Children, Young People and Families Special Interest Group (CYF SIG) Meeting

Background:

The Children, Young People and Families Special Interest Group (CYF SIG) was launched at the IFIC International Conference on Integrated Care (ICIC18) in Utrecht in May 2018 as a response to the need to bring together health, education and social care researchers and professionals who are interested in aspects of integrated health and social care as it applies to children, young people and their families.

Since the launch, the CYF SIG membership base has grown to approximately 100 members from 19 countries and a cross-sectorial and interprofessional reach. There have now been face-to-face CYF SIG meetings at every IFIC conference since, and the establishment of conference abstract streams dedicated to integrated care for children, young people and families inclusive of and since IFIC ICIC19. 

The overarching activities the CYF SIG aim to deliver on include, but are not limited to:

•              Establish a global network

•              Define integrated health and social care as it applies to children, young people and their families

•              Develop a framework for integrated service, policy and system approaches

•              Develop and promote appropriate outcome and evaluation measures, building an evaluation framework

•              Develop position paper

•              Share knowledge, successes, lessons-learnt, and current models of care

•              Collaborate on research and grant proposals

Aims and objectives of this workshop:

•              Conduct formal CYF SIG member meeting with members, and welcome any ICIC20 delegates interested in joining the SIG

•              Discuss next steps for the CYF SIG including:

•              The progress of the goals of the SIG, particularly the definition, framework and position paper on integrated care as it applies to children, young people and families from a systemic perspective.

Format:

•              A 60-minute formal meeting with defined agenda, followed by working group to discuss and workshop next steps for the CYF SIG.

•              This workshop will be available to members who are not able to attend in person via Zoom videoconference.

•              Chaired and facilitated by Frank Tracey, CYF SIG Co-Chair,

Key people from SIG Network involved in session:

•              Frank Tracey (CYF SIG Co-Chair), Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service

•              Dr John Eastwood (CYF SIG Co-Chair), Sydney Local Health District

•              Hannah Johnson (SIG Coordinator), Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service