Draft Program


Sunday 9 September 2012
2.00
 Registration Open
6.00 Welcome Reception


Monday 10 September 2012
8.30

WELCOME AND OPENING
Opening Chair: Helen Keleher, Chair of Congress Steering Committee
Ministerial Addresses: Hon John Hill, Minister for Health, SA
Message from the Federal Minister for Health, Hon Tanya Plibersek
 

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES: Global health, climate and economics: What is the impact of change?

Richard Horton, Editor of the Lancet

Public health engagement in trade policy: Lessons from the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement
Professor David Legge, Scholar Emeritus, School of Public Health and Human Biosciences, La Trobe University and Deb Gleeson, Lecturer, School of Public Health and Human Biosciences, La Trobe University
10.30 MORNING TEA AND POSTER VIEWING
 
Global Health and Climate Change Panel
Workshop
Workshop
Cancer
Justice and Health
Aborginal Health
Health Promotion
Child Health
Global Health
Oral Health
11.00

Panel session with this morning keynotes
Richard Horton,
David Legge and Deb Gleeson
Facilitated by
Helen Keleher

This panel session will allow attendees to ask more detailed questions for which there will not be time in the main plenary

 

 Housing and disability: Forgotten issues in public health research and policy Key lessons learnt from Europe on Health in All Policies: Will they work elsewhere? You decide How disparity is measured in lung cancer care and outcomes: A systematic review, Kalinda Griffiths, University of Sydney, NSW The intersection of law enforcement and public health, Nicholas Thomson, Nossal Institute, VIC and Steve James, University of Melbourne, VIC The 45 and Up Study: Risk factor and disease profile of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participants, Lina Gubhaju, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, VIC Knowledge translation strategies to support evidence-informed decision- making in Victorian local government, Rebecca Armstrong, The McCaughey Centre, University of Melbourne, VIC and Elizabeth Waters, University of Melbourne, VIC Health care costs associated with special health care needs in infants and children: Australian population-based study, Jon Quach, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, VIC How do we get health professionals to take environmental sustainability seriously?, Kate Charles- worth, NSW Ministry of Health, NSW Reducing preventable dental hospitalisations in children, John Rogers, Health Department, VIC
11.15 An innovative inter-professional decision coaching program for men considering PSA testing for prostate cancer, Veronica Collins, Andrology Australia, VIC Health promotion and Victorian women’s prisons: A policy perspective, Ruth Klein, Monash University, VIC Avoidable mortality in children and young adults in the Northern Territory, 1967 to 2006, Ee Laine Tay, Department of Health, Northern Territory Government, NT Engaging schools to create connected students: An evidence based approach, Stacey Waters, Edith Cowan University, WA Do house moves modify effects of growth in early life on obesity at age 9?, Lynne Giles, University of Adelaide, SA Our uncashed dividend: The health benefits of climate action, Fiona Armstrong, Climate and Health Alliance, VIC Capacity building for SA Dental Service staff to deliver effective oral health promotion in a clinical and community setting, Cathy Nelson, SA Dental Service, SA
11.30 An institutional approach to knowledge utilisation: Policy lessons from bowel cancer screening in three nations, Kathy Flitcroft, Sydney School of Public Health, NSW Randomised controlled trial of a health-focussed transitional intervention for adult ex-prisoners in Queensland, Australia, Stuart Kinner, Burnet Institute, VIC Impact of stressful life events on urban Indigenous children, Deborah Askew, Inala Indigenous Health Service, QLD and Philip Schluter, Otago University, Christchurch, New Zealand Scalability: Increasing the scale and potential adoption of health promotion interventions into policy and practice, Andrew Milat, NSW Ministry of Health, NSW The role of attention and emotion regulation in school readiness and school performance, Alyssa Sawyer, University of Adelaide, SA Health impacts of climate change on Indigenous Australians: An epidemiolo-gical approach,
Leanne Webb, University of NSW, NSW		 Twelve months evaluation of an educational bridging program to enable dental therapists to treat adults, Hanny Calache, Dental Health Services Victoria, VIC
11.45 Building chemother-
apy protocols: Linking dispensing and administrat-ion records from Elements of Cancer Care (EoCC) Study, Benjamin Daniels, POW Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of NSW, NSW		 A randomised controlled trial of a smoking cessation intervention conducted among prisoners, Devon Indig, Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network, NSW Psychologi-cal distress and life-time prevalence of depression or anxiety in Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Victorians, Alison Markwick, Department of Health, Victorian State Government, VIC Changing contexts for action – Ethical and epistemolog-ical implications of the roaming health promotion ‘spotlight’, Lucie Rychetnik, University of Sydney, NSW Child health and wellbeing in same-sex families: A scoping study to inform the Australian context, Simon Crouch, The McCaughey Centre, University of Melbourne, VIC Protecting communities: Learning from others - Adaptations to reduce exposure during heat-extremes, Margaret Loughnan, Monash University, VIC Healthy Families, Healthy Smiles - Partnering with maternity services to promote oral health, Allison Ridge, Dental Health Services Victoria, VIC
11.50 Room Change over Break
 
Aboriginal Health
Workshop Continued
Workshop Continued
Health Promotion
Food
Alcohol and Other Drugs
Cancer
Mental Health
Demogra-phy
Women's Health
12.00
 Outcomes for early and late Indigenous teenage births in the Northern Territory – Not so different, Malinda Steenkamp, University of Sydney, SA

