Role Title: Research Intern - Equity from the Ground Up
Organisation: The Kids Research Institute Australia
Internship Period: Winter (June - July)
Location: Perth Children's Hospital
This three-phase project includes a Systematic Concept Mapping Review. We are seeking an intern to help us systematically review how equity is defined, operationalised, and measured in child health research internationally, using formal concept mapping analysis to produce a peer-reviewed publication and a scaffold against which community-derived understandings can be compared.
Equity is widely endorsed as a child health priority, yet the indicators used to measure it are overwhelmingly researcher-defined. Community-derived understandings of what equity means to families experiencing structural disadvantage – are largely absent from research, service delivery, and policy. The Kids Research Institute Australia exemplifies this field-wide gap: it has adopted First Nations Health and Equity as a cross-cutting priority and commits to meaningful impact for WA children and families but does not have indicators for measuring equity nor a community-grounded definition from which to derive them. Without this, neither the Institute nor the child health sector can determine whether the work reduces or reproduces the inequities these families face.
The Kids Research Institute Australia is based within the Perth Children’s Hospital, and is one of the largest, and most successful medical research institutes in Australia, comprising a dedicated and diverse team of around 1,000 staff, students and honoraries. We've created a bold blueprint that brings together community, researchers, practitioners, policy makers and funders, who share our vision to improve the health and wellbeing of children through excellence in research.