Child, Family & Development / Family Systems
SUB-T02-042Care Coordination
Definition
Care Coordination is the systematic study and design of conditions, interventions and safeguards affecting children or families within family systems.
Why this matters
Children have evolving capabilities and limited power over many systems affecting them. Errors in care coordination can create developmental, relational, educational, health or safety consequences that persist.
Research questions
How can families coordinate health, disability and support services across fragmented providers?
Hypotheses
A shared, consented care plan with role-specific views will reduce duplication and missed follow-up.
Proposed methods
family systems mapping, household ethnography, coordination-task analysis, participatory co-design, service-journey mapping and longitudinal outcome tracking; adapted specifically to Care Coordination; child-appropriate participatory methods; caregiver and practitioner input; age-stratified analysis; validated developmental measures; service-pathway testing; safeguarding review; delayed or longitudinal follow-up; implementation-fidelity assessment
Stakeholders and beneficiaries
family members; carers; social workers; clinicians; schools; legal advisers; community services; employers; care coordination specialists; lived-experience family advisory panel; independent child-rights reviewer