Housing and disability: Forgotten issues in public health research and policy

 Key lessons learnt from Europe on Health in All Policies: Will they work elsewhere? You decide Respect, responsibility and equality: Preventing violence against women, Kiri Bear, VicHealth, VIC Television advertising of fruit to children: Promoting anticipation of great taste and constructing memories of great taste to increase consumption and purchase requests, Linda Portsmouth, School of Public Health, Curtin University, WA Impact of an implement-ation intervention in improving the alcohol related policies and practices of community sports clubs, Luke Wolfenden, The University of Newcastle, NSW Preventing colorectal cancer death with daily low-dose aspirin compared to faecal occult blood screening, Chris Stevenson, Deakin University, VIC The relationship between spatial, social isolation and mental health in Auckland, New Zealand, Amber Pearson, University of Canterbury, New Zealand SURE: A secure, remote-access data analysis laboratory for research using linked health data, Jo Khoo, The Sax Institute, NSW Unproven breast imaging and the law, Emma Croager, Cancer Council Western Australia, WA
12.15 Rates of surgical intervention for otitis media in Aboriginal and non- Aboriginal children in NSW, Kathleen Falster, Australian National University and The Sax Institute, NSW and Deborah Randall, University of Western Sydney, NSW Local Governme-nts say no to violence against women, Nicole Meinig, City of Monash, VIC and Katherine Kucharski, City of Whitehorse, VIC The efficacy of a peer-led, education intervention in increasing fruit and vegetable consumption: An RCT, Colleen Glasson, Cancer Council NSW, NSW Web-based alcohol intervention for Māori university students: Double-blind, multi-site randomised controlled trial, Kypros Kypri, University of Newcastle, NSW Maternal use of folic acid supplements and risk of childhood brain tumours, Kathryn Greenop, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, WA Rhetoric or reality: Social determinants of mental health in Australian mental health policy, Matthew Fisher, Flinders University, SA Baby Boomers and Generation X: Are generational differences in health simply a matter of age?, Rhiannon Pilkington, University of Adelaide, SA Our Community Our Rights: Human rights as a key determinant of women’s health and wellbeing, Kirsten Campbell, Women's Health West, VIC
12.30 Diabetes in pregnancy among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women: A major health disparity, Catherine Chamberlain, Monash University, VIC and Sandra Eades, Baker IDI, VIC YOU & I: A photomedia initiative that explores respectful relationships with young people, Narelle Algie, Ranges Community Health, VIC Influences on maternal drink choices for their young children, Andrea de Silva-Sanigorski, University of Melbourne, VIC Blood-borne viruses and cause-specific mortality in opioid substitution therapy in NSW, a population-based study, Sadaf Marashi-Pour, University of NSW and NSW Ministry of Health, NSW Disparities in survival rates between Māori and non-Māori men with prostate cancer in New Zealand, Zuzana Obertova, University of Auckland, Waikato Clinical School, New Zealand Socio-economic inequality and its effects on mental health service utilization among mentally disabled Chinese adults, Wei Du, Neurosci-ence Research Australia, University of NSW, NSW Aboriginal and non- Aboriginal infectious disease notification rates: Using linked data to improve estimates, Donna Mak, WA Department of Health, WA Expanding human milkbanking services in Australia: What mothers know and think, Lareen Newman, Flinders University, Southgate Institute, SA
12.35 Disparities in cataract surgery between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in NSW, Tracie Reinten, NSW Ministry of Health, NSW Mental health benefits for food insecure children participating in the Foodbank WA School Breakfast Program, Rex Milligan, Foodbank WA, WA The FSANZ nutrient profiling criteria as a potential tool for regulating food marketing to children, Wendy Watson, Cancer Council NSW, NSW Rapping for health: Piloting an innovative approach to increasing awareness of ATODs in adolescence, Neil Harris, Griffith University, QLD Is pre-natal parental alcohol consumption associated with increased risk of childhood brain tumours?, Kathryn Greenop, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, WA Intergenera-tional educational mobility on general mental health and depressive symptoms in young Australian women, Leigh Tooth, The University of Queensland, QLD Northern Territory road vehicle traffic accident victims: How serious is serious?, Karen Dempsey, Menzies School of Health Research, NT It’s not you it’s me: Why women ‘underscreen’ and how can we motivate them?, Nikki McGrath, BreastScreen Victoria, VIC
12.45 LUNCH AND POSTER VIEWING

Lunchtime Meetings, SIGs and AGMs:
  • Twenty years of workplace-based training in population health in Australia: developing careers in population health (Five key training departments/organisations)
  • Global Health Curriculum (AFPHM)
  • Ray James Memorial Award Presentation and Launch of the AHPA SA 2012 Storybook (AHPA)
  • WHO in Crisis: Is it already too late? (PHAA International Health and Political Economy of HEalth SIGs and People's Health Movement)
  • Child and family sensitive practice, an idea whose time has come (National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction and Australian Centre for Child Protection)
2.00

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES: Changing demographics in Australia and New Zealand - The social and health impacts
Aboriginal health in a changing world
Jonathan Carapetis, Director, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research

What are the next big gains in life expectancy, and reductions in inequalities? And how do we get them?
Professor Tony Blakely, Director, Health Inequalities Research Programme, University of Otago, New Zealand
 
Demogra-phics Panel
Workshop
Inequities
Methodol-ogy
Aboriginal Health
Evidence and Methods
Research
Primary Health
Rural Health
John Snow Papers (AFPHM)
3.00

Panel session with keynotes Jonathan Carapetis and Tony Blakely

Facilitated by
Leigh Blizzard

This panel session will allow attendees to ask more detailed questions for which there will not be time in the main plenary

 Systems approaches to prevention of chronic disease Indexes of disadvantage – Do they really represent the problem of inequality?, Helen Keleher, Monash University, VIC Choosing cost effective technologies
to sustain the ‘longevity’ of longitudinal studies, Kaeleen Dingle, University of Queensland, QLD 		Primary health care a key link to improve Indigenous access to eye health services, Andrea Boudville, The University of Melbourne, VIC Two types of knowledge for health promotion action: An integrated foundation for practice, Lucie Rychetnik, University of Sydney, NSW Gambling risk state transitions: Results from the Victorian longitudinal study on gambling, Ali Nguyen, Gippsland Medical School, Monash University, VIC and Elmer Villanueva, Gippsland Medical School, Monash University, VIC

Prevalence and predictors of preventive care delivery by community health
clinicians, Kathleen McElwaine, Population Heath, Hunter New England Health, NSW and Megan Freund, Population Heath, Hunter New England Health, NSW

 ‘Roughing it’: Cost effective-ness of mobile medical outreach to extreme rural areas in Africa, Carl-Heinz Kruse, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa Six scholarship medical students present their projects and compete for this prestigious annual award
3.15 Communities influence government policy: A case study of listening to Indigenous voices about Pandemic Influenza, Jenni Judd, James Cook University, QLD Alcohol and drug related harm in Melbourne: Data linkage across Ambulance, Emergency Department and Hospital unit records, Belinda Lloyd, Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre and Monash University, VIC Strategically navigating early years system reform in a remote NT Indigenous community: Challenges and possibilities, James Smith, West Arnhem College, NT Evidence synthesis: Methodologi-cal strategies for systematic reviews of complex population level interventi-ons, Belinda Burford, Cochrane Public Health Group, VIC Harnessing resources for change – Generating community level responses to prevent harm from gambling, Susan Rennie, North East Primary Care Partnership, VIC Do users value the same Comprehens-ive Primary Health Care qualities as researchers, managers, and staff?, Toby Freeman, Flinders University, SA Uncontroll-able stressors, dual roles and unpredictable duties: Steps to achieving work-life balance on the farm, Frances Quirk, James Cook University, QLD
3.30 Occupational, public and environmental health considerations for sex workers and the sex industry, Ari Reid, Scarlet Alliance, SA Why do people participate in epidemiologi-cal research?, Helen Kelsall, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine and Monash University, VIC The roadmap to close the gap for vision, Mitchell Anjou, The University of Melbourne, VIC What a realist review can tell you about Aboriginal engagement that a Cochrane review can't, Margaret Cargo, University of South Australia, SA Who owns the data? Data governance and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services, Megan Campbell, Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council, NSW and Jenny Hunt, Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council, NSW Program logic models in evaluation of primary health care: Diabetes and depression, Gwyn Jolley, Flinders University, SA Retention of Allied Health Professionals at Retirement Age in Rural Victoria (RETAINR): A study in progress, Margaret Stebbing, Monash University, VIC
3.37 Distinguishing causes from correlates – Child abuse and neglect and the socio-economic gradient in health, Leonie Segal, University of South Australia, SA Development of a ‘life-story’ qualitative interviewing approach for a national study on international dental graduates, Madhan Balasubram-
anian, ARCPOH, The University of Adelaide, SA		 Medication, lab tests, counselling, history taking, referral: Do these improve during participation in CQI?, Gill Schierhout, Menzies School of Health Research, QLD A quality-based systematic review of the economic evidence for workplace health promotion, Siyan Baxter, Menzies Research Institute, TAS Estimating time to produce 1000 IU vitamin D/day based on ambient UV, Ingrid van der Mei, Menzies Research Institute, TAS Prescription medicine use between 2004 and 2008: South Australian population data, Kerena Eckert, University of Adelaide, SA The role of social isolation in frequent and/or avoidable hospitalisa-tion: Rural service providers’ perspectives, Jo Longman, University Centre for Rural Health - North Coast, University of Sydney, NSW
3.44 Creating a culture of participation: Getting rid of the 'islands of excellence', Kathleen Mitakakis, Inner South Community Health Service, VIC The development of model-based local government area prevalence estimates from a state health survey, Diane Hindmarsh, Centre for Statistical and Survey Methodology, NSW Community Jury for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research, Chelsea Bond, Queensland Health, Inala Indigenous Health Service, QLD Building the evidence for population health interventions: A realist approach to review of evidence, Tadgh McMahon, Multicultural HIV and Hepatitis Service, NSW Sad Blokes?: Doing mental health promotion with men, Barry Taylor, Taylor Made Training, NSW Feasibility of calculating continuity of care measures from Medicare Australia claims data, Tim Harrold, University of Western Sydney, School of Medicine and NSW Ministry of Health, NSW Health needs in out of home care: Differentials by rurality, Melissa Kaltner, Darling Downs Health Service District, Queensland Health, QLD
3.51 Sharing the evidence: A model for evaluation capacity building within the primary prevention of violence against women, Kiri Bear, VicHealth, VIC Systematic reviews to inform public health decision making: Activities and opportunities within the Cochrane Public Health Group, Jodie Doyle, Cochrane Public Health Group, VIC Quantifying the costs and outcomes of Indigenous models of primary health care in Australia, Katherine Ong, The University of Melbourne, VIC When do policy makers seek evidence from research?, Gabriel Moore, University of Sydney, NSW Health-related quality of life in Queensland: First application of Australian preference weights, Susan Clemens, Queensland Health, QLD Sleep right, sleep tight: Managing insomnia, Ashutosh Todkar, NPS Better choices, Better health, NSW Rural baby boomers in friends with benefits relationships, Linda Kirkman,La Trobe University, VIC
3.58 AFTERNOON TEA AND POSTER VIEWING
  Snapshot panel discussion - each presenter will give a 5 minute presentation followed by a facilitated discussion
 
