conference program - country kids
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SUNDAY, 17 APRIL 2016
9.30 am Registration desk open ASCC Foyer
Pre-Conference workshops
11am – 3.30pm Standing up for rural kids: giving a voice to the needs of rural children
10.30am -12.30pm Therapeutic Play Skills Workshop
1.30pm – 3.30pm Therapeutic Play Skills Workshop
2pm – 4.00pm Early diagnosis of developmental issues for children in rural and remote areas
2pm – 4.00pm Managing bronchiolitis in rural areas: what is current best
Practice?
Ellery A
Ellery B
Ellery B
Ellery C
Ellery D
2.30–4.30pm
Exhibition opens MacDonnell C
Conference Program
as at 11 March 2016
4.30 pm – 6.30 pm PLANARY SESSION 1: WELCOME AND OPENING MacDonnell A&B
4.30 pm Pat Ansell Dodds, Welcome to Country
4.35 pm Drum Atweme
4.50 pm Tim Moore, Facilitator, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Child Protection Studies
4.55 pm Mayor Damien Ryan, Welcome to Alice Springs
5.00 pm The Hon John Elferink, Northern Territory Minister for Health
Children’s health in the Northern Territory
5.15 pm Opening address: Federal Minister for Health (invited)
5..35 pm Keynote 1: Megan Mitchell, National Children’s Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission
A human rights approach to the health and wellbeing of children in Australia’s non-metropolitan areas
6.05 pm Keynote 2: Chantal Ober, Youth Worker, YMCA Katherine and NT Young Australian of the Year 2015
The ups and downs of a young life in remote Australia
6.30 pm – 7.30 pm
WELCOME RECEPTION
MONDAY, 18 APRIL 2016
7.00 am 3km morning walk with Alice Springs Heart Foundation Walking Group led by Mayor Damien Ryan - meet at the Alice Springs
Convention Centre at 6.50am
8.30 am Registration desk and exhibition hall open MacDonnell C
8.45 am – 10.40 am PLENARY SESSION 2: THE CURRENT STATUS OF CHILDREN’S HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES IN RURAL AND REMOTE AUSTRALIA
MacDonnell A & B
8.45 am Performance: Braitling Primary School Songroom Program
9.00 am Keynote 3: Dianne Jackson, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth
The global picture, here and overseas, in ensuring wellbeing for children in rural and remote areas
9.20 am Keynote 4: Frank Oberklaid, Director, Centre for Community Child Health, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne
The changing nature of children’s health: challenges and opportunities
9.40 am Panel session on the situation ‘on the ground’ in remote and rural areas
Facilitated by Tim Moore
Panellists:
Lynne Little, Paediatric and Child Health Nurse, Alice Springs Hospital
Christine Spencer, Aboriginal Liaison Officer, Alice Springs Hospital
Isabel Brookes, Early childhood educator, University of Melbourne
Nigel Stewart, Rural paediatrician, Port Augusta
Katherine Burchfield, Health Director, Royal Far West
Bethany Paterson, Rural psychologist, Shrinkwrap Psychology
10.40 am MORNING TEA AND VIEWING OF POSTERS MacDonnell C
11.05 am Chimes for commencement of concurrent sessions
MONDAY, 18 APRIL 2016
11.10 am – 12.45 pm CONCURRENT SESSION A
A1 Closing the (ear health) gap
A2 Child development and early Intervention
A3 Care for rural kids
A4 Improving outcomes for rural kids with chronic/complex care needs
A5 Telehealth
Room: MacDonnell A & B Room: Ellery A Room: Ellery B Room: Ellery C Room: Ellery D
Chair: Kylie Stothers Chair: Richard Colbran Chair: Ayman Shenouda
Chair: Katherine Burchfield Chair: Michael Williams
11.10–11.30 am Science walkin’ country: a journey of research in a remote Aboriginal community
Amanda Wood
Active lorikeets to little wrens: early intervention programs for preschool children
Angela Ellis
Lyn Nicol
Connected care in regional Queensland: a journey in unpredictable oceans
Lea Vieth
Lynne McKinlay
Victorian Paediatric Rehabilitation Service: a case study in Victoria’s coordinated approach to service delivery
Joannah Tozer
An insight into telepaediatrics: Royal Far West pilot program
Marcel Zimmet
11.35–11.55 am An early childhood program to respond to otitis media: feedback from families
Caroline Jones
