Study inclusion and exclusion criteria are outlined in Table 1.> Funding for the project has been obtained through the Australian Research Council – Linkage Projects funding scheme (Project ID: LP130101005) and from the linkage partner, Frankston City Council.
The pre-publication history for this paper can be accessed here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/12/735/prepub This research project was jointly funded by an Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Grant LP0668346 and Linkage Partner grant from Relationships Australia Victoria, awarded to the chief investigators: Prof. Margot Schofield and Dr. Andrew Bickerdike.
Linkage partners: Community Relations Commission; Sydney West Area Health Service, Sydney South West Area Health Service, Transcultural Mental Health Centre, SydWest Multicultural Services Inc Liverpool Migrant Resource Centre Blacktown District Soccer Football Associationon; Sydney Football Club; Miller Intensive English Centre; Evans Intensive English Centre.
39 Questionnaire development; Completion of contractual arrangements with data linkage partners; Administration of questionnaire; Analysis of survey responses; Mapping of existing formal service and policy responses to AEs; Transfer of project findings to the policy and practice community.
This study comprises five phases: Questionnaire development; Completion of contractual arrangements with data linkage partners; Administration of questionnaire; Analysis of survey responses; Mapping of existing formal service and policy responses to AEs; Transfer of project findings to the policy and practice community.
Government-UNICEF linkages: Governmental partner agencies and project participants liked working with UNICEF and held UNICEF-supported education projects in high regard.
In Families First, the extent of success of service integration was evaluated using a network density matrix to assess the strength of the network linkages between partners.
Many programs contemplated a reorganization of existing services within existing resources and the development of regional linkages between partnering agencies eg. Best Start, Stronger Families and Communities and Families First [ 6].
In addition, ESARO will continue to support cluster/sector coordination and strengthen linkages with partners, particularly the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Food Programme (WFP).
Hope for vulnerable children "We wish to build on the current success story and continue working with provincial and national authorities, using UNICEF's convening power and ability, to establish linkages between partners to bring essential services to disabled children nationwide," said Mr. Morch.
Given the small size of the Save the Children operations in Geneva, the UNICEF office would be preferable to maximize linkage within the partner agencies.