Stegy Develop-ment Sessions
Methodo-logical Issues
Workshop Continued
Racial Discri-mination
Occupation-al Health
Sexual Health
Oral Health
Chronic Disease
Urban Develop-ment
John Snow Papers (AFPHM) Continued
4.30

 

Participants will develop recommend-ations on approaches and strategies for the four partner organisations to collaborate on action around today’s two themes. These will provide input to the President’s session on Wednesday

 A new look at the Kessler 6 Psychological Distress Scale (K6) using Rasch Modeling, Asad Khan, The University of Queensland, QLD

New method and program for calculation of Population Attributable Fraction in a cohort study design, Maarit A Laaksonen, POW Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, NSW

The validity of self-reported PSA screening and factors associated with accurate reporting in Australian men, Judy Trevena, Ministry of Health, NSW

Social network type and relationship with life satisfaction in the Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing, Christopher Barton, Flinders University, SA		 Systems approaches to prevention of chronic disease Self-reported experience of racial discrimination and associations with health care use, Ricci Harris, Otago University, New Zealand and Donna Cormack, Otago University, New Zealand

A systematic review of studies examining the relationship between reported racism and health and wellbeing for children and young people, Naomi Priest, University of Melbourne, VIC and Yin Paradies, University of Melbourne, VIC

The Gap: Created by a history of colonisation, maintained through social inequality, Clinton Schultz, Griffith University, School of Public Health, QLD

‘When you’re black, they look at you harder’ Narrating Aboriginality within public health, Chelsea Bond, Queensland Health, Inala Indigenous Health Service, QLD		 Baby Boomers and Generation X: Stress in the workplace, risky health behaviours and health status, Rhiannon Pilkington, University of Adelaide, SA

Office-based Physical Activity and Nutrition (OPAN): Investigating barriers and facilitators to workplace health promotion (WHP), Krysten Blackford, WA Centre for Health Promotion Research, WA

Occupational sitting and psychological distress in public sector employees, Michelle Kilpatrick, Menzies Research Institute, TAS

Evaluation of WorkSafe Victoria’s WorkHealth Program, Nerida Joss, Monash University, VIC		 Beyond reach: Tapping into the potential of social networking sites for sexual health promotion for gay and bisexual men, Megan Lim, Burnet Institute, Centre for Population Health, VIC

Sex, drugs and rock’n’roll: Surveillance of risk behaviours at a music festival, 2005-2011, Megan Lim, Burnet Institute, VIC

Confronting HIV/AIDS: Australian and Balinese University students ‘take it to the streets’, Jill Darby, Edith Cowan University, WA

Perceived health priorities among a non-heterosexual Western Australian sample, Jude Comfort, WA Centre for Health Promotion Research, Curtin University. WA 		Perceptions of families undergoing general anaesthetics for dental treatment, Tracey Gerhardy, SA Dental Service, SA

A family centred approach to improving oral health in early childhood: A pilot study, Lauren Carpenter, Dental Health Services Victoria and Melbourne University, VIC

Mothers’ views on the challenges to promoting good child oral health, Andrea de Silva-Sanigorski, University of Melbourne, VIC

Exploring the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people when accessing oral health services, Susan Edmondson, Dental Health Services Victoria, VIC		 Evaluation of www.Steppin gup. org.au - A flexible web-based evidence- based self-management support system, Richard Osborne, Deakin University, VIC

Factors influencing enrolment in a diabetes prevention program in general practice, Philip Vita, Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise and Eating Disorders, University of Sydney, NSW and Chris Rissel, University of Sydney, NSW

Reducing stroke risk by increasing community awareness of high blood pressure: Five year evaluation of the ‘Know Your Numbers’ program, Belinda Wilkinson, National Stroke Foundation, VIC

Do It For Life: Client outcomes from a lifestyle modification program for the prevention of chronic disease, Vikki Booth, Health Promotion Branch, SA Health, SA 		Intersectoral action anyone? Analysis of municipal social sustainability policies (Western Canada) through population health promotion, Lori Baugh Littlejohns, Flinders University, SA and Neale Smith, University of British Columbia, Canada

Resident's perceptions of neighbourhood walkability in South-Western Sydney and relationship to health and health behaviours, Roy Byun, Centre for Research, Evidence Management and Surveillance, South-West Sydney Local Health Disrtrict, NSW

Inner city, peri-urban, regional variations in health and wellbeing in Victoria: Findings from VicHealth Indicators Population Survey, Tessa Hillgrove, Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, VIC

Evaluation of the NSW Healthy Urban Development Checklist (HUDC), Kleete Simpson, NSW Ministry of Health, NSW

Six scholar
-ship medical students present their projects and compete for this
prestigious annual award
5.30 Session Close
5.45 CONGRESS ORATION

Rethinking the Politics of Ageing
Professor John Keane, Director, Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR), The University of Sydney
  CLOSE OF DAY ONE


Tuesday 11 September 2012
7.00
 Breakfast Sessions
  • Oral health care for all - What next? Responding to the Report of the National Advisory Council on Dental Health (PHAA Oral Health SIG and Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health)
  • Evidence-informed public health: Accessing, appraising and applying research findings to inform decision-making and practice (McCaughey Centre, University of Melbourne, Cochrane Public Health Group, VicHealth)
8.30

