Evaluation of the NT MOS projects
Evaluation project logic
Up to Closing the Gap: Northern Territory
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Context: National Partnership Agreements on: Health Services (Implementation Plan for NT MOS Plus); NT Closing the Gap
Diagram: Evaluation project logic map
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This diagram shows the relationships between inputs and activities, between activities and outputs, between outputs and short term outcomes, between short and medium term outcomes, and between medium and long term outcomes.Top of page
Inputs and activities
- Inputs 'OATSIH oversight and funding' and 'NT Government experience in implementing programs in remote settings' link to all activities.
- Input 'existing skills and expertise within NT DHF' links to all activities except 'community education' and 'community meetings'.
- Input 'staff skills and experience and existing links with remote communities' links to all activities except 'data collection and implementation'.
- Input 'referrals' links to 'assessment', 'psychosocial and clinical counselling', 'mobile forensic sexual assault medical examination services', 'community education' and 'community meetings'.
- Input 'MOD development' links to 'data collection and implementation'.
Activities and outputs
- Activity 'assessment' links to 'outreach visits to remote communities', 'counselling sessions with children & young people in remote communities across NT', 'access to sexual assault forensic medical examination of children & young people' and 'referrals to other services'.
- Activity 'psychosocial and clinical counselling' links to 'counselling sessions with children & young people in remote communities across NT' and 'referrals to other services'.
- Activity 'mobile forensic sexual assault medical examination services' links to 'access to sexual assault forensic medical examination of children & young people'.
- Activity 'community education' links to 'outreach visits to remote communities' and 'staff participation in external professional development activities'.
- Activity 'community meetings' links to 'outreach visits to remote communities', 'counselling sessions with children & young people in remote communities across NT' and 'community meetings provided to families & community members'.
- Activity 'external professional development to support clinical services' links to 'referrals to other services' and 'staff participation in external professional development activities'.
- Activity 'internal professional development' links to 'counselling sessions with children & young people in remote communities across NT', 'community meetings provided to families & community members' and 'community education sessions provided to groups, families & community members'.
- Activities 'internal practice forums' and 'action learning development of good practice' link to 'practice forums for staff to share learnings and clinical expertise'.
- Activity 'data collection and implementation' links to 'MOD & other data reports & documentation'.
Outputs and short term outcomes
- Output 'outreach visits to remote communities' links to 'children, young people, families & community members in remote communities know the MOS Plus staff & understand their role', 'children, young people & families in remote communities receive clinical support to reduce the trauma they are experiencing' and 'families support the participation of children & young people in counselling sessions & forensic examinations'.
- Output 'counselling sessions with children & young people in remote communities across NT' links to 'children, young people & families in remote communities receive clinical support to reduce the trauma they are experiencing' and 'families support the participation of children & young people in counselling sessions & forensic examinations'.
- Output 'access to sexual assault forensic medical examination of children & young people' links to 'children, young people & families in remote communities receive clinical support to reduce the trauma they are experiencing', 'children & families have reduced trauma by access to remotely delivered forensic medical examination' and 'families support the participation of children & young people in counselling sessions & forensic examinations'.
- Output 'referrals to other services' links to 'children, young people & families in remote communities receive clinical support to reduce the trauma they are experiencing'.
- Output 'community meetings provided to families & community members' links to 'children, young people, families & community members in remote communities know the MOS Plus staff & understand their role', 'families support the participation of children & young people in counselling sessions & forensic examinations' and 'families, community members & local agencies develop an understanding of child abuse & related trauma as a result of their participation in community meetings'.
- Output 'community education sessions provided to groups, families & community members' links to 'families support the participation of children & young people in counselling sessions & forensic examinations' and 'families, community members & local agencies develop skills in dealing with children experiencing trauma as a result of attending community education sessions'.
- Outputs 'practice forums for staff to share learnings and clinical expertise' and 'staff participation in external professional development activities' link to 'MOS Plus staff improve their knowledge of, & expertise in, the provision of culturally safe trauma related clinical counselling/support & forensic examinations in remote Indigenous communities'.
- Output 'MOD & other data reports & documentation' has no links.
Short and medium term outcomes
- Short term outcome 'children, young people, families & community members in remote communities know the MOS Plus staff & understand their role' links to 'children & young people receiving support experience improved social, emotional and psychological wellbeing' and 'communities are aware of children experiencing trauma & develop local community safety approaches accordingly'.
- Short term outcome 'children, young people & families in remote communities receive clinical support to reduce the trauma they are experiencing' links to 'children & young people receiving support experience improved social, emotional and psychological wellbeing' and 'children & young people who are identified as having sexual abuse have improved physical and sexual health & safety'.
- Short term outcome 'children & families have reduced trauma by access to remotely delivered forensic medical examination' links to 'children & young people who are identified as having sexual abuse have improved physical and sexual health & safety'.
- Short term outcome 'families support the participation of children & young people in counselling sessions & forensic examinations' links to 'children & young people receiving support experience improved social, emotional and psychological wellbeing' and 'children & young people who are identified as having sexual abuse have improved physical and sexual health & safety'.
- Short term outcome 'families, community members & local agencies develop an understanding of child abuse & related trauma as a result of their participation in community meetings' links to 'families, communities & local agencies provide support for children & young people experiencing trauma' and 'communities are aware of children experiencing trauma & develop local community safety approaches accordingly'.
- Short term outcome 'families, community members & local agencies develop skills in dealing with children experiencing trauma as a result of attending community education sessions' links to 'children & young people receiving support experience improved social, emotional and psychological wellbeing', 'families, communities & local agencies provide support for children & young people experiencing trauma' and 'communities are aware of children experiencing trauma & develop local community safety approaches accordingly'.
- Short term outcome 'MOS Plus staff improve their knowledge of, & expertise in, the provision of culturally safe trauma related clinical counselling/support & forensic examinations in remote Indigenous communities' links to 'children & young people receiving support experience improved social, emotional and psychological wellbeing' and 'families, communities & local agencies provide support for children & young people experiencing trauma'.
Medium and long term outcomes
- Medium term outcomes 'children & young people receiving support experience improved social, emotional and psychological wellbeing' and 'children & young people who are identified as having sexual abuse have improved physical and sexual health & safety' link to 'Indigenous children in remote NT communities experience reduced child abuse related trauma'.
- Medium term outcome 'families, communities & local agencies provide support for children & young people experiencing trauma' links to 'MOS projects services contribute to reducing abuse in communities' and 'Indigenous children in remote NT communities experience reduced child abuse related trauma'.
- Medium term outcome 'communities are aware of children experiencing trauma & develop local community safety approaches accordingly' links to all long term outcomes.