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ArticleBMJ open2021

Study protocol for the Healthier Wealthier Families (HWF) pilot randomised controlled trial: testing the feasibility of delivering financial counselling to families with young children who are identified as experiencing financial hardship by community-based nurses.

Anna M H Price, Anna Zhu, Huu N J Nguyen, Diana Contreras-Suárez, Natalie Schreurs, Jade Burley, Kenny D Lawson, Margaret Kelaher, Raghu Lingam, Rebekah Grace and 4 more

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Article in BMJ open, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Anna M H PricePolicy and Equity Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia anna.price@mcri.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0002-8117-8059
Anna ZhuSchool of Economics, Marketing and Finance, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Huu N J NguyenPolicy and Equity Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Diana Contreras-SuárezMelbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Natalie SchreursPolicy and Equity Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Jade BurleyBestSTART-South West, Ingham Institute, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia.
Kenny D LawsonTranslational Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Penrith South, New South Wales, Australia.
Margaret KelaherCentre for Health Policy, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9899-858X
Raghu LingamBestSTART-South West, Ingham Institute, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia.
Rebekah GraceBestSTART-South West, Ingham Institute, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia.
Shanti RamanCommunity Paediatrics, South Western Sydney Local Health District, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia.
Lynn KempTranslational Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Penrith South, New South Wales, Australia.
Susan WoolfendenBestSTART-South West, Ingham Institute, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia.
Sharon GoldfeldPolicy and Equity Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6520-7094

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionPoverty and deprivation can harm children's future health, learning, economic productivity and societal participation. The Australian Healthier Wealthier Families project seeks to reduce the childhood inequities caused by poverty and deprivation by creating a systematic referral pathway between two free, community-based services: universal, well-child nursing services, which provide health and development support to families with children from birth to school entry, and financial counselling. By adapting the successful Scottish 'Healthier Wealthier Children' model, the objectives of this Australian pilot are to test the (1) METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This pilot randomised controlled trial will run in three sites across two Australian states (Victoria and New South Wales), recruiting a total of 180 participants. Nurses identify eligible caregivers with a 6-item, study-designed screening survey for financial hardship. Caregivers who report one or more risk factors and consent are randomised. The intervention is financial counselling. The comparator is usual care plus information from a government money advice website. Feasibility will be evaluated using the number/proportion of caregivers who complete screening, consent and research measures, and access financial counselling. Though powered to assess feasibility, impacts will be measured 6 months post-enrolment with qualitative interviews and questionnaires about caregiver-reported income, loans and costs (adapted from national surveys, for example, the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey); health (General Health Questionnaire 1, EuroQol five-dimensional questionnaire, Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale short-form); efficacy (from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children); and financial service use (study-designed) compared between arms. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethics committees of the Royal Children's Hospital (HREC/57372/RCHM-2019) and South West Sydney Local Health District (2019/ETH13455) have approved the study. Participants and stakeholders will receive results through regular communication channels comprising meetings, presentations and publications. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ACTRN12620000154909; prospectively registered. Pre-results.

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Financial StressNursesChildChild, PreschoolCounselingFeasibility StudiesHumansLongitudinal StudiesNew South WalesPilot ProjectsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicVictoriacommunity child healthinterventionprimary carepublic healthqualitative research

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