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NUS, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine 
Achieving Our Mission Objectives
We are a multi-disciplinary team, who work interdependently to ensure positive developmental outcomes for all children.
Our mission to give all children the best start in life will be achieved through four highly complementary and interdependent tracks of work: Knowledge Synthesis, Evidence Translation, Better Screening and Assessment and the Implementation and Evaluation of Evidence-Based Interventions. Each track of work will inform and impact the other in a continuous improvement loop.
We will establish a dynamic, accessible repository of the most up-to-date and relevant science. This knowledge repository will consider all available research across disciplines while observing an efficient use of finite resources to create a credible evidence pipeline for policy and decision-makers.
Knowledge synthesis is an integral part of our other tracks of work. Enhancing our capacity in this area naturally leads to improvement in knowledge, testing and interventions. At the same time, continuous feedback obtained from partners is critical for improving our knowledge synthesis activities.
What sets CHILD apart is our dedication to translating evidence into policy and practice. We will achieve this through sharing our synthesised knowledge with relevant stakeholders. With policy makers, we will facilitate the translation of evidence into governmental action. For our partners at social service agencies, we will contextualise and interpret evidence to help them enhance service delivery. And with practitioners, we will provide training to fill knowledge gaps and build capacity.
Evidence translation is a two-way endeavour, where stakeholders not only receive the latest scientific evidence, but also provide valuable feedback that further informs all our tracks of work.
We will continue to develop and refine screening tools for children and families at risk, thereby enabling targeted and personalised interventions. This approach ensures that we target individuals truly in need of services.
The ability to design and use better screening tests is highly dependent on the knowledge and data gleaned from Knowledge Synthesis activities. At the same time, the results of our improved screening tools are also an indispensable part of adding to our understanding and evidence base, and will enable us to develop better, evidence-based interventions.
The fourth key track of our work is to implement and evaluate evidence-based interventions for children and families in Singapore, particularly those who are vulnerable or at risk. This builds on the work of our other three tracks of work. In particular, we will utilise hybrid design methodologies to evaluate programmes as they are implemented – allowing for continuous improvement rather than waiting until they have achieved success or experienced failure.