An old but cutting-edge clinic: maintaining relevance and moving with the times
Ruth Kreamer
The Royal Children’s Hospital Complex Care Service: potential benefits for rural and remote kids
Susie Gibbs
Connecting the family with care: integrated care models for rural children
Lisa Altman
Telehealth access to sub-specialist services for country kids
Susan Jury
12.00–12.20 pm Queensland’s response to otitis media and hearing loss in Indigenous children
Mathew Brown
A child development unit in regional New South Wales: outcomes and experiences
Timothy McCrossin
Koorliny Moort (‘Walking with Families’): ambulatory care coordination for Aboriginal children in Western Australia
Karen Clarke
Cerebral palsy hip surveillance: a virtual clinic model
Karen Height
Using family-centred creative methods to connect families of deaf and hard of hearing children living in rural and remote Queensland with health and other services
Suzanne Harris
12.25–12.45 pm Healthy ears: providing outreach ear health service across rural Victoria
Sue Ward
Alastair Foster
Revitalising child development outreach services for children in rural north Queensland
Melissa Smith
Carly Hislop
Innovative approaches to adolescent transition in the remote Indigenous health setting
Alice Mitchell
South West Hospital and Health Service: a new model of rural paediatric care
Juliet Tucker
Online speech and occupational therapy: anywhere, anytime
Sue Cameron
Simone Dudley
12.45 pm – 1.15 pm LUNCH
MONDAY, 18 APRIL 2016
1.15 pm – 3.00 pm PLENARY SESSION 3: INNOVATIONS AND APPROACHES THAT WORK IN RURAL AND REMOTE AREAS
MacDonnell A & B
1.15 pm Barkly Ballet: Barkly Regional Arts (BRA) and the Melbourne City Ballet (MCB) present the ‘Barkly Ballet’ - a delightful piece featuring a gorgeous crew of Tennant
Creek dancers working with MCB. The performance will include a sneak peek of a production of ‘Romeo and Juliet’.
1.25 pm Keynote 5: Lindsay Cane, Chief Executive Officer, Royal Far West
What’s critical in the remote and rural context for the health and wellbeing of our kids
1.45 pm Keynote 6: Trish Davidson, Executive Director for Children, Young People and Families, HNE Health LHD; and Conjoint Professor of Paediatric Surgery, University of
Newcastle
Joining the dots for country kids
2.05 pm Keynote 7: Julie James Bailey, Educator and film maker
Speaking standard Australian English in remote communities
2.25 pm Keynote 8: Karen Edmond, Professor, Child and Adolescent Health Service, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia
‘Complex care’ services for children in Western Australia
2.45 pm Discussion
Including first presentation of ‘Standing up for Country Kids’
3.00 pm AFTERNOON TEA AND VIEWING OF POSTERS MacDonnell C
3.20 pm Chimes
3.25 pm – 4.35 pm CONCURRENT SESSION B
B1 Closing the Gap: rheumatic heart disease
B2 Early intervention
B3 Disability
B4 Where are we at with
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
B5 Care of the sick child
Room: MacDonnell A & B Room: Ellery A Room: Ellery B Room: Ellery C Room: Ellery D
Chair: Michael Williams Chair: Bernadette O’Connor Chair: Lara Bishop Chair: Caterina Giorgi Chair: Lynne McKinlay
3.25–3.45 pm Presentation
speaker
The ASQ-TRAK: a developmental screening tool for remote Australian Aboriginal children
Samantha Simpson
National Disability Insurance Scheme
Lizzie Gilliam
The state of FASD policy in Australia
Caterina Giorgi
CareTrak Kids: the appropriateness and safety of care provided to Australian children
Les White
MONDAY, 18 APRIL 2016
3.50–4.10 pm Teaching children about acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in schools
Melissa Van Leeuwen
Hip dysplasia screening in a rural health district
Elizabeth Cotterell
Foundations for the future: learnings from a National Disability Insurance Scheme trial site
Wendy Thiele
A population perspective
on FASD diagnosis, treatment and prevention
John Boffa
Mind the Gap! The tube journey between city and country
Alison Forrest
4.15–4.35 pm Skin sores up north: influences on APSGN, rheumatic heart disease and Sepsis in children
Scott Stokes
Can a prevention planning framework improve rural youth health outcomes?
