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Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/72548, first published .
A Novel Digital Platform to Support Child and Family Mental Health in Australia (Child and Family eHub): Protocol for a Mixed Methods Evaluation

A Novel Digital Platform to Support Child and Family Mental Health in Australia (Child and Family eHub): Protocol for a Mixed Methods Evaluation

A Novel Digital Platform to Support Child and Family Mental Health in Australia (Child and Family eHub): Protocol for a Mixed Methods Evaluation

Suzy Honisett   1 , BSc, MPH, PhD ;   Raghu Lingam   2 , MSc, MBChB, MRCPCH, PhD ;   Valsamma Eapen   2, 3, 4 , MBBS, PhD ;   Brian Oldenburg   5, 6 , BSc, MPsych, PhD ;   Naomi Hackworth   6, 7, 8 , BSc, BPsych, PhD ;   Harriet Hiscock   9, 10 , MBBS, MD ;   George Charalambous   11, 12 , BBIS ;   Lisa Minton   1 , BEng, MNutr ;   Glenn Pringle   13 , BSc, GDipPsych, MBA ;   Sue Woolfenden   14, 15 , MBBS, MPH, PhD ;   Kim Dalziel   10, 16 , BHSc, MHEc, PhD ;   John Eastwood   14, 15 , BHumBio, MBChB, MPH, MPM, PhD ;   Sharon Goldfeld   17, 18 , PhD, MBBS

1 Policy and Equity, Centre for Community Child Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

2 School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

3 Academic Unit of Child Psychiatry, South West Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia

4 Ingham Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia

5 Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

6 LaTrobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

7 Raising Children Network, Centre for Community Child Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

8 Research and Knowledge Translation, Parenting Research Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

9 Transforming Healthcare Impact Area, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

10 Health Services and Economics, Centre for Community Child Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

11 Curve Tomorrow, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

12 Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

13 Strategy and Growth, IPC Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

14 Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia

15 Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

16 Centre for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

17 Centre for Community Child Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

18 Department of Pediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Corresponding Author:

  • Suzy Honisett, BSc, MPH, PhD
  • Policy and Equity
  • Centre for Community Child Health
  • Murdoch Children's Research Institute
  • 50 Flemington Road
  • Parkville
  • Melbourne, VIC 3052
  • Australia
  • Phone: 61 0408520332
  • Fax: 61 383416212
  • Email: suzy.honisett@mcri.edu.au