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Modules pipeline

Unreleased software and other preliminary work is currently being developed into readyforwhatsnext model modules.

1 - Pipeline of people modules

Current unreleased work to develop modules for modelling the characteristics, relationships, behaviours, risk factors and outcomes of young people and those important to them.

Our current pipeline of modules for modelling people is principally focused on developing tools for:

  • creating synthetic household datasets from multiple longitudinal datasets of varying structure, including modules specifically designed to streamline wrangling data from the HILDA and LSAC datasets (both from Australia); and

  • implementing agent based model simulations.

A significant amount of work has already been completed on the first project and initial development releases of each, along with one scientific manuscript, are planned for late 2024.

2 - Pipeline of places modules

Current unreleased work to develop modules for modelling the demographic, environmental and proximity drivers of access, equity and outcomes in youth mental health.

Our current pipeline of modules for modelling places (from the Springtides sub-model) will extend the libraries listed in summary table of module libraries for modelling places to:

  • predict prevalence and incidence by area; and

  • provide a user-interface (i.e. software to implement an updated version of the currently deprecated Springtides app).

Although unreleased, the source code for the above projects has been used to generate analysis during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Initial development releases of places module libraries, along with an updated app, are anticipated in the second half of 2024.

3 - Pipeline of platforms modules

Current unreleased work to develop modules for modelling the optimal staffing and configuration of support services for young people.

Our current pipeline of modules for modelling platforms includes code for implementing:

  • a discrete event simulation of primary mental health services for young people;
  • a simple cohort model of early psychosis services; and
  • a blended (systems dynamics / discrete event simulation) model for optimising eligibility and referral policies across multiple services.

The first two of the above models are currently implemented in R and are sufficiently advanced to produce exploratory analysis. However, neither are adequately documented or tested and need to be redeveloped as First Bounce sub-model modules and re-validated prior to development releases. The optimisation model was implemented in Java and was populated with toy data - this will require more substantial development prior to public release.

4 - Pipeline of programs modules

Current preliminary work to develop modules for modelling the affordability, value for money and appropriate targeting of interventions for young people.

We have no current pipeline of new module libraries for modelling programs (ie for the On Target sub-model). The currently released On Target libraries modules itemised in the summary table of module libraries for modelling programs are highly preliminary and are therefore our focus for future development in this area.