Anita D'Aprano, Sue‐Anne Hunter, Rebecca Fry, Melissa Savaglio, Sarah Carmody, John Boffa, Louise Cooke, Abigail Dent, Amanda Docksey, Josie Douglas, Adam Dunn, Nick Halfpenny, Meg Hewett, Adrienne Lipscomb, Esmai Manahan, Belinda Morton, Holly Mosse, Dawn Ross, Helen Skouteris

‘All Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children should have access to the ASQ‐TRAK’: Shared vision of an implementation support model for the ASQ‐TRAK developmental screener

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Community and Home Care
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AbstractIssue AddressedThe ASQ‐TRAK, a strengths‐based approach to developmental screening, has high acceptability and utility across varied Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander contexts. While substantive knowledge translation has seen many services utilise ASQ‐TRAK, we now need to move beyond distribution and support evidence‐based scale‐up to ensure access. Through a co‐design approach, we aimed to (1) understand community partners' perspectives of barriers and enablers to ASQ‐TRAK implementation and (2) develop an ASQ‐TRAK implementation support model to inform scale‐up.MethodsThe co‐design process had four phases: (i) partnership development with five community partners (two Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations); (ii) workshop planning and recruitment; (iii) co‐design workshops; and (iv) analysis, draft model and feedback workshops.ResultsSeven co‐design meetings and two feedback workshops with 41 stakeholders (17 were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander), identified seven key barriers and enablers, and a shared vision – all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families have access to the ASQ‐TRAK. Implementation support model components agreed on were: (i) ASQ‐TRAK training, (ii) ASQ‐TRAK support, (iii) local implementation support, (iv) engagement and communications, (v) continuous quality improvement and (vi) coordination and partnerships.ConclusionsThis implementation support model can inform ongoing processes necessary for sustainable ASQ‐TRAK implementation nationally. This will transform the way services provide developmental care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, ensuring access to high quality, culturally safe developmental care.So What?Well‐implemented developmental screening leads to more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children receiving timely early childhood intervention services, improving developmental trajectories and optimising long‐term health and wellbeing.

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