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES: Inequalities and social determinants - How are these being addressed and with what effect?
Message from Hon Peter Dutton, Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing

The Spirit Level: Why equality is better for everyone
Professor Richard Wilkinson, Social Epidemiology, University of Nottingham - Via video link

Indigenous health – modern myths and legends
Professor Papaarangi Reid, Head of Department of Maori Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland
  Meet the institutions: Australian National Preventive Health Agency
Christine Bennett, Chair, Australian National Preventive Health Agency
10.15 MORNING TEA AND POSTER VIEWING
 
Social Determinants Panel
Workshop
Workshop
Demograp-hics
Health Promotion
Food, Nutrition and Obesity
Emergency Health
Chronic Disease
Health Systems
10.45

Panel session with this mornings keynotes Richard Wilkinson and Papaarangi Reid

Facilitated by
Suzanne Gleeson

This panel session will allow attendees to ask more detailed questions for which there will not be time in the main plenary

 Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and the impact on Low and Middle Income Developing Countries Limits to Growth, Ecology and Public Health What can population-based data linkage tell us about the ‘known unknowns’?, Lyn Colvin, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, WA Knowledge translation for public health: Implementing workforce development to support evidence-informed decision making, Tahna Pettman, University of Melbourne, VIC and Rebecca Armstrong, University of Melbourne, VIC Are there critical periods in early life for becoming overweight or obese by 9 years?, Melissa Whitrow, University of Adelaide, SA Air pollution from bushfires and their association with emergency department presentations in Sydney, Australia, 1996-2007, Stuart Purdie, NSW Ministry of Health, NSW Is very remote Australia a safe haven for chronic disease? Geographic variation in chronic disease mortality in Australia 2002-2006, Ramakrishna Chondur, NT Department of Health, NT Designing policy for complex systems: A case study and reflections, Mat Walton, Massey University, New Zealand
11.00 Don’t ask, don’t know: The case for LBBTI specific data in population health data collection, Barry Taylor, National LGBTI Health Alliance, NSW Role project context and health promotion sustainability for rural and regional projects in Victoria, Sarah Carmody, Monash University, VIC Preventing childhood obesity at the beginning of life: Healthy Beginnings randomised controlled trial, Li Ming Wen, South Western Sydney and Sydney Local Health District, NSW Did emergency department visits and hospital admissions in Sydney increase during the 2009 dust storm?, Alistair Merrifield, NSW Health, NSW Moderate vitamin D deficiency is associated with worsening knee and hip pain in older adults, Laura Laslett, University of Tasmania, TAS Connecting population health and health system functioning for effective service redesign: A mixed method model, Elizabeth Hoon, University of Adelaide, SA
Monitoring acute coronary syndrome using national hospital data: Trends and issues, Anna Reynolds, The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, ACT
Changes in cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular disease risk factors in a population of men, Sarah Appleton, The University of Adelaide, SA
11.15 Identifying clusters of adverse antenatal factors for targeted interventions, Shanley Chong, Centre for Research, Evidence Management and Surveillance, NSW ‘Top down’ and ‘bottom up’ approaches to health promotion - Can knowledge be transferred?, Denise Fry, University of Sydney, NSW Preventing early childhood obesity: The effectiveness of the International Obesity Taskforce Framework for Practical Change, Lydia Hearn, Child Health Promotion Research Centre, WA Including mobile phone numbers into an existing health survey using an overlapping dual frame design, Margo Barr, NSW Ministry of Health, NSW A systems approach to promoting children and young people’s health in Victoria, Holly Piontek Walker, Department of Health, VIC
Seasonal patterns in Acute Myocardial Infarction admissions to hospital in Melbourne, Australia, Margaret Loughnan, Monash University, VIC
Support needs for family and friends of patients during hepatitis C treatment - Implications for practice, Colleen Smyth, Sydney Local Health District, NSW
11.30 The total incidence of end-stage kidney disease in Australia varies across population groups, Lynelle Moon, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, ACT Maximising the contribution of local government to regional health partnerships – An assessment of 3 case studies, Sally Modystach, Discipline Public Health University of Adelaide, SA Visual food guides: The consumer viewpoint, Delvina Gorton, Heart Foundation of New Zealand, New Zealand Exercise Surry: Testing proposed arrangements for home isolation and quarantine during an infectious disease emergency, Nicola Scott, NSW Ministry of Health, NSW Cultural competence in health care: A systematic review of the evidence, Mandy Truong, McCaughey Centre, University of Melbourne, VIC
Spatial and socio-demographic distribution of lipid screening in the Auckland Region, Lauren Moss, University of Auckland, New Zealand and Dan Exeter, University of Auckland, New Zealand
11.40 Room Change Over Break
 
