Program objectives

The Right care, first time, where you live is an ambitious program which aims to get young people, back to work, back to school and thriving in their communities. The Program will achieve this by building community capacity to leverage systems modelling and simulation to: 

1. NAVIGATE a challenging decision-making environment to provide effective and timely health and wellbeing solutions for young people.

2. STRENGTHEN and COORDINATE the delivery of mental health care using tools and technology to remain responsive to the changing needs of young people and their communities. 

3. EMPOWER young people to make compelling investment cases to help decision-makers make better decisions on the mental health and well-being of their communities.

4. SUSTAIN and SCALE an inclusive and integrated decision analytic, monitoring and evaluation ecosystem to support life-long mental health and wellbeing for young people to get back to school, back to work, thriving in their communities.

Program phases

The Right care, first time, where you live program consists of four phases (mapped to the objectives).

1

Systems modelling and simulation through co-design

Systems models are computer models that are simplified representations of real world health and social systems with their interacting components and dynamics over time. 

2

Embedding the systems model in an ongoing monitoring, evaluation and system improvement decision-support ecosystem

This phase involves post modelling analysis, embedding the model, implementing digital technology, implementing the Brain and Mind Centre Youth Model.

3

Economic analysis and return on investment

The economic evaluation capability of the system models will be critical to regional capability to make compelling investment cases for mental health system strengthening and broader social, education and economic initiatives that will promote life-long mental health and wellbeing. 

4

Synthesise knowledge from all eight regional systems models to refine the national model

Drawing on the knowledge acquired from implementation of systems modelling across the eight sites, overarching insights will be summarised and disseminated.