Program & Papers

Papers and poster abstracts from the 8th National Rural Health Conference are available on this page by clicking the flower next to the titles in the program below.

Please note that for presenters who were unable to provide a full paper, where possible we have published their abstract or speaker's notes.

Also note that all papers are in Adobe PDF format. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to view the papers and posters.

THURSDAY 10 MARCH 2005

8.00 am

Registration Desk open
Conference Office open

Alice Springs Convention Centre

 

Pre-Conference meetings

 

4.30 pm

Music in the foyer — Alice Springs Strings Group

Alice Springs Convention Centre

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Posters on display

 

5.00 pm

OPENING SESSION

Convention Centre
MacDonnell Room

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Welcome
Patricia Miller, Deputy of the Administrator of the Northern Territory.

 

Welcome
Rachael Maza, Conference MC

 
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KEYNOTE 1
Mr Neill Wright, Regional Representative, UNHCR
Population displacement health challenges in today’s world

 

KEYNOTE 2
Professor Alan Pettigrew, CEO, National Health and Medical Research Council
The NHMRC — investing in the health of all Australians

 
 

Images of Central Australia

 

Report
Ralph McLean
Key recommendations from previous conferences

 
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KEYNOTE 3
Professor John S Humphreys, School of Rural Health, Monash University, Bendigo
Revisiting the well-being of remote communities twenty years on — a time for celebration and reflection

 

6.25 pm

Delegates invited to walk down to the banks of the Todd Riverbed

 

 

6.35pm

SUNSET WELCOME CEREMONY

Welcome speeches by traditional owners

Todd Riverbed

6.40 pm

Welcome speeches
Mayor Fran Kilgariff
The Hon. Peter Toyne, NT Minister for Health
Professor John Horvath AO, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health and Ageing
Ms Sue McAlpin, Chairperson, National Rural Health Alliance

 

7.00 pm

Traditional dancers, music, ceremonial

 

7.30 pm

Delegates invited to walk back to the Convention Centre

 

7.30 pm – 8.30 pm

WELCOME RECEPTION

Convention Centre

 

FRIDAY 11 MARCH 2005

8.00 am


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Registration Desk open
Conference Office open
Exhibition open
Posters on display

Alice Springs Convention Centre

8.15am

Gary Cannell - didgeridoo

Convention Centre
MacDonnell
Room

8.30 am

Vision — Conference highlights and beyond The Gap

 

8.35 am

View Paper

Opening comments by the National Rural Health Alliance Chairperson, Sue McAlpin, and the Conference Convenor, John Wakerman

 
 

SECTION 1: Indigenous health and remote areas
What lessons can we share about improving the health of Indigenous people and other populations in remote areas?

 

8.45 am

KEYNOTE 4 (not presented)

 

9.05 am

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KEYNOTE 5
Peter Sutton, ARC Professorial Fellow at the University of Adelaide and the South Australian Museum
The politicisation of disease and the disease of doliticisation: causal theories and the Indigenous health differential

 

9.25 am

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KEYNOTE 6
Pat Anderson, CEO, Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance of the Northern Territory and Chairperson of the Co-operative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
Exclusion from access: this has stifled our development

 

9.45 am

Discussion

 

9.55 am

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Professor Kerin O’Dea, AO
Launch: ‘Educating to improve population health outcomes in chronic disease’

 

10.05 am

Professor John Wakerman, Conference Convenor & Director, Centre for Remote Health
Official Opening of the Exhibition

 

10.10 am

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KEYNOTE 7
Brennon Dowrick, Director, Performance Max Pty Ltd
Teamwork for health

 
     

10.40 am

MORNING TEA
Exhibition and networking

Convention Centre

     

11.15 am –
12.25 pm

Concurrent Session A

 
 

A1 Indigenous health — first-time presenters
Chair:
Alex Brown

Convention Centre
MacDonnell
Room A

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Exploring, employing every endeavour to enhance the health of Aboriginal people — Arlene Ackland, Lorraine Haseldine, Lee Lawrie, Colleen Prideaux First time presenter

 

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The birth of a new serviceCheryl Boles, Deanna Stuart-Butler, Anne Foale First time presenter

 

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Targeting Aboriginal health in Aboriginal terms: lessons from the Top EndJoseph Turner, Julie Graham First time presenter

 
 

A2 Mental health
Chair:
Ralph McLean

Convention Centre
MacDonnell
Room B

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Stone in a pond — the ripple effect of mental health first aid education, on fire- and drought-affected rural communitiesGilian Malone, Jennifer Ahrens, Gary Bourke First time presenter

 
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Multiple partners for mental healthSusan Patterson

 
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Training linked to rural service delivery: intern-provided rural clinical neuropsychological service in Break O’Day, north-east TasmaniaStuart Auckland, Clive Skilbeck, Judith Helen Walker

 
 

A3 Multi-disciplinary health education
Chair:
Robyn Adams

Crowne Plaza
Ballroom A

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The Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA) and Lifeline Australia’s callsRobert John Watson, John McDonald, Dora Pearce Refereed Paper

 
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Supporting workers and communities nationally through recognised skill development and qualifications — Di Lawson, Natalie Elias

 
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The challenge of evaluating rural undergraduate multi-professional educationTony Smith, Trish Thornberry, Rod Cooper, Leanne Brown, Lauren Williams, Michael Lyons, Peter Jones

 
 

A4 Workforce — models of general practice
Chair:
Jenny May

Crowne Plaza
Ballroom B

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Developing solutions to the provision of primary care services in rural and remote Queensland — Kristine Battye, Colin White, Sheilagh Cronin, Nigel Bond, Chris Mitchell

 
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Viable models of rural general practice — David Mildenhall

 
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Division of General Practice: providing a creative solution to regional health care shortagesGraeme Kershaw, Jo Starky

 

A5 Indigenous health
Chair:
Victoria Gilmore

Crowne Plaza
Ballroom C

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Subverting the chronic disease paradigm — an innovative workforce initiative across northern Australia — Janie Dade Smith, Jenni Judd, Christine Connors, Robyn McDermott

 
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The Gap Analysis Tool — addressing areas for development in mainstream health services in the south-east of South Australia in conjunction with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communityTimmy Duggan

 

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A plague of presumptionLorraine Holland, Louise Lawler  Refereed Paper

 
 

A6 Arts-in-health
Chair:
Bek Ledingham

Crowne Plaza
Spinifex Room

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The best fun … with half your clothes on: belly dancing — a fun and inclusive activity for every woman — Marisa Gilles, Elizabeth Unwin Refereed Paper

 
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Partnerships in child and adolescent mental health: healthy communities through arts and health — Vanessa Gaston

 
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The Bridge — bringing communities together culture strongTricia Currie, Angela O’Donnell, Esther Kirby

 
 

A7 In the lounge
Chair:
Leanne Chandler

Crowne Plaza
Lounge Area

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Middle level clinicians – a role in rural Australia? — Ian Cameron

 
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The volunteer workforce of small rural communities — Lesley Siegloff, Mary Weir

 

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Still on the outer edges? Progress towards and prospects for the development of a rural and remote evidence base for clinical practiceJohn McDonald, Angela Murphy Refereed Paper

 

12.25 pm

LUNCH
Exhibition and networking

Convention Centre

1.15 pm – 1.25 pm

Ntaria Ladies Choir

Convention Centre

1.30 pm – 2.15 pm

Special Plenary Session on Depression
led by beyondblue, the national depression initiative

Convention Centre
MacDonnell Room

Leonie Young
Juanita Sherwood
Helen Milroy
 

SECTION 2: Land and health
What do we know about the connections between land and health for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in rural and remote Australia?

 

2.15 pm

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KEYNOTE 8
Judge David Sheppard, New Zealand Environment Court
Maori land: Maori health

 

2.35 pm

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KEYNOTE 9
Tony Gleeson, Synapse Research and Consulting, Brisbane
Land, spirit and health: a non-Indigenous perspective

 

2.55 pm

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KEYNOTE 10
Dr Fay Johnston, Public Health Physician, Centre for Remote Health
Fire, landscapes and health
Professor David Bowman, Director, ARC Key Centre for Tropical Wildlife Management, Charles Darwin University

 
     

3.20 pm

AFTERNOON TEA
Exhibition and networking

Convention Centre

     

4.00 pm –
5.30 pm

Workshop Sessions

 
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1. Aged care in rural and remote areas
Chair: Rob Dempsey
Facilitator: Les Stahl

Crowne Plaza Ballroom A

Facilitated by Aged and Community Services Australia

Session 1

 

Health Integration Services Model: a new way of linking a community together in rural areas for health services — Coralanne Walker

Integrated aged and acute services in Margaret River — Nigel Jefford

 

Session 2

Questions and discussion

  • drawing out positive aspects of models that have applicability for other services
  • recommendations for conference communiqué.

2. The National Alcohol Strategy 2005–2009 ~ have your say
Chair: Rodger Brough
Facilitator: Trevor King

Crowne Plaza Ballroom B

Facilitated by Alcohol and Other Drugs Council of Australia and the Australian Rural Centre for Addictive Behaviours

An opportunity to be involved in development of the new Alcohol Strategy. Bring your ‘must include’ messages to this meeting.

 
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3. NHMRC initiatives in rural health
Chair: Philip Callan

Crowne Plaza Ballroom C

Facilitated by the National Health and Medical Research Council

Session 1

 

Cardiac rehabilitation in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities — Noel Hayman, Mark Wenitong

 

Session 2

Management of water quality in rural and remote communities — David Cunliffe

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4. Foetal alcohol syndrome
Chair: John Wakerman

Convention Centre
MacDonnell
Room A

Facilitated by the NRHA

Session 1

Introduction — John Wakerman

 

Background and international evidence
— Dr Margaret Clarke, University of Calgary (on video)

Case study: and work of the national support group (National Organisation for Foetal Alcohol Syndrome and Related Disorders) — Sue Miers

The work of the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research — Heather d’Antoine

A view from Central Australia — Frances Turner & Nettie Flaherty

A paediatrician’s view — Nigel Stewart

 

Session 2 — Discussion

  • What is the current status of the syndrome — and of our national capacity to deal with it?
  • Is there agreement on a national approach?
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5. Building healthy communities in rural and remote Australia
Chair: Di Wyatt

Crowne Plaza
Spinifex Room

Successful case studies in the management of chronic disease from the Rural Chronic Disease Initiative of the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

Session 1

 

The key findings — Di Wyatt

  Video and site presentations:

Diabetes management across the Mallee Track
— MTH&CS and Bernard Denner

Texas - The Healthy Town Project
— David Hayward

Galiwin’ku Project on Elcho Island
— Timmy and Djarti

Collie Aboriginal Rural Chronic Disease Initiative Ngalang Moort Moortditj - Our Happiness
— Beth Jackson and James Khan

Thursday Island Project
— Liz Cotton

The Many Rivers Diabetes Prevention Project Kempsey/Taree
— Janine Cochrane and Josephine Gwynn

Session 2

Panel discussion — chaired by Marlene Drysdale

Building Healthy Communities in remote Australia projects 2004–2008 — Department of Health and Ageing

 

Session 3

  • Small working group discussions
  • Plenary discussion
 

6. The Rural Medical Infrastructure Fund — have your say
Chair: Des Harris

Novotel Outback
Arrante Suite

 

Facilitated by the Department of Transport and Regional Services

Presentations will outline the scope of this new initiative of the Australian government to assist rural councils to strengthen medical services within their communities.

Discussion will contribute to policy development and implementation of the initiative.

 
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7. Focus on the Conference Posters
Conference delegates are encouraged to visit the Posters on display outside the MacDonnell Room and to speak with the Posters’ authors

Convention Centre

 

8. Discussion with beyondblue (cont.)

Under the tent

 

 

 

5.30 pm

Close

 
     

8.00 pm

CONFERENCE DINNER
With the Warren Williams Band

Convention Centre

 

SATURDAY 12 MARCH 2005

7.00 am

Sunrise activities
Yoga at Novotel Outback (7.30am)
Ballooning with Outback Ballooning
Student Recovery at Anzac Hill, Alice Springs

Film showing, "Crossing the Line", at the Convention Centre (7.30am)

 

8.00 am


View Paper

Registration Desk open
Conference Office open
Exhibition open
Posters on display

Convention Centre

8.30 am

Vision — Conference highlights and beyond The Gap

Convention Centre
MacDonnell
Room

8.35 am

Rachael Maza, Conference MC

 

8.40am

NRHA Chairperson, Sue McAlpin, and Council of the Alliance

 
 

SECTION 3: Multi-disciplinary health workforce
What are the demonstrated means of successfully strengthening the multi-disciplinary remote and rural health workforce?

 

8.50 am

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KEYNOTE 11
Robert Wells, Director, Policy and Planning (Health), Australian National University
The future health workforce: options we do and do not have

 

9.10 am

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KEYNOTE 12
Professor Debra Humphris, Health Care Innovation Unit, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Multi-professional practice, interprofessional education: lessons and evidence for rural and remote Australia

 

9.35 am

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KEYNOTE 13
Dr Ruth McNair, University of Melbourne
Breaking down the silos: interprofessional education and interprofessionalism for an effective rural health care workforce

 

9.55 am

Discussion

 

10.10 am

AWARDS

 
 

Formal presentation of Des Murray Scholarship by Mary Murray and address by winners, Millie Pearse and Amanda Colyer

 
 

Announcement and presentation of Louis Ariotti Award by Ans van Erp

 
 

Address by Sharon Davis, winner of the Louis Ariotti Award for Excellence

 
 

Announcement of Registrar Research Prize by Emma Kennedy

 
 

Address by winner of Registrar Research Prize

 
     
10.40 am MORNING TEA
Exhibition and networking; Alice Springs Emu Patrol
Convention Centre
     

11.15 am –
12.25 pm

Concurrent Session B

 
 

B1 Indigenous health
Chair:
Rob Curry

Convention Centre
MacDonnell
Room A

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health training opportunities in the bushWarren Bartik, Angela Dixon

 
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Aboriginal Mental Health Program "working both ways" — Donna Mulholland, Warren Timothy, Robert Broom

 

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Multidiscipline approach to diabetes management for rural & remote areas Bernard Denner

 
 

B2 Sharing the load
Chair:
Lesley Siegloff

Convention Centre
MacDonnell
Room B

View Paper

Carers — who’s going to careJulie Austin

 
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Men’s Sticky Beak Tour and intergenerational activities for the agedJillian Schultz

 
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Sharing the load — rural health sharing staff resources — Pam Schubert First Time Presenter

 
 

B3 Multi-disciplinary workforce
Chair:
John Humphreys

Crowne Plaza
Ballroom A

View Paper

Comfort zone: how medical and allied health students perceive their connection with placeHelen Tolhurst, Gaynor Heading

 
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Pharmacist Preceptor Education and Support Program
— Anne Leversha, Jennifer Marriott, Susan Taylor, Maree Simpson, Kirstie Galbraith, Rosalind Bull, Lisa Dalton, Dawn Best, Miranda Rose [abstract only]

 

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Strengthening the rural medical workforce: understanding genderJo Wainer, Roger Strasser, Lexia Bryant Refereed Paper

 
 

B4 Intersectoral
Chair:
Michael Bishop

Crowne Plaza
Ballroom B

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The end of ‘health terrorism’? Investigating innovative approaches to substance abuse preventionClarissa Cook Refereed Paper First Time Presenter

 

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The economic, medical and social costs of road traffic crashes in rural north Queensland: a 5-year multi-phase studyCraig Veitch, Mary Sheehan, Richard Turner, Vic Siskind, Dennis Pashen Refereed Paper

 
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Home-grown solutions for healthier homes: the Healthy Housing Worker program in far-west NSWBill Balding, Bruce Graham

 
 

B5 Maternity services
Chair:
Nigel Stewart

Crowne Plaza
Ballroom C

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Improving perinatal care in Southern Area Health Service: the Families First Integrated Perinatal and Infant Care ProgramTricia Linehan, Gabrielle Mulcahy, Melissa Burton First Time Presenter

 
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Maternity services networking — providing quality services in the face of a diminishing workforce — Jon Mortimer, Helen Davis   
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‘Just for us ladies’: intersections of gender, education, economic status and other factors affecting the success of self-management in rural contextsErica Bell  
 

B6 Mental health
Chair:
Irene Mills

Crowne Plaza
Spinifex Room

View Paper

Mental health emergencies training for rural and remote nursesRod Menere

 

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Mental health services in rural and remote South Australia: from "awful neglect" to gaining respect — Ken Fielke Refereed Paper First Time Presenter

 

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A collaborative practice model for rural mental health — Ann Allenby, Barbara Gregory, Eugene Meegan Refereed Paper

 

B7 In the lounge
Chair:
Sabina Knight

Crowne Plaza
Lounge Area

View Paper

Elements of successful chronic condition self-management programs for Indigenous Australians — Kate Warren, Fiona Coulthard, Peter Harvey Refereed Paper

 
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Using the Australian Rural Background Study to inform rural and remote multi-disciplinary health workforce planning researchGillian Laven, Caroline Laurence, David Wilkinson, Justin Beilby

 
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You’re not listening to me! Aboriginal mental health is different — don’t you understand?Jenine Bailey

 
     

12.25 pm

LUNCH
Exhibition and networking

 

1.15 pm

Afternoon Concert
Desert Rose plus other performers

1.55 pm

Move to split plenary

 

SECTION 4: Split plenary

Section 4a: Intersectoral
Room: Convention Centre,
MacDonnell A

In what ways do sectors such as education, transport, the environment, economic development and communications intersect with each other and the health of people in remote and rural Australia?

Chair: Rachael Maza

Section 4b: Alcohol and other drugs
Room: Convention Centre,
MacDonnell B

How are current issues in policy and practice impacting on the particular challenges of dealing with alcohol and other drug issues in remote and rural communities?

Chair: Rodger Brough

2.00 pm

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KEYNOTE 14
Mark Stafford Smith, Desert Knowledge CRC, Alice Springs, Steve Morton, Group Executive, CSIRO Environment and Natural Resources, Canberra
Linking sectors in a systematic approach to health

 

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KEYNOTE 17
Dr Alex Wodak, Director, Alcohol and Drug Service, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney
Harm reduction in Australia: progress and setbacks for alcohol and drugs in the last quarter century

2.20 pm

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KEYNOTE 15
Mr Paul van Buynder, Principal Medical Consultant, Department of Health WA Health impact assessment and environmental public health indicators: case studies from rural WA

 

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KEYNOTE 18
Coralie Ober, Queensland Alcohol and Drug Research and Education Centre, The University of Queensland, Carla Schlesinger, Alcohol and Drug Service, The Prince Charles Hospital Health Service District
Development of an alcohol and other drugs (AOD) and mental health screening instrument for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

2.40 pm

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KEYNOTE 16
Megan McNicholl, Chair, Rural Education Forum Australia
REFA - better together

 

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KEYNOTE 19
Assoc Prof Dennis Gray, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology
Preventing substance misuse among Indigenous peoples: a comparative review

3.00 pm

Discussion

 

Discussion

3.10 pm

Close of split plenary

3.15 pm

SPECIAL AFTERNOON TEA *
Exhibition and networking

Convention Centre

* A special Conference donation, comprised of money saved from this afternoon tea plus an additional amount from the NRHA, will be made to a Central Australian community service organisation

3.50 pm –
5.00 pm

Concurrent Session C

 
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C1 COSA Workshop
Chair:
Steve Ackland

Crowne Plaza
Ballroom A

 

Cancer service delivery in regional and rural Australia — problems and prospects

 

 

Rajah Supramanian
Steven Ackland
Fred Miegel

 

Ofra Fried
Ian Olver
Michael Penniment
 

C2 Indigenous health
Chair:
Colleen Prideaux

Convention Centre
MacDonnell
Room B

View Paper

Nunga Kids Cafe, Port LincolnMichael Manders, Jeremy Coaby

 
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Effective community control — the way forward for improving Indigenous healthRollo Manning, Barry Puruntatameri

 
 

C3 Models of care
Chair:
Jan Bennett

Convention Centre
MacDonnell
Room A

View Paper

Getting it right in Queensland rural and remote areas — Sue Crocker

 
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South Australian country health reform — a change worth the wait — Lyn Poole, Roxanne Ramsey, Helen Shepherd

 
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Medical services model for CharlevilleRobert Pulsford,

 
 

C4 Multi-disciplinary workforce
Chair:
Alison Aylott

Crowne Plaza
Ballroom B

View Paper

Mainstream response to Indigenous health care — Sandra Tesoriero, Jackie Hart

 

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Sustainable farming families — the human resource in the triple bottom lineSusan Brumby, John Martin, Stuart Willder Refereed Paper

 
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Collaboration in achieving recognition of Indigenous family carersRosemary Warmington, Janine Haynes, Alwin Chong, Dianne Schneider

 
 

C5 Dealing with chronic disease
Chair:
Karen Francis

Crowne Plaza
Ballroom C

View Paper

Home haemodialysis model in rural communities — Robert Pulsford

 
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Integration of health care services across the rural/metropolitan divideKim Webber

 
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Too many of them and not enough of us — an innovative solution to management of diabetes in a rural area — Tricia Crompton, Jillian Rainbow

 
 

C6 Multi-disciplinary workforce — allied health
Chair:
Pauline Wardle

Crowne Plaza
Spinifex Room

View Paper

Improving access to services for people with disabilities: development and trial of a community-based rehabilitation course for allied health professionals — a work in progressRobyn Glynn

 
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Economic evaluation of an outreach allied health service: how do you measure 'bangs for the buck'? — Peter Stanley-Davies, Kristine Battye, Elaine Ashworth

 

View Paper

Allied health and the medical workforce — teamwork, integration and sustainabilityShelagh Lowe, Richard Lawrance Refereed Paper

 
 

C7 In the lounge
Chair:
Barbara Ryan

Crowne Plaza
Lounge Area

View Paper

Reorientating health services in remote north Queensland to better address Indigenous healthJanet Struber Refereed Paper

 
 

Session concludes

 

5.00 pm

Walk to Exhibition

 

5.15 pm – 6.15 pm

EXHIBITION HAPPY HOUR
with Genevieve O’Loughlin and friends on guitar, cello and percussion


7.30 pm – 8.30 pm

Street performers in the Todd Street Mall

 

 

SUNDAY 13 MARCH 2005

7.00 am

Sunrise activities
Yoga at Novotel Outback (7.30am)
Ballooning with Outback Ballooning

Film showing, "Crossing the Line", at the Convention Centre (7.15am)

 

8.00 am


View Paper

Registration Desk open
Conference Office open
Exhibition open
Posters on display

Convention Centre

8.15am

Christopher Brocklebank, guitarist

Convention Centre
MacDonnell
Room

8.30 am

Vision — Conference highlights and beyond The Gap

 

8.35 am

Rachael Maza, Conference MC

 

8.35 am

PowerPoint presentation of draft Conference Communiqué and a delegate’s ‘Commitment to Action’

 

8.50 am

View Paper

KEYNOTE 20
Dr Helen Milroy, Director, Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health, University of Western Australia
A recipe for a long life [abstract only]

 
 

SECTION 5: Clinical practice
What are the key issues in clinical practice for remote and rural Australia?

 

9.15am

 

Plenary Discussion Session
The Facilitator, Sally Matthews, will lead discussion and involve the Panel and the audience

 
 

PANEL:

 

Rosie Evans, OT, Thursday Island

 

Gillian Humbert, RFDS Flight Nurse, Meekatharra

 

Colin Locke, Aboriginal Health Worker, Lithgow

 

Majella Meehan, Burdekin Community Association

 

Lucie Walters, GP Obstetrician, Mt Gambier

 

10.20am

Introduction and address by special guests from Timor Leste, Senora Madalena Hanjam and Senor Leonel Gutteres

 

10.30am

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KEYNOTE 21
His Honour Mr Ted Egan, AO, Administrator of the Northern Territory
A cry for help

 

10.45 am

MORNING TEA
Exhibition and networking; performer Chris Bird


Convention Centre

     

11.15 am –
12.55 pm

Concurrent Session D

 
 

D1 Indigenous and remote health
Chair:
Joseph Turner

Convention Centre
MacDonnell
Room A

View Paper

Workforce issues in Aboriginal community-controlled health servicesDea Delaney-Thiele

 
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Nutrient/genetic determinants of birth defects in northern Canada: challenges to carrying out research with an aim to improve outcomeLaura Arbour [abstract only]

 
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How may our findings be useful? Translating research knowledge on nursing practice in rural and remote CanadaMartha MacLeod, Judith C Kulig, Norma J Stewart, J Roger Pitblado, Cathy Ulrich, Donna Bentham [abstract only]

 
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New ways, old ways — Jane Ulrik, Denise Foster, Lorraine Pepperill, Vanessa Davis, Doreen Abbott

 
 

D2 Women’s health
Chair:
Barbara Ryan

Convention Centre
MacDonnell
Room B

View Paper

Gender, generation and geography: findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health on the health and well-being of women at different lifestages — Penny Warner-Smith

 
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From the smallness of the community comes the strength of the community: sole mothering in rural and remote AustraliaDeborah Loxton

 
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Landscapes of healthy ageingJulie Byles, Gita Mishra, Julie Brookes

 
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Nine years down the track: has access to health services changed for women in rural Australia? — Anne Young, Penny Warner-Smith, Julie Byles

 
 

D3 Alcohol and other drugs
Chair:
Cheryl Wilson

Crowne Plaza
Ballroom A

View Paper

Is sport drowning in grog?John Rogerson

 
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Alcohol — the real factsDaryl Smeaton

 
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Remote access to quality alcohol and other drugs informationJane Shelling

 
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Enough is enough: changing the community’s acceptance of drunkenness and related problemsGary Kirby

 
 

D4 Palliative care
Chair:
Myra Pincott

Crowne Plaza
Ballroom B

View Paper

StateWide Trek: a journey for health workers going through grief lossKaren White First Time Presenter

 
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Development of a model for palliative care in rural and remote communities: the "pop-up model" Kate White, Lesley Wilkes, Will Cairns, Linda Kristjanson, Leanne Monterosso

 

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The impact of partnership on capacity building in palliative care among rural communities: a South Australian experienceMary Oliver, Joy Penman, Cynthia Ofner Refereed Paper

 

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The social impact of caring for terminally ill people: sustaining the well-being of carers in rural Australia — Samar Aoun, Linda Kristjanson Refereed Paper

 
 

D5 Workforce and land
Chair:
John Lawrence

Crowne Plaza
Ballroom C

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The challenge of retaining overseas-trained doctors in rural practice in Victoria: a case study in the globalisation of the medical workforce — Sharon Kosmina, Lesleyann Hawthorne, Jane Greacen Refereed Paper

 
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Teaching neonatal skills in South AfricaJim Thurley, Kathy Bell, Jane Greacen

 
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Healthy Country — Healthy People. Exploring the health benefits of Indigenous natural resource management — Paul Burgess, Fay Johnston, David Bowman, Peter Whitehead [abstract only]

 
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What kind of mungaree? Improving access to nutrition services in northern Western Australia — Tracy Leon, Gail Cummins First Time Presenter

 
 

D6 Women and health
Chair:
Judi Walker

Crowne Plaza
Spinifex Room

View Paper

Women doctors in rural Australia — future workforce strategies — Julie Thompson, Ruth Stewart, Nola Maxfield, Felicity Jeffries, Marg Brown, Sonia Schutz

 
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Breaking the cycle of family violence in the Riverina — Ann Parker, Tangerene Ingram, Bronwyn Lyons, Tania Malone

 

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Yalmambiladhaany ("the ones who teach each other"): an Aboriginal women’s peer education program in the Mid-Western Area Health Service of New South Wales — Robyn Forrester, Deborah Kenna First Time Presenter

 
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SWAMS services to the Noongar people: phase 2 of the co-ordinated care trials — Kevin Blake, Darryl Kickett, Glenda Humes

 
 

D7 In the lounge
Chair:
Shelagh Lowe

Crowne Plaza
Lounge Area

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Defining remote healthJohn Wakerman [abstract only]

 

Maxi nurses not mini doctors: keeping pace with the changing face of remote practice — the CRANA curriculum experienceSabina Knight [abstract only]

 

Preventing illness and disability in Aboriginal Australia: are we fair dinkum?Rob Curry

 
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Expanding the boundaries of health — a 'whole of government' case studyHelen Bulis, Daniela Stehlik

 

12.55 pm

LUNCH
Exhibition and networking


Convention Centre

 

SECTION 6: Synthesis and closing Keynote

 

1.40 pm

Conference delegates to report, including

  • Vicki Sheedy, Manager (Education and Training), ACRRM
  • Lorraine Haseldine, Senior Finance Officer, Ceduna Koonibba Aboriginal Health Service
  • Ruth Stewart, rural doctor, Camperdown
  • Rod Wyber-Hughes, CEO, CRANA

Convention Centre
MacDonnell
Room

2.10 pm

 

Communiqué
Re-presentation of the Conference Communiqué and closure on it

 

2.30 pm

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KEYNOTE 22
Air Commodore Tony Austin AM, Director-General Defence Health Services, Australian Defence Force
Collaboration: a pathway to the future

 

2.50 pm

Final comments from the floor

 

3.20 pm

Closing performance by French Horn and Clarinet duo

Presentation on Albury–Wodonga (2007)

 

3.30 pm

Formal close
Sue McAlpin, Chairperson NRHA

 
   

3.45 pm

FAREWELL AFTERNOON TEA

 

 

 


View PDF Keynote Speaker Biographies (PDF)

Thursday 10 March
Opening Session

Friday 11 March
Section 1
Concurrent A
Section 2
Workshops

Saturday 12 March
Section 3
Concurrent B
Section 4
Concurrent C

Sunday 13 March
Section 5
Concurrent D
Section 6

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