A developmental evaluation to enhance stakeholder engagement in a wide-scale interactive project disseminating...

Area of Science:

• Public Health
• Health Services Research
• Indigenous Health

Background:

• Aggregating continuous quality improvement (CQI) data across multiple health services can identify common priorities for large-scale care improvement.
• Practitioner involvement in data interpretation and evidence-based change planning is crucial for CQI.
• This study focuses on engaging diverse stakeholders in collaborative, theoretically informed processes to address evidence-practice gaps in care delivery.

Purpose of the Study:

• To support and refine a novel interactive dissemination project using aggregated CQI data from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary healthcare centres in Australia.
• To achieve multilevel system improvement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary healthcare.
• To contribute knowledge on engaging diverse stakeholders in collaborative processes for identifying and addressing evidence-practice gaps.

Main Methods:

• Developmental evaluation approach.
• Document analysis, online surveys, and interviews with participants.
• Iterative analytical processes with the research team for real-time feedback and refinement.

Main Results:

• Qualitative data analysis to understand factors influencing engagement and stakeholder perspectives on using aggregated data.
• Triangulation of data sources for a comprehensive, contextualized understanding of the project's development and implementation.
• Refinement of the interactive dissemination project's design, reports, tools, and processes based on real-time feedback.

Conclusions:

• The interactive dissemination project, utilizing aggregated CQI data, is being refined to support multilevel system improvement in Indigenous primary healthcare.
• Findings will inform researchers, clinicians, policymakers, and managers on developing evidence-based interventions.
• This research contributes to understanding effective stakeholder engagement for quality improvement in healthcare settings.