Ruth Mulligan
Lisa Neville
The crossroads of health, disability and education policy for country kids
Michelle Foley
Where are we now and the role parents will play in future advocacy
Vicki Russell
No more pain is our gain
Sukoluhle Moyo Mulu Gebremariam
4.40 pm – 6.30 pm PLENARY SESSION 4: THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN ENHANCING HEALTH & WELLBEING FOR COUNTRY KIDS
MacDonnell A & B
4.40 pm Second presentation of ‘Standing up for Country Kids’
4.50 pm Keynote 9: Michael Williams, Director of Child and Adolescent Health, Mackay Hospital and Health Service
The role of telehealth in ‘right care, right time, right place’
5.10 pm Keynote 10: Anthony Smith, Deputy Director, Centre of Online Health, The University of Queensland
Telecare for more remote communities
5.30 pm Keynote 11: Richard Colbran, Business Director, Royal Far West
Demonstration of Royal Far West telecare system
5.50 pm Keynote 12: Tessa Davis, Paediatric Emergency Trainee and NSW Minister for Health Registrar of the Year, Sydney Children’s Hospital
Apps and maps; devices that suffice
6.10 pm Discussion
6.30 pm Session concludes
6.30 pm – 8.30 pm CONFERENCE NETWORKING AND MEDAL OF DISTINCTION AWARDS WITH MUSIC BY RAYELLA
MacDonnell A & B
TUESDAY, 19 APRIL 2016
7.00 am 3km morning walk with Alice Springs Heart Foundation Walking Group led by Mayor Damien Ryan - meet at the Alice Springs Convention Centre at 6.50am
8.30 am Registration desk and exhibition hall open MacDonnell C
8.45 am – 10.30 am PLENARY SESSION 5: IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF INDIGENOUS CHILDREN MacDonnell A & B
8.45 am Performance by Dusty Feet Dance
9.00 am Keynote 13: June Oscar and Emily Carter, Chief Executive Officer and Deputy CEO, Marninwarntikura Fitzroy Women’s Resource Centre, Fitzroy Crossing
Working to free Fitzroy Crossing from Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: a successful place-based program
9.20 am Keynote 14: Kerry Arabena, Chair, Indigenous Health; Director, Indigenous Health Equity, Melbourne University
Improving health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids
9.40 am Keynote 15: Donna Ah Chee, Chief Executive Officer, Central Australian Aboriginal Congress
An Integrated model of child and family services as a core part of comprehensive primary health care
10.00 am Keynote 16: Pat Anderson, Indigenous Health Advocate; Chair, The Lowitja Institute
A Northern Territory perspective on healthy infants and kids
10.20 am Discussion
10.30 am MORNING TEA AND VIEWING OF POSTERS MacDonnell C
10.55 am Chimes for commencement of concurrent sessions
TUESDAY, 19 APRIL 2016
11.00 am – 12.35 pm CONCURRENT SESSION C
C1 Parenting in rural and remote areas
C2 Improving children’s oral health
C3 Improving care for vulnerable children
C4 Child and adolescent mental health
C5 Support for paediatric health care providers
Room: MacDonnell A & B Room: Ellery A Room: Ellery B Room: Ellery C Room: Ellery D
Chair: Bernadette O’Connor Chair: Bruce Simmons Chair: Chair: Kylie Stothers Chair: Keith Howard
11.00–11.20 am Kaltukatjara children: child rearing practices in a remote Central Australian Aboriginal community
Lyn Byers
The Royal Flying Doctor Service: delivering oral health care to country kids
Lara Bishop
Getting back to the kurturtu (heart) of good practice
Russell Gregory
Keeping country kids mentally healthy
Nicole Gibson
Building workforce capacity through an innovative model of online paediatric physiotherapy education
Janet Hough
11.25–11.45 am Reaching families by building partnerships
Robert Mills
Improving children’s oral health in rural Queensland and Victoria through participatory planning
Karen Carlisle
Every contact counts: youth mental health services development in country South Australia
David West,
Judy O'Sullivan
Virtual classroom for paediatric education
Robert Sharrock
Alexis Butler
11.50–12.10 pm Validity and acceptability of Kimberley’s mum’s mood scale: to screen to perinatal anxiety and depression
Julia Marley
Innovation providing dental care for children in small rural communities
Jenni Floyