Aboriginal Family Planning Circle evaluation: Empowering Aboriginal communities in evaluating and future-proofing Aboriginal-led community programmes
| Author | Amy Elizabeth Lawton,Olivia Hamilton,Cheryl Jackson |
| Published date | 01 March 2020 |
| Date | 01 March 2020 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/1035719X20911332 |
| Subject Matter | Practice Articles |
https://doi.org/10.1177/1035719X20911332
Evaluation Journal of Australasia
2020, Vol. 20(1) 23 –33
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Aboriginal Family
Planning Circle evaluation:
Empowering Aboriginal
communities in evaluating and
future-proofing Aboriginal-led
community programmes
Amy Elizabeth Lawton ,
Olivia Hamilton
WESTIR Limited, Australia
Cheryl Jackson
Marrin Weejali Aboriginal Corporation, Australia
Abstract
The Aboriginal Family Planning Circle (AFPC) programme is an Aboriginal-led
community programme, which works with Aboriginal families in Western Sydney
to address their complex needs and reduce the risk of having their children put
into out-of-home care (OOHC). This article explores two external evaluations
undertaken by WESTIR Limited (WESTIR), a non-Aboriginal research service, on the
AFPC programme. The purpose of the first evaluation was to provide an assessment
of how effective the AFPC programme had been for participants and identify
programme aspects that could be improved or developed. The second evaluation was
undertaken to examine whether the AFPC programme had continued to meet its
objectives and address some knowledge gaps, particularly the estimated savings and
return on investment that the programme created for the OOHC system in New
South Wales (NSW). The evaluations used qualitative and quantitative techniques,
including interviews, focus groups and a return on investment analysis. This article
outlines methods, results and recommendations from both evaluations, along with
Corresponding author:
Amy Elizabeth Lawton, WESTIR Limited, P.O. Box 136, Parramatta, NSW 2124, Australia.
Email: amy@westir.org.au
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