Workshop Continued
Workshop Continued
Cancer
Aboriginal Health
Mixed
Communic-able Disease
Research
Health Related Behaviours
Communi-cation Technology
11.45
 Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and the impact on Low and Middle Income Developing Countries Limits to Growth, Ecology and Public Health Latitude gradients for lymphoid neoplasms support an association with sun exposure, Marina van Leeuwen, University of New South Wales, NSW Feeding our future: Aboriginal early childhood nutrition and physical activity needs assessment report, Jennifer Browne, Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, VIC and Sharon Thorpe, Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, VIC Building a prevention system for Victoria: The Prevention Community Model,Shelley Bowen, Department of Health, VIC Testing-adjusted chlamydia notification trends in New South Wales, Australia, 2000-2010, Michelle Cretikos, NSW Ministry of Health, NSW A typology of churches for health promotion interventions, Darshini Ayton, Monash University, VIC What is the relationship between high-risk gambling behaviour and chronic disease?, Elmer Villanueva, Gippsland Medical School, Monash University, VIC Developing a process and framework to assess the equity impact of moving health services online, Lareen Newman, Flinders University, Southgate Institute, SA
12.00 Cancer incidence and risk in Australian cardiothoracic and liver transplant recipients, Renhua Na, Prince of Wales Clinical School, University of NSW, NSW ‘Strong culture: A road to good health’ - A diabetes prevention project, Asha Singh, Diabetes WA, WA Prevalence and correlates of workplace psychological distress: Baseline findings from Partnering Healthy @Work (pH@W), Lisa Jarman, Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, TAS Estimated prevalence of rheumatic heart disease in South Australia, 2011, Amy Parry, SA Health
/AHCSA/ANU, SA 		Prevalence of modifiable health risk behaviours in community mental health clients, Kate Bartlem, University of Newcastle, NSW Youth sun protection and sunburn: Findings from the first Melbourne youth sun protection survey, Kimberley Dunstone, Cancer Council Victoria, VIC #FatFreeTV@
CancerCouncil – Harnessing social media and the online community in food marketing advocacy, Lyndal Wellard, Cancer Council NSW, NSW
12.15 Cancer incidence in people with atopic disease – A data linkage study, Michael Falster, University of New South Wales, NSW Storytelling and yarning: Engaging Aboriginal children in healthy lifestyle messages through traditional methods, Ebony Nardi, Diabetes WA, WA Taking the bite out of carers’ ‘black dog’, Emma Cother, Hunter Institute of Mental Health, NSW Infectious disease notifications in returned travellers, NSW, 2010-2011, Praveena Gunaratnam, NSW Ministry of Health, NSW The impact of the ‘halo effect’ on water fluoridation studies, Alexis Zander, NSW Ministry of Health, NSW Seniors Physical Activity and Nutrition Program: Body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio results, Jonine Jancey, Curtin University, WA A review of MHpro the mental health promotion online network: Discussion forum or information resource?, Ming Ding, Department of Health, VIC
12.22 Risk models for melanoma: A systematic review, Kylie Vuong, Sydney School of Public Health, NSW Closing the gap: Improving oral health outcomes in Aboriginal children and adolescents in Metropolitan Melbourne, Susan Edmondson, Dental Health Services Victoria, VIC Improving public health surveillance of salmonellosis by prospective genotyping of Salmonella Typhimurium, Shopna Bag, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, NSW Multi-level Intervention for Suicide Prevention (MISP) - Challenges of complex data collection on a NZ project, June Atkinson, University of Otago Wellington, New Zealand Sleep in a changing world: The slumber of Australian adults and implications for public health, Yu Sun Bin, University of Sydney, NSW There’s an app for that! Communicating the sun protection message via the SunSmart app, Dimity Gannon, Cancer Council Victoria, VIC
12.29 The experience and attitudes of staff working in a totally smoke-free mental health inpatient facility, Angela Hehir, Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network, NSW Promoting Indigenous smoking cessation within an urban Indigenous primary health care setting, Kym Yuke, Inala Indigenous Health Service, QLD Co-morbid depression is associated with poorer work outcomes and quality of life in persons with cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the Australian population, Kristy Sanderson, Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, TAS From survey to surveillance: Influenza-like illness and influenza vaccine uptake, Anna Do, NSW Ministry of Health, NSW The predictive value of albuminuria for mortality in a remote Aboriginal community cohort over 14 years follow up, Zaimin Wang, The University of Queensland, QLD The development of a model predicting attention to health information: Why perceived control is crucial, Frances Quirk, James Cook University, QLD Making social media HOT!, Jane Hill, SunSmart, Cancer Council Victoria, VIC
12.36 Role of environmental risk factors on early-onset colorectal cancer risk, Aung Ko Win, The University of Melbourne, VIC Impact of subsidised fruit and vegetables on the health and nutrition of Aboriginal children, Andrew Black, University of South Australia and Bulgarr Ngaru Medical Aboriginal Corporation, NSW Promoting the mental wellbeing of child care providers: Insights from home-based workers, Lara Williamson, University of Melbourne, VIC Impact of the meningococcal C vaccination program in NSW, Erin Passmore, NSW Health, NSW The impact of smoking on musculoskel-etal pain in the population, Tiffany Gill, School of Medicine, The University of Adelaide, SA The ethical commitments of health promotion practitioners: An empirical study from NSW, Stacy Carter, The University of Sydney, NSW OMG LOL: Reviewing the role of social media in a skin cancer prevention campaign, Jacqueline McIver, Cancer Council NSW, NSW
12.45 LUNCH AND POSTER VIEWING

Lunchtime Meetings, SIGs and AGMs:
  • What is the potential for Medicare Locals to contribute to tackling the social determinants of health and health equity? (PHAA Primary Health Care SIG)
  • Meet The Examiners (AFPHM)
  • AEA AGM (AEA)
  • Children’s exposure to ‘unhealthy’ food and beverage marketing – what is the evidence, impact and policy response?
  • The Challenges of adherence to guidelines. The workshop will present illustrations from the Australian Longitudinal Study of Women's Health and encourage suggestions on guideline development and revision and related issues. (Researchers conducting Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health and the Health in Men’s Study)
  • NHMRC Population Health Research Translation: A forum (NHMRC)
2.00

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES: Complex systems thinking - Changing contexts for action and advocacy on population health

In partnership not in parallel: Research, public health and health care
Professor Louisa Jorm, Population Health, University of Western Sydney

Systems thinking to advance population health
Professor Alan Shiell, Executive Director, Centre of Excellence in Intervention and Prevention Science

 
Systems Thinking Panel
Workshop
Inequities
Primary Health Care
Aboriginal Health
International Health
Oral Health
Teaching and Learning
Gerry Murphy Prize (AFPHM)
3.00

Panel session with keynotes, Louisa Jorm and Alan Shiell

Facilitated by
Shelley Bowen

This panel session will allow attendees to ask more detailed questions for which there will not be time in the main plenary

 Translation research in health promotion: Increasing the provision of preventive care within clinical health services Australian Health Ministers’ perspectives on the politics of social determinants of health and equity, Fran Baum, Southgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity, Flinders University, SA The Healthy Eating, Activity and Lifestyle (HEALTM) program for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities, Marlin Babakhan, South West Sydney Local Health District, NSW and Christine Turner, Sydney South West GP Link Ltd, NSW Care by design: Aligning health service delivery with needs of Indigenous Australians with chronic disease, Bernadette Rickards, Baker IDI Central Australia, NT Traditional maternal dietary restrictions and infant feeding practices of ethnic groups in Southern Lao PDR, Kym Blechynden, University of Tasmania, TAS Explaining social inequalities of dental caries, Gloria Mejia, ARCPOH, University of Adelaide, SA A clinical approach to teaching population medicine, Catherine Hawke, School of Rural Health, University of Sydney, NSW Seven Advanced Trainees compete for this valuable prize generously donated by the late Dr Gerry Murphy
3.15 Advancing the gender agenda in local government; best practice problem definition and solution generation, Simone Meade, Women's Health Grampians, VIC The South Australian Breastfeeding Program: Lessons from 5 years of population health practice, Julie Johns, Flinders University, SA South Australian Aboriginal Health Survey (SAAHS): Quantifying the Aboriginal population at risk, Jodie Avery, PROS, University of Adelaide, SA Enhancing understanding of community responses to avian influenza in Bali Indonesia – Research using mixed methods, Hudson Birden, The University of Sydney, NSW Oral health behaviours in a group of adolescent public patients, Su-yan Barrow, Dental Health Services Victoria, VIC Developing the NSW Aboriginal Population Health Training Initiative Competency Framework: Competencies for population health practice, Belinda O'Sullivan, NSW Ministry of Health, NSW and Lynne Madden, NSW Ministry of Health, NSW
3.30 Getting gender equity into Victorian Local Government Practice; Responding to the ‘what about men?’ question, Sandra Morris, Women's Health in the North, VIC and Helen Riseborough, Women's Health in the North, VIC The StrokeSafe seminar: Development of a tool for health professionals to increase community understanding of stroke and stroke prevention, Megan Werner, National Stroke Foundation, VIC Enhanced reporting of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on administrative health datasets using record linkage, Jason Bentley, NSW Health, NSW Supporting the skilled health workforce in reproductive and child health in the Pacific: Is enough being done? Jed Horner, University of New South Wales, NSW Socioeconomic status and mobility, and oral health in young adults, David Brennan, University of Adelaide, SA
Public health competencies and systems thinking: Is there alignment?, Rachel Clark, Centre of Excellence in Intervention and Prevention Science, VIC
3.35 Socioeconomic status and quality of life in Australian men: Population- based data from the Geelong Osteoporosis Study, Sharon Brennan, The University of Melbourne, VIC Using IT to improve health promotion in pharmacy settings: Experience from the ‘Know your numbers’ program, Alison Hicks, National Stroke Foundation VIC Closing the gap in NSW: Health performance monitoring and reporting in Aboriginal health, Louise Maher, NSW Ministry of Health, NSW Constraining crisis: Development, tourism and health on Rote Island, Indonesia, Cassandra Wright, Monash University, VIC Self-rated dental health and dental insurance, Dana Teusner, Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health, University of Adelaide, SA  
3.42 Measuring social determinants in vulnerable communities – Successes and challenges, Rebecca Woodyatt, Inner East Community Health, VIC Health Promoting Health Services; A treatment and prevention one stop shop!, Jenny Philip-Harbutt, AHPA and Women's and Children's Health Network, SA Healthy Schools Healthy Futures Project: Comparison of consent and participation rates of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal High School students, Marlene Kong, NSW Ministry of Health, NSW

