Conference final program
The 🪃 symbol on our program signifies that the presenter is Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
PRESENTATIONS: Presenters who have consented to having their presentation uploaded will have their slides linked in the below table. This page is updated as we receive each presentation so check back regularly for new presentations.
Saturday 10 August 2024
| TIME | SESSION | PRESENTER |
| 8.00am | REGISTRATION - WELCOME TEA AND COFFEE | |
| 8.40am | CONFERENCE OPENING | |
| Official welcome by MC | Ingrid Cumming 🪃 | |
| Welcome to Country | Boorloo Aboriginal Cultural Experiences 🪃 | |
| Welcome | Shirley Bowen Director General WA Health | |
| Rural Health West welcome | Tim Shackleton Chief Executive Officer Rural Health West | |
| 9.30am | Keynote address | Mechelle Turvey 🪃 |
| 10.30am | MORNING TEA AND TRADE EXHIBITION | |
| 11.05am - 11.50am | CONCURRENT SESSIONS | |
| 11.05am | Eye Health | Kristopher Rallah-Baker 🪃 Sunshine Coast Ophthalmologists |
| 11.05am | Sepsis: Improving Prevention, Recognition, Treatment and Post-Sepsis Care for Aboriginal Families | Natalie Middleton Child and Adolescent Health Service Chris Blyth Perth Children's Hospital, Telethon Kids Institute, and The University of Western Australia |
| 11.05am | Closing the Gap in Childhood Cancer Outcomes Presentation Linked | Jessica Buck 🪃 and
Elizabeth Wilkes 🪃 Telethon Kids Institute |
| 11.05am | Going Home to Country Presentation Linked | Melanie Bellotti 🪃 and
Tammy McGrath 🪃 WA Country Health Service |
| 11.05am | "Loog Afdaimbud Dem
Propuwai" - Teaching
Community Hands-On
Trauma Informed Care | Deeta Kimber Tracking Better and Kimberley Mental Health Drug Service Danielle McKivett School of Special Educational Needs: Medical and Mental Health Delvene Green Kimberley Mental Health Drug Service |
| 11.50am - 12.30pm | CONCURRENT SESSIONS | |
| 11.50am | The Voice of the Voiceless: Amplifying and Embedding Victim Survivors’ Involvement in the Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Sector | Alison Scott 🪃 Kwobap Consultancy |
| 11.50am | FASD: A Call to Action;
Priority Areas and Recommended Ways Forward for Families,
Community and Sector | Robyn Williams 🪃 Curtin University |
| 11.50am | Congenital Heart Disease: Diagnosis and Management | Sundar Veerappan Perth Children’s Hospital |
| 11.50am | Wugen Wal-Yan Smoking and Vaping Presentation | Wugen Wal-Yan Team Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service |
| 11.50am | Addressing Hepatitis B in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Populations: Innovative Testing Solutions Using Community Collected Microsamples Presentation Linked | Brent Bell HepatitisWA |
| 11.50am | CONTINUED "Loog Afdaimbud Dem Propuwai" - Teaching Community Hands-On Trauma Informed Care | Deeta Kimber Tracking Better and Kimberley Mental Health Drug Service Danielle McKivett School of Special Educational Needs: Medical and Mental Health Delvene Green Kimberley Mental Health Drug Service |
| 12.30pm | LUNCH AND TRADE EXHIBITION | |
| 1.30pm - 1.50pm | ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS | |
| 1.30pm | Aboriginal Health in Aboriginal Hands: How an ACCHO is Optimising the Management of Hepatitis B Presentation Linked | Lakhbinder Kang,
Cameron Taylor 🪃 and
Jessamy Stirling Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service |
| 1.30pm | Innovating a Simple Score to Predict Group A Streptococcus Clinical Outcome Among First Nations Peoples Presentation Linked | Andrew Nguyen Western Australian Centre for Rural Health |
| 1.30pm | Boodjari Yorga Program in the Great Southern Presentation Linked | Tanya Reif and
Joyce Ugle 🪃 Great Southern Aboriginal Health Service |
| 1.30pm | Moorditj Koolangkas, Moorditij Moort (Strong Children, Strong Families) Presentation Linked | Antonia Hendrick,
Glenda Kickett 🪃, Ellie
Moir and Rosemary
Walley The University of Western Australia |
| 1.30pm | Stronger You Stronger Mob Campaign Presentation Linked | Julie Spratt 🪃 and
Ky Ryan 🪃 Mental Health Commission |
| 1.30pm | Developing Understanding of Lateral Violence Contributes to Culturally Safe Practice in Health Presentation Linked | Lindi Pelkowitz The University of Western Australia and Western Australian Centre for Rural Health |
| 1.55pm - 2.15pm | ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS | |
| 1.55pm | Breaking New Ground; Using Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Audit to Improve the Management of Rheumatic Heart Disease Presentation Linked | Maddison Cooling and
Daniel Hunt 🪃 Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service |
