Our joint seminar has started with Professor John Lynch and Dr Rhiannon Pilkington from @UniofAdelaide – we’re learning how to improve services for children – by linking child protection data & data from perinatal, hospital, child + family health, education & development sources 
“We cannot dis-entangle the complex underlying social, economic and health conditions that are the drivers for child neglect” - Professor John Lynch @UniofAdelaide
“With linked data you can see what happens to children over time...we have an opportunity because Australia is one of the few countries in the world with a universal development census of our 5 yr olds” - Professor John Lynch @UniofAdelaide
“Most risk prediction happens after contact w child protection. But you can do risk prediction before contact so it can inform prevention. We need to reduce the flow into child protection system, by having preventive activities before contact - Professor John Lynch @UniofAdelaide
“You have to link children into family groups. Often our work is not with the individuals in isolation, but with families” - Professor John Lynch @UniofAdelaide
“The social, economic and health conditions that underline child maltreatment are powerful, multi-dimensional and often chronic= domestic violence, poverty, mental illness” - Professor John Lynch @UniofAdelaide
“If you think about running an evidence-based program, you need to think for what outcome” - Professor John Lynch @UniofAdelaide
“We need to have real integration with existing services & info systems across systems - health, childcare, preschool, education, child protection = pragmatic RCTs” - Prof John Lynch @UniofAdelaide
“We hear a lot about evidence-based practice but we should also focus on practice-based evidence...that’s where you’re doing good work with the OPEN process, building from the grassroots - Prof John Lynch @UniofAdelaide @CFECFW @VicGovDHHS
