Evaluation of the NT MOS projects
Community education
Up to Closing the Gap: Northern Territory
Preventative programs such as community education and awareness raising can contribute to: building capacity within community; program sustainability; the development of protective behaviours; and child and family safe communities.
Central Australia (33.3%) and Top End (33.3%) accounted for approximately two-thirds of the community education sessions held over the evaluation period (see Figure 35).
Approximately one in four sessions were held in Barkly (22.7%) and one in ten were held in Katherine (10.6%).
There has been no trend in the quarterly changes in the number of community education sessions common to all Regions (see Figure 36).
Youth groups (59.3%) and community groups (37.5%) comprised the substantial majority of community education session delivered by MOS Projects (see Figure 37).
There were 216 community education sessions conducted by MOS Projects, of these the gender of participants was recorded for 215 sessions. Of these sessions, 9 in 10 involved either males and females (48.1%) or females only (40.7%). Only 23 sessions (10.6%) involved males only (see Figure 38).
Females accounted for two-thirds of attendees at the community education sessions conducted by MOS Projects (65.1%) (see Figure 39).
Figure 35: Community education sessions per region, as a proportion of total sessions
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Community education sessions per region, as a proportion of total sessions:- Top End - 33.3% (N = 72)
- Central - 33.3% (N = 72)
- Barkly - 22.7% (N = 49)
- Katherine - 10.6% (N = 23)
Figure 36: Change in the number of community education sessions by region over time
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Figure 36 shows the change in the number of community education sessions in each region receiving MOS Plus services in each quarter between 1 July 2008 and 31 March 2011.The change in the number of community education sessions in each region varies considerably and with no discernable pattern in the period between the first quarter and the final quarter of the period.
In Barkly the number of community education sessions commenced at 7 and ended at zero in the third quarter of 2010-11, after peaking at 10 in the second quarter of 2008-09, reducing to 8 in the fourth quarter of 2008-09, further reducing to zero in the first quarter of 2009-10, rising to 4 in the second quarter of 2009-10, dropping to one in the third quarter of 2009-10, rising to 8 in the fourth quarter of 2009-10, then reducing to one in the first and second quarters of 2010-11.
In Katherine the number of community education sessions commenced at zero and ended at zero in the third quarter of 2010-11, after peaking at 5 in each of the fourth quarter of 2008-09 and the second quarter of 2009-10, and levelling off at 4 for the first and second quarters of 2010-11.
In the Top End the number of community education sessions commenced at 2 and ended at zero in the third quarter of 2010-11, after peaking at 14 in the third quarter of 2008-09, reducing to 10 in the fourth quarter of 2008-09, further reducing to 9 in the first quarter of 2009-10, further reducing to 2 in the second quarter of 2009-10, rising to 5 in the third quarter of 2009-10, rising to 10 in the fourth quarter of 2009-10, further rising to 11 in the first quarter of 2010-11, and then decreasing in the second quarter of 2010-11.
In Central Australia the number of community education sessions commenced at zero and ended at zero in the third quarter of 2010-11, after rising to 12 in the third quarter of 2008-09, reducing to 3 in the fourth quarter of 2008-09, rising to 4 in the first quarter of 2009-10, further rising to 8 in the second quarter of 2009-10, rising to 9 in the third quarter of 2009-10, peaking at 16 in the fourth quarter of 2009-10, then reducing to 1 in the first quarter of 2010-11, before rising to 8 in the second quarter of 2010-12 and rising again to 12 in the third quarter of 2010-11.
Overall in the period from 1 July 2008 to 31 March 2011, there were a total of 216 community education sessions: 49 community education sessions in the Barkly region, 72 in Central Australia, 23 in Katherine region and 72 in the Top End region.
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Figure 37: Community education sessions by audience, as a per cent of total sessions
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Community education sessions by audience, as a per cent of total sessions:- Youth group - 59.3% (N = 128)
- Community group - 37.5% (N = 81)
- Other - 3.2% (N = 7)
Figure 38: Community education sessions by gender
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Community education sessions by gender:- Sessions with males only - 10.6% (N = 23)
- Sessions with females only - 40.7% (N = 88)
- Sessions with males and female - 48.1%s (N = 104)
Figure 39: Overall gender split for community education sessions
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Overall gender split for community education sessions:- Males - 34.9% (N = 988)
- Females - 65.1% (N = 1,843)