Tassie Kids

What is the project about?

Children are our future. Their experiences in the first five years last a lifetime. Starting from birth, early childhood services aim to support parents to give every child the best start in life.

Tassie Kids will bring together information about what early childhood services families use across the first five years of a child’s life. The information will be used to help with early childhood service planning across the state.

What does the project involve?

Information about different services that families use will be brought together using Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Education records. These services include Child Health and Parenting Services and Launching into Learning. Information about families’ experiences of early childhood services will be collected from parents and carers of young children and people who provide the different services. These service providers include child health nurses and teachers.

Ethics approval for the project

The project has been approved by the Tasmanian Health and Medical Research Ethics Committee (H0016203) and the Social Sciences Human Research Ethics Committee (H0016195).

Funding for the project

Funding for the project is provided by a Partnership Project grant (1115891) from the National Health and Medical Research Council and the Tasmanian Government.

Who is responsible for the project?

Researchers from the Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Menzies Institute for Medical Research and the Tasmanian Government are responsible for the project.