Trends in antimalarial prescriptions in Australia 2005-2009 Peter Leggat, James Cook University, QLD

 

 

 Lift the Lip. Integrating a pre-school oral health screening into a general health-promotion program, Kelly Jones, Adelaide University, SA Voxpops and ‘E’portfolios: Innovative teaching tools to engage future Population Health Graduates, Anne Polley, Edith Cowan University, WA and Jill Darby, Edith Cowan University, WA
3.49 The importance of coordination and collaboration in overcoming Indigenous health inequality, Henrietta Arup, The Allen Consulting Group, VIC and Rebecca Astley, The Allen Consulting Group, VIC Challenging the ‘cash-cow’ mentality: Service-provider perspectives on sexual and reproductive health promotion for international students, Greer Lamaro, Deakin University, VIC Can we count? Enumerating birth counts in two remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory, Malinda Steenkamp, University of Sydney, SA ‘We can do it the hard way or the easy way’ oral hygiene practices in pre-school aged children, Stacey Bracksley, La Trobe University, VIC The John Snow Scholarship: A Trojan horse approach to attracting medical students to public health, Donna Mak, Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine, WA
4.00 AFTERNOON TEA AND POSTER VIEWING
  Snapshot panel discussion - each presenter will give a 5 minute presentation followed by a facilitated discussion
 
Strategy Development Sessions
Workshop Continued
Womens Health
Climate Change
Aboriginal Health
Health Promotion
Food, Nutrition and Obesity
System Approaches
Gerry Murphy Prize (AFPHM) Continued
4.30
 Participants will develop recommendations on approaches and strategies for the four partner organisations to collaborate on action around today’s two themes. These will provide input to the President’s session on Wednesday Translation research in health promotion: Increasing the provision of preventive care within clinical health services Pregnancy outcomes for nulliparous women of advanced maternal age in South Australia, Isobel Ludford, Department for Health and Ageing, SA

Lost in translation? Health care providers’ and South Asian women’s views about Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) management strategies, Mridula Bandyopadh-yay, Mother and Child Health Research, VIC

Acculturation of Pacific mothers in New Zealand over time: Findings from the Pacific Islands Families Study, Philip Schluter, University of Otago, New Zealand

Precarious employment contributes to delayed childbearing in Australia, Vivienne Moore, University of Adelaide, SA 		Urbanism, climate change and food security in Greater Western Sydney, Australia, Sharon Friel, Australian National University, ACT

Assessing the impact of high temperature in response to wind on morbidity in Christchurch, New Zealand, Frances Graham, University of Canterbury/ Ministry of Health, New Zealand

Harm minimization from occupational heat exposure using self-assessment as a methodological tool, Elizabeth Hanna, NCEPH, Australian National University, ACT

What is the capacity of primary health care to respond to increasing heat health impacts?, Marion Carey, Monash Sustainability Institute, VIC		 One plus one: Exploring the organisational challenges of linking two oral health promotion projects, Susan Edmondson, Dental Health Services Victoria, VIC and Allison Ridge, Dental Health Services Victoria, VIC

Beyond ‘Humbug’ in Indigenous Health: Life after CPR (Cronyism, Paternalism and Racism), Dennis McDermott, Flinders University, SA

Strategic partnership in action - AFLNT and Oral Health Services NT, Alana Booth, Department of Health NT, NT

Another gap to be filled: A literature review about the oral health of NSW Aboriginal people, Megan Campbell, Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council, NSW and Jenny Hunt, Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council, NSW 		Impact of a population based intervention in increasing physical activity promoting practices in childcare services, Meghan Finch, Hunter New England Population Health, NSW

Kids on ‘Walk About’ – Promoting healthy lifestyle choices for children in schools, Danielle Edenden, Samaritans Foundation, NSW

Can playground markings increase children’s physical activity levels at schools?, Janelle McNicholas, South Western Sydney and Sydney Local Health Districts, NSW

Gender differences in utility cycling in Queensland: A cross-sectional study of cycling patterns, Kristiann Heesch, Queensland University of Technology, QLD 		Beyond food access: Exploring the benefits of Mulberry Gardens a community kitchen garden in Glenroy, Rasha Tayeh, Merri Community Health Services, VIC

Can localised, community health promotion programs add value to mass media fruit and vegetable campaigns?, Colleen Glasson,Cancer Council NSW, NSW

Foodbank WA Food Sensations – Localised resources teaching garden to plate principles in the Pilbara, Stephanie McFaull, Foodbank WA, WA

Community gardens as a setting for health promotion: The case of Griffith Garden Space, Neil Harris, Griffith University, QLD 		Evaluating policy for complex systems: Approaches for public health policy, Mat Walton, Massey University, New Zealand

Sustainability and Wellbeing Assessment Framework – A tool to support the creation of healthy transit-oriented developments, Deborah Wildgoose, Department of Health and Ageing, SA

The trade-offs associated with managing privacy and small number issues in Health Statistics NSW, Helen Moore, NSW Ministry of Health, NSW

Creating a ‘culture of inquiry’: Reflective practice, system change and the Victorian Prevention Community Model, Therese Riley, Centre of Excellence in Intervention and Prevention Science, VIC		 Seven Advanced Trainees compete for this valuable prize generously donated by the late Dr Gerry Murphy
5.30 CLOSE OF DAY TWO
7.30 Conference Dinner


Wednesday 12 September 2012
7.00
 Breakfast Sessions
  • Adequate calcium intakes in Australian children – is this a public health issue? (Sponsored by Dairy Australia)
  • Meet the Editors: Ask questions, find answers (Editors of the ANZJPH, NSW PHB and HPJA)
  • Prescription opioid and benzodiazepine misuse problem in Australia: Harms, dilemmas and responses (National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction, Flinders University, and five others)
8.30

Evidence based strategies for Primary Health Care in Australia
David Butt, Deputy Secretary and Head of Rural and Regional Health Australia, Department of Health and Ageing

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES: How are translational research and knowledge transfer shaping the future of population health?
How are translational research and knowledge transfer shaping the future of population health?
Professor Adrian Bauman, Public Health and Epidemiology, The University of Sydney and Director, Centre for Physical Activity and Health
Professor Lisa Jackson Pulver, Muru Marri Indigenous Health Unit, University of New South Wales

Using current information for health decision-making and generating new knowledge
Professor Nick Graves, Health Economics, School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology

  Meet the new institutions: Health Workforce Australia
Mark Cormack, Chief Executive Officer, Health Workforce Australia
10.30 MORNING TEA AND POSTER VIEWING
 