| 1.55pm | Exploring Ways to Reduce Aboriginal Stillbirths in the Noongar Boodjar Region Presentation Linked | Carrington Shepherd
and Carolyn Lewis 🪃 Curtin University |
| 1.55pm | Binar Health Embassy Project Presentation Linked | Corey Dalton 🪃 Dalton Health Direct Andrew Vlahov Binar Futures |
| 1.55pm | Community Consultation for 2023 Carnarvon Aboriginal Community Tuberculosis (TB) Screening Program Presentation Linked | Ashton Ryder 🪃 WA Country Health Service |
| 1.55pm | Social and Emotional Wellbeing - An Aboriginal Service Model Approach Presentation Linked | Rachel Radcliffe 🪃 Aboriginal Health Council of WA |
| 1.55pm | A Co-designed Qualitative Study on Yarning About Diabetic Foot Education Using Plantar Pressure Maps with Aboriginal People Presentation Linked | Steven Gillingham The University of Western Australia |
| 2.20pm - 3.00pm | CONCURRENT SESSIONS | |
| 2.20pm | Listening Learning and Co-designing. Cultural safety training for Remote Health Workers | Heidi Minter Ngangganawili Aboriginal Health Service Dawn Bessarab 🪃 The University of Western Australia Joanna Zubrzycki Australian Catholic University |
| 2.20pm | Contraception Access for Indigenous Women in Western Australia Presentation Linked | Darielle Chew The University of Sydney |
| 2.20pm | Rheumatic Heart
Disease: a. Beyond the Scars b. BPG Injections - Shielding Hearts One Injection at a Time | Vicki Wade 🪃 and Toni
Walker Menzies School of Health Research Cheryl Liddiard WA Country Health Service |
| 2.20pm | Assessing the Contribution of Treatment Disparities to Poor Outcomes in Aboriginal Western Australians with Breast Cancer | Andrew Redfern The University of Western Australia |
| 2.20pm | Supporting the Development of a Culturally Competent Nutrition and Dietetic Health Professional Workforce Through a Rural/Remote Community Nutrition Placement Model | Kylie Hopkins and
Maria Morgan Majarlin Kimberley Centre for Remote Health |
| 2.20pm | Dermatology in
Skin of Colour: Tips
for Clinicians | Bernadette Ricciardo Fiona Stanley Hospital and Perth Children's Hospital Daniel Hunt 🪃 Derbarl Yerrigan Health Services |
| 3.00pm | AFTERNOON TEA AND TRADE EXHIBITION | |
| 3.30pm - 4.10pm | CONCURRENT SESSIONS | |
| 3.30pm | From Spark to Flame: Designing Culturally Safe Medical Media for First Nations People in Australia | Celeste Rodriguez Louro and Glenys Collard The University of Western Australia |
| 3.30pm | Closing The Gap in Premature Births Presentation Linked | John Newnham The University of Western Australia |
| 3.30pm | Growing Family
Violence Programs
in Aboriginal
Community
Controlled Health
Services | Rachel Radcliffe and
Sarah Haythornwaite Aboriginal Health Council of WA Ane Koroicure, Apisalome Waga, Vera Anderson and Heidi Minter Ngangganawili Aboriginal Health Service |
| 3.30pm | Chronic Kidney
Disease - Update on
the Landscape and Emerging Strategies | Harish Puttagunta Fiona Stanley Hospital |
| 3.30pm | Empowering Our
Elders: Building a Culturally Appropriate Model of Care to Improve Brain Health | Richelle Douglas Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service |
| 3.30pm | Antenatal Care Access Critical for Congenital Syphilis Prevention, Australia 2016 – 2021 Presentation Linked | Alison Chew Australian National University Adriane Houghton WA Country Health Service |
| 4.15pm | Keynote Address | Keisha Calyun-Clarke 🪃 |
| 5.00pm | CLOSE OF CONFERENCE DAY ONE | |
| 5.00pm | Social Program Sundowner |
Sunday 11 August 2024
| TIME | SESSION | PRESENTER |
| 8.30am | WELCOME TEA AND COFFEE | |
| 9.00am - 10.30am | WORKSHOPS | |
| 9.00am | Clinical Yarning: A Framework for Aboriginal Health Care Communication | Ivan Lin and Dawn
Bessarab 🪃 Western Australian Centre for Rural Health (The University of Western Australia) and Geraldton Regional Aboriginal Medical Service |
| 9.00am | Cancer Screening | Yee
Leung - Cervical Cancer Women and Newborn Health Service Hooi Ee - Bowel Cancer Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital |
| 9.00am | Birthing on Country – Baby Coming You Ready | Jayne Kotz and Trish
Ratajczak 🪃 Baby Coming You Ready |
| 9.00am | Venous and Diabetic Foot Ulcers: An overview | Jenny Prentice Trojan Health |
| 9.00am | FAST Scanning | Casey Parker Broome Hospital |
| 9.00am | Paint Your Own
Boomerang | Aunty Beverley Egan 🪃 |
| 10.30am | MORNING TEA AND TRADE EXHIBITION | |
| 11.15am - 12.30pm | CONFERENCE CLOSING | |
| 11.15am | Closing Keynote | Jack Collard 🪃 |
| Thank you and farewell | Leesa Thomas General Manager, Education and Engagement Rural Health West | |
| 12.30pm | CLOSE OF CONFERENCE |