Digital and Data
Capabilities
for Sexual
and Reproductive Health
Welcome!
DDCSRH.com is the digital home of the ‘Digital and Data Capabilities for Sexual and Reproductive Health’ research project.
DDCSRH.com is a space for you to explore strategies for thinking about digital and data technologies in your organisation.
These resources are informed by recent research, including interviews and workshops with sexual and reproductive health professionals and health consumers, and a review of relevant literature.
This website hosts three evidence-based models to support strategic conversations about digital transformation in sexual and reproductive health organisations and workforces.
Welcome!
DDCSRH.com is the digital home of the ‘Digital and Data Capabilities for Sexual and Reproductive Health’ research project.
DDCSRH.com is a space for you to explore strategies for thinking about digital and data technologies in your organisation.
These resources are informed by recent research, including interviews and workshops with sexual and reproductive health professionals and health consumers, and a review of relevant literature.
This website hosts three evidence-based models to support strategic conversations about digital transformation in sexual and reproductive health organisations and workforces.
ON THIS PAGE:
- Not sure where to start? Watch this video for a step-by-step guide on how to use this website. (Note. Video to be uploaded)
- You’ll also find basic information about the Digital and Data Capabilities for Sexual and Reproductive Health Models.
- You can browse information on how you and your organisation might use the Digital and Data Capability Models in practice.
How to use DDCSRH.com (Placeholder video)
On this website you will find:
Digital and Data Capabilities for Sexual and Reproductive Health
Case Studies – Using the Digital and Data Capabilities Models to work through challenges related to digital and data technologies and platforms.
Hot Topics – Controversies and wicked digital problems for sexual and reproductive health practitioners.
Research and Evidence – Links to digital and data policy, training organisations, open-access academic research and further reading about digital and data capabilities.
FAQ – Answers to common questions and definitions of key concepts.
About the Project – Read more about the evidence underpinning the development of the DDCSRH.
Checklists – to guide your organisations’ capability building.
Click on these icons throughout the website to be taken to the relevant pages.
What are the digital and data capabilities for sexual health models?
The SRH sector increasingly engages with digital technologies – from health promotion on social platforms to telehealth to online STI testing. The ‘digital transformation of health’ has accelerated since COVID lockdowns, and so has the development of digital health policies. What does this mean for the Australian sexual health and reproductive health workforce?
When we talk about the Digital and Data Capabilities for Sexual and Reproductive Health, we are referring to three evidence-based models designed to support digital transformation in sexual and reproductive health organisations and workforces.
To learn more about each model, click on the models below. Read more about how the Models were developed.
Digital Capabilities Model
The Digital Capabilities Model outlines capabilities and sub-capabilities for SRH organisations - including access and infrastructure, workforce skills and overall governance of digital platforms, technologies and practices.
Data Capabilities Model
The Data Capabilities Model outlines capabilities and sub-capabilities for SRH organisations – including access and infrastructure, skills and governance related to health data.
Consumer Capabilities Model
The Consumer Digital and Data Capabilities Model outlines the kinds of access and infrastructure, skills and governance capabilities that service users and health consumers can draw on when managing their sexual and reproductive health.
How could you/your organisation use the Models?
Building digital and data capability is a process, not a destination, and the process will look different in every organisation.
There is no ‘right’ way to use the Models and the checklist, but here are some of the ways they might be used in organisational contexts:
- A group of leaders from different organisations might work through the Digital, Data and Consumer models in a facilitated conversation about the ‘future of digital health, as part of a sector-wide leadership planning day.
- An organisational board, steering group and executive team might use the Digital and Data models and checklist alongside the Commonwealth Digital Health Workforce website in order to determine whether adequate training and resources have been allocated to the current workforce – and determine where funds should be directed to support ongoing professional development
- An organisational manager and communication lead might use the Digital Capabilities model and checklist to develop a plan for evaluating and benchmarking existing social media policies
- A health promotion community of practice might use the Digital Capabilities model and Consumer model to help determine how best to develop and resource digital outreach and education
- A cross-disciplinary community of practice might use the Digital and Data Capabilities model and Consumer model to build capability around internal and external communication and quality assurance activities.
WHAT NEXT?
Have more questions? The FAQs page provides clear definitions and answers to common questions about digital and data capabilities.
For a closer look at the Digital Capability Model
For a closer look at the Data Capability Model
We created a checklist to support the use of the Digital and Data Capabilities models alongside resources like the interactive ‘Digital Health Workforce’ website.