Translational Research Panel
Workshop
Workshop
Food
Alcohol and Other Drugs
Tobacco
Inequalities in Population Groups
Communic-able Diseases
Demography
Food, Nutrition and Obesity
11.00

Panel session with keynotes

Adrian Bauman, Lisa Jackson Pulver and Nick Graves

This panel session will allow attendees to ask more detailed questions for which there will not be time in the main plenar

 Time Use and Health Exploring the Health Implications of Energy Choices Regulating health claims on food labels: What will the new standard mean in the superma-
rket?, Lyndal Wellard, Cancer Council NSW, NSW		 How is alcohol use presented in Australian newspapers? Changes over 2000-2010, Denise Azar, Cancer Council Victoria, VIC Starting to smoke: Experiences of Indigenous youth in Northern Australia, Darren Westphal, Menzies School of Health Research, NT and Cyan Earnshaw, Menzies School of Health Research, NT Does birthweight predict BMI for Indigenous children aged 1-7?, Katherine Thurber, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, ACT Understan-ding local level bar-riers and enablers to rheumatic heart disease care management in South Australia, Amy Parry, SA Health/ AHCSA/ ANU, SA Property value as a socio-economic status measure: An opportunity for health research?, Neil Coffee, University of South Australia, SA Measurable increase in prevalence of obesity over a decade: Findings from the Geelong Osteoporosis Study, Julie Pasco, Deakin University, VIC and Sharon Brennan, The University of Melbourne, VIC
11.15 SHELf: Methods and recruitment success of a behavioural and price reduction intervention promoting healthy eating, Kylie Ball, Deakin University, VIC Music videos on television commonly portray alcohol: A content analysis, Fiona Imlach Gunasekara, University of Otago, New Zealand Engagement and consultation enable development of novel ecological smoking cessation programs for Aboriginal Health Workers, Anna Dawson, Social Epidemiology and Evaluation, UniSA, SA and Harold Stewart, Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia, SA Stepping out: Comparing children’s mobility settings in Australia, France, Germany and Scotland to see how culture matters, Colin MacDougall, Flinders University, SA Nosocomial active pulmonary tuberculosis contact investigation involving neonates, relatives and healthcare workers, Kate Fisher, South Western Sydney Local Health District, NSW GIS mapping of local supply and access data for food security advocacy and resource acquisition, Rebecca Woodyatt, Inner East Community Health, VIC Public opinion on food-related obesity prevention policy initiatives, Jane Martin, Obesity Policy Coalition, VIC
11.30 Examining social marketing as an intervention tool for healthy eating, Julia Carins, Griffith University, QLD and DSTO, TAS We can do it better: A new approach to action on alcohol advertising, Hannah Pierce, McCusker Centre for Action on Alcohol and Youth, WA Smoking behaviours, beliefs and attitudes in Arabic, Chinese, and Vietnamese communities in Sydney: A qualitative investigation, Melanie Crane, Cancer Institute NSW, NSW Gambling participation, behaviour and lifetime risk in Victoria: Results of a population-based survey, Elmer Villanueva, Gippsland Medical School, Monash University, VIC Persistent salmonella carriage and secondary transmission in aged care facility after outbreak of Salmonella Infantis, Stephen Conaty, South Western Sydney and Sydney Local Health Districts, NSW Do variations in access measures influence associations between supermark-ets access and fruit and vegetable consump-tion?, Lukar Thornton, Deakin University, VIC Understan-ding the changing relationship between obesity and life expectancy with disability, Kathryn Backholer, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, VIC
11.37 The potential impact of the Australian food and health dialogue sodium recommenda-
tions for pasta sauces, Helen Trevena, The George Institute for Global Health, NSW and Anthea Christoforou, The George Institute for Global Health, NSW		 The role of drug market factors in shaping injecting initiation and current drug use, Danielle Horyniak, Burnet Institute, VIC Stigma: A common experience of lesbian/bi-sexual women who smoke, Jude Comfort, WA Centre for Health Promotion Research, Curtin University. WA Victorian population health survey of people with an intellectual disability (VPHS-ID), Alison Markwick, Victorian Department of Health, VIC Blood-borne virus infections in opioid-dependent people in NSW: A population-based study, Michael Falster, University of New South Wales, NSW Trading spaces through moving places: Area-level disadvantage and health-status of ‘movers’ in a population cohort, Natasha Howard, University of South Australia, SA Rethinking the ‘war on obesity’ to better reflect our changing world: An ethical argument, Stacy Carter, The University of Sydney, NSW
11.42 Sustaining dignity? A qualitative investigation of food insecurity in homeless young people in Sydney, Australia, Belinda Crawford, NSW Ministry of Health, NSW The problems behind the problem: Structural issues impacting on pharmaceu-tical drug misuse in Australia, Roger Nicholas, NCETA, Flinders University, SA Stop the smokes for a healthy bub: Addressing smoking in pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, Nicole Huxley, Cancer Council Queensland, QLD An intergener-ational investigation of fetal growth among Western Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Lina Gubhaju, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, VIC Using expert elicitation to determine the proportion of illness transmitted by food for nine pathogens in Australia, Hassan Vally, La Trobe University, VIC An exploration of the large variations in the epidemiology of childhood grommet insertion across Australia, Jacqueline Stephens, University of Adelaide, SA Winning the war on obesity, John Boswell, Crawford School, Australian National University, ACT
 
Meet the President Panel
Workshop Continued
Workshop Continued
Work Health
Aboriginal Health
Physical Activity
Environmental Health
Climate Change
Systems for Quality and Change
12.00
 Meet the Presidents - Future collaboration among the partner organisations - the four Presidents Time Use and Health Exploring the Health Implications of Energy Choices Employment arrangements and mental health: Does moving from permanent into precarious employment affect mental health?, Anthony LaMontagne, University of Melbourne, VIC ‘Y Health – Staying Deadly’ – Youth focussed Community-Based Action Research in an Aboriginal Primary Care setting, Annapurna Nori, Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Health Service, SA and Tabitha Lean, Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Health Service, SA Stepping Out: Children negotiating independent travel, Colin MacDougall, Flinders University, SA Impact of traffic density on respiratory health in the North West Adelaide Health Cohort Study, Monika Nitschke, Department of Health, SA Development of a risk-based temperature/ health matrix for defining a heatwave in Brisbane, Australia, Shilu Tong, Queensland University of Technology, QLD Best practice approaches to health promotion in community health, Emma Bruce, City of Greater Dandenong, VIC and Helen Keleher, Monash University , VIC
12.15 Working while breastfeeding: Best practice strategies for workplaces and childcare services,Sara Javanparast, Flinders University, SA Urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers, ethics of care and breastfeeding beyond three months, Wendy Foley, Queensland Health, QLD Young and free? A study of independent mobility among Australian childre , Alison Carver, Deakin University, VIC Biomass smoke air pollution and mortality rates in Launceston, Tasmania: An intervention study, Fay Johnston, Menzies Research Institute, TAS Assessment of the health impacts of the 2011 summer floods in Brisbane, Lyle Turner, Queensland University of Technology, QLD The Improvement Foundation’s data portal: Helping organisations manage practice data for Population Health improvement, Andrew Knight, Improvement Foundation, SA
12.30 Cardiovascular and diabetes risk factors in 400,000 participants in the WorkHealth program, Helen Kelsall,Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine and Monash University, VIC The s100 Remote Aboriginal Health Services Program – Enhancements required to assist in ‘Closing the Gap’, Kelly Gourlay, The Pharmacy Guild of Australia, ACT Choose to Move – I see more kids play more sport and keeping them self healthy, Jenny Tartaglia, Foodbank of Western Australia Inc, WA and Rex Milligan, Foodbank of Western Australia Inc, WA

Policy and practice implications of a downward revision of blood lead guidelines in Broken Hill Frances Boreland, Broken Hill UDRH, University of Sydney, NSW

 Heatwave thresholds for Australian capital cities , Margaret Loughnan, Monash University, VIC Effecting real health system reorientation through Medicare locals, Jennie Roe, Department of Health and Ageing, ACT
12.37 Occupational sitting and mortality: A Longitudinal analysis of the Norwegian HUNT 2 cohort, Anne Grunseit, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, NSW Working alongside communities, coming together, sharing stories, building strengths, Gini Blair, CatholicCare NT, NT and Caroline Busch, Catholic Care NT, NT and Milly Hardy, CatholicCare NT, NT The association between physical activity levels in Europe and macro-environmental factors including GDP per capita, Adrian Cameron, Deakin University, VIC An assessment of the impact of different sources of PM10 on respiratory and cardiovascular mortality, Simon Kingham, GeoHealth Laboratory, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Summer of sorrow: Impacts of Queensland’s floods and cyclone, Susan Clemens, Queensland Health, QLD Improving the Diabetes Journey (ItDJ) - A Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) system change project, Jane Henty, Inner East Primary Care Partnership, VIC
12.45 LUNCH AND POSTER VIEWING

Lunchtime Meetings, SIGs and AGMs:
  • Lunch: Meet the AFPHM President and Councillors
  • AGM (PHAA)
  • Building and measuring community capacity (Flinders University and South Australian Health Research Unit)
  • Indigenous Public Health Core Competencies: How to Make Indigenous Public Health Curricula Content Industry Relevant (Public Health Indigenous Leadership in Education (PHILE) Network)
  • Debate: Should the wearing of bicycle helmets be compulsory? (PHAA Injury Prevention SIG, Australian Injury Prevention Network, World Safety Organization Collaborating Centre for Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion)
  • Australian Health Promotion Associations 's (AHPA) members' meeting (An opportunity for members to contribute to AHPA's 2013 - 2016 strategic directions)
  Snapshot panel discussion - each presenter will give a 5 minute presentation followed by a facilitated discussion
 
Strategy Development Sessions
Refugee Health
Aboriginal Health
Addressing Inequities
Child and Perinatal Health
Men's Health
Intervening for Difference
Food Policy
Alcohol and Drugs
2.00
 Participants will develop recommendations on approaches and strategies for the four partner organisations to collaborate on action around today’s two themes. These will provide input to the President’s session on Wednesday Supporting regional refugee resettlement: Service providers’ experiences, perspectives and needs, Greer Lamaro, Deakin University, VIC

An exploratory study of reproductive health among Sudanese and Eritrean mothers and daughters in Brisbane, Australia, Jaya Earnest, Curtin University, WA and Claire Rogers, Family Planning Queensland and Curtin University, WA

How do you make Australian food taste like back home?, Vanessa Bobongie, Foodbank WA, WA and Rex Milligan, Foodbank WA, WA
 ‘Your Heart, Your Bloodline, Your Choice’ – Developing a successful resource through community engagement, Asha Singh, Diabetes WA, WA

An analysis of reporting of issues relating to Aboriginal health within Australian mainstream print media, Melanie Griffiths, School of Public Health, Curtin University, WA

Fostering Indigenous peer led health promotion among young people within the school environment , Kym Yuke, Inala Indigenous Health Service, QLD

Developing a first reading book for Aboriginal babies based on a successful mainstream resource, Keara Pearce, Women's and Children's Health Network, SA		 Performance monitoring to ensure sustained health promoting practices in children’s settings, Bev Lloyd, NSW Ministry of Health, NSW

Enabling health: Guiding action to reduce health Inequities experienced by people with disabilities, Kellie Horton, VicHealth, VIC

Medicare Locals and population health: Strong relationships for a strong sector, Leanne Wells, Australian General Practice Network, ACT

Facilitating nutrition policy development in Aboriginal community organisational environments, Catherine MacDonald, Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, VIC and Sharon Thorpe, Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, VIC

Customised vs population- based growth charts in the detection of neonatal body composition: A population- based study, Angela Carberry, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, NSW

Folate knowledge and supplement-ation behaviour in South Australian women of childbearing age, 2008-2011, Jing Wu, University of Adelaide, SA and Eleonora Dal Grande, University of Adelaide, SA

What maternal characteristics are associated with the risk of birth defects following infertility treatment?, Michael Davies, University of Adelaide, SA

First-time mothers experiences with infant feeding practices: Findings from Healthy Beginnings Trial, Karen Wardle, South West Sydney and Sydney Local Health District, NSW and Li Ming Wen, South West Sydney and Sydney Local Health District, NSW

 

 The health of Australia’s males, Karen Bishop, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, ACT

Working with low mental health: Insights from South Australian workers, Anna Ziersch, Flinders University, SA

A contextual analysis of the 2010 National Male Health Policy, Carol Holden, Andrology Australia, VIC

Prostate cancer screening in New Zealand - Politics, process and outcomes, Nina Scott, University of Auckland, New Zealand		 Using contribution analysis to review the delivery of the NSW Crunch&Sip program , Janice Biggs, NSW Ministry of Health, NSW

StrokeSafe Ambassador Program: A peer-led, volunteer program to raise community awareness of stroke, Megan Werner, National Stroke Foundation, VIC

Feasibility and development of a novel Healthy Sports Clubs Program, Rona Macniven, University of Sydney, NSW

Listening to the voices of adolescents when developing school based immunisation policy and practice, Annette Braunack Mayer, The University of Adelaide, SA		 Critical analysis of the public-private partnerships shaping national and international food fortification policies, Mark Lawrence, Deakin University, VIC

Taxing food for preventive health: Evidence and implications for policy makers, Shauna Downs, University of Sydney, NSW

Policies influencing the availability, price and marketing of trans fat in India: A food systems approach, Shauna Downs, University of Sydney , NSW

Public open spaces and food environment and their associations with incident cardio-metabolic risk factors, Catherine Paquet, University of South Australia, SA

Integrating clinical practice and public health - Evaluation of an inner Sydney naloxone distribution program , Mihaela Ivan, The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, NSW

Game On: Know Alcohol! : Pilot results from an interactive alcohol education, Sharyn Rundle-Thiele, Griffith University, QLD

Alcohol-related crime strategies in entertainment precincts: Community perceptions, experiences and support, Daniel Groombridge, Hunter New England Population Health, NSW

Cannabis dependence among Australian young offenders: Impacts on mental health and re-offending behaviour, Devon Indig, Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network, NSW


Parental supply of alcohol and adolescent risky drinking, Kypros Kypri, University of Newcastle, NSW

Targeted regulation of licensed premises in a city entertainment precinct: Impact on assaults, street offences and emergency department presentations, John Wiggers, Hunter New England Population Health, NSW
3.00 Closing Session
4.00 Close of Conference

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