Testimonials

"We are immensely grateful for the dedication, expertise, and collaborative spirit of Dr. Melinda Craike and Dr. Bo Klepac Rolih. 

Their unique combination of research expertise and ground-level practical experience in health promotion has been instrumental in shaping our approach. They thoughtfully tailored their evaluation strategies to align with the principles of equity, community engagement, and capacity building, ensuring their methods were both evidence-based and culturally relevant to our community. Their support and flexibility have empowered us to advance our health promotion efforts, continuously improving our strategies to align with best practices. 

Thanks to their guidance, we feel well-positioned to enhance the well-being of our community and drive sustainable, positive outcomes"

Senior Health Promotion Coordinator, DPV Health

"Q-STEP is an innovative health promotion quality assurance system that enables the delivery of robust population health initiatives. Implementing Q-STEP will greatly improve the way DPV Health’s Population Health Team plan, implement, evaluate and review health promotion initiatives.

DPV Health were proud to partner and pilot Q-STEP. The process adopted by Dr Craike and Dr Klepac Rolih for developing the quality standards and accompanying tools was collaborative and iterative. Throughout the pilot, they generously shared their wisdom, expertise, knowledge and experience with the DPV Health team, tailoring their approach when collaborating with different departments.

The Q-STEP Quality Assurance System will improve the effectiveness and impact of our health promotion efforts and create efficiencies by streamlining processes across all stages of health promotion initiatives.

I would highly recommend Q-STEP to health promoters. The partnership with Dr Craike and Dr Klepac Rolih not only resulted in improved quality systems and processes, but also delivered professional development outcomes, by building the Population Health Team’s capacity to deliver impactful population health initiatives."

Population Health and Inclusion Manager, DPV Health

“The Q-STEP development has supported discussions around planning and evaluation within the Population Health team at DPV Health. The discussions have led to mutually agreed processes and structure in designing and executing projects while also establishing comprehensive evaluation metrics, tools and systems at the planning stage of the project. 

Q-STEP has provided clarity and confidence in approving project commencement for management and project officers, knowing that all components have been well thought through, align with project principles, have measurable objectives to maximise impact, while scaling for future expansion and sustainability.

Working through this process of fully customising our planning and evaluation tools with Mel and Bo was a real pleasure. Their professional yet easy manner, was engaging and rewarding for the entire team. Thank you!”

Executive Manager, Client Experience & Community Engagement, DPV Health