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Little ears - Aboriginal programmes for hearing and EAR screening (LEAP - HEAR): a research protocol for co-design workshops to strengthen programmes.
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introductionMultiple well-considered but siloed initiatives and programmes exist in Australia to support ear and hearing screening and assessment for Indigenous children. However, the lack of coordination of these programmes leads to inefficiencies in resource allocation and disrupts opportunities to implement a cost-effective, efficient, and easily navigable system of care. Indigenous children experience high prevalence rates of middle ear disease, as well as earlier onset, increased severity and longer infections compared with non-Indigenous children. The aims of this study are to: (1) Understand current ear and hearing screening programmes in three New South Wales communities and evaluate their strengths and limitations, (2) Strengthen, implement and evaluate ear and hearing screening programmes and (3) Identify the barriers and facilitators for scaling strengthened ear and hearing screening programmes nationally and the importance and feasibility of each factor. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: A series of desktop searches and co-design workshops will be completed to achieve aim (1) and (2) and the results will be mapped into work-as-done and work-as-imagined using the Functional Resonance Analysis Method. Strengthened screening programmes will be implemented in communities using the criteria from national and international guidance documents and the Practical, Robust, Implementation and Sustainability Model and evaluated. Finally, workshops will be conducted with key stakeholders to identify the barriers and facilitators for scaling strengthened ear and hearing screening programmes nationally and the importance and feasibility of each factor. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: This project has received ethics approval from the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council Human Research Ethics Committee (Ref: 2350/24). Results will be disseminated to the community through the CEOs of the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations as well as published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at conferences. The findings from data collected will be used to inform the co-production of an enhanced system for ear and hearing care.
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