbeing programs in Australia and overseas.
AB - Despite the billions of dollars invested in improving Indigenous health and wellbeing outcomes in Australia, there is little evidence of program effectiveness to inform policy and practice. The deficiency of evaluations is problematic. Critical to this process is the effective engagement of commissioners with Indigenous peoples, which is not well documented. Currently, there is scant evidence on modes of commissioning practices used. This scoping review will aim to identify the spectrum of commissioning practices used when evaluating Indigenous health and wellbeing programs in Australia, codifying them into a model set. Documents (between 2008 and 2020) will be retrieved from Scopus, Proquest, Informit, Google Scholar and via a web-based search that refers to the commissioning of Indigenous health and wellbeing program evaluations in Australia, New Zealand, Canada or the United States. Importantly, the research team is Indigenous-led and the project’s governance, quality and translation framework will be informed by a project advisory group, including Indigenous associates. This will be the first scoping review globally to identify practices used to commission Indigenous health and wellbeing program evaluations. Results will be utilised to strengthen the commissioning practices of Indigenous health and wellbeing programs in Australia and overseas.
KW - Aboriginal
KW - commissioning
KW - evaluation
KW - health
KW - Indigenous
KW - wellbeing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85171899259&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/NHMRC/GNT1165913
U2 - 10.1177/1035719X231200050
DO - 10.1177/1035719X231200050
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85171899259
SN - 1035-719X
VL - 23
SP - 220
EP - 242
JO - Evaluation Journal of Australasia
JF - Evaluation Journal of Australasia
IS - 4
ER -