Could health information systems enhance the quality of Aboriginal health promotion? A retrospective audit of Aboriginal health programs in the Northern Territory of Australia

Table 1 Summary of audit findings against indicators of Aboriginal health promotion quality

Audit tool items related to five best practice criteria	Number of projects with documentation of audit item* (total number of projects = 39)
1. Planning	34
that included:
Aim	33
Strategies	31
People responsible for tasks	7
Timeframes	11
Indicators or evaluation measures	26
Budget	3
2. Targeting	35
That included:
Target group	35
General population	16
Children (infants, preschool, primary school)	17
Adolescents and young adults	8
Adults	14
Elderly	5
Parents and families	11
Gender	33
Males	0
Females	4
Both males and females	26
Setting	33
Health centre	3
Community	28
Both health centre and community	2
Health issue/topic	37
Smoking	2
Nutrition or diet	27
Alcohol	2
Physical activity or exercise	7
Mental health/social and emotional wellbeing	4
3. Community participation	20
That included:
Identifying needs	16
Determining strategies	11
Implementing strategies	7
Evaluating	4
4. Partnerships	26
That included:
Outside agencies and organisations	26
Organisations beyond the health sector	15
5. Evaluation	15
That included
Number of participants	12
Participant satisfaction	4
Changes in knowledge and understanding	6
Changes in skills and behaviours	3
Changes in policy and/or environments	3

Bold values indicate the number of projects with documentation of headline indicators
^*Some projects included documentation of more than one audit item, therefore the total number exceeds the number of projects included in the study

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