Benefits for ORIGINS Families

Recruitment of active participants for The ORIGINS Project is now closed.

However, families can still contribute to our research by consenting to allow the research team access to data routinely collected by Joondalup Health Campus when you give birth at the hospital.

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Families already enrolled as active participants in The ORIGINS Project receive the following benefits: 

Real-time feedback is incorporated into The ORIGINS Project which is helping to identify health issues among participant babies and toddlers, including delayed speech and physical development, and severe allergies, as well as anxiety and depression in mums, leading to referral to specialists and enabling early intervention.

All results are shared with families that are found through ORIGINS assessments so they can then be addressed as soon as possible.

The ORIGINS Community

With more than 8,500 families involved in ORIGINS to date, the project has developed its own small 'community' within the community of the Joondalup/Wanneroo area.

Participants have access to a private Facebook page that gives members the opportunity to share parenting tips and information, as well as discuss family resources in the local area. 

Social and educational activities are organised by ORIGINS, where families can get together and have some fun, or learn about developments in health research.

Our Annual Family Fun Day is held in the summer months and celebrates our families' commitment to the project, with activities and treats for everyone to enjoy.

Park Play events, held quarterly, give ORIGINS families a chance to connect with each other, as well as ORIGINS staff, at an informal morning tea.