About the Forum
Health professionals are invited to join us for this inaugural one-day, education and upskilling event to:
- Establish stakeholder connections to strengthen planning, coordination and delivery of Aboriginal eye health and related chronic disease management services across WA.
- Identify effective workforce and training models, existing resources and alignment with related health priorities to promote holistic care approaches.
- Learn from leading researchers supporting First Nations eye health.
- Participate in hands-on interactive upskilling and education workshops focused on sustainable, evidence-based eye health services and the patient journey along the eye care pathway
- Engage and network with other health professionals and providers working to improve Aboriginal eye health outcomes across the nation and state
Date: Tuesday 18 June 2024
Time: 8.30am - 5.00pm with a Networking Sundowner to follow
Venue: The Esplanade Hotel by Rydges, Fremantle
The WA Aboriginal Eye Health Forum 2024 is made possible through funding from the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care
Forum Artwork artist: Yondee Shane Hansen
Yondee Shane Hansen is a Perth based Noongar artist. He was born at Dumbleyung, 270km south west of Perth. He grew up in WA's south west around Narrogin, and later near Guildford on the outskirts of Perth. Yondee was taught about hunting and shown sand drawings by his father. Around the age of 10, he would travel and visit his aunties on the Swan River and would collect paper bark to help them with their art work. It was here that he started to learn about art from his older relatives who are known for their painting on paper bark. The artist's bush name, Yondee, means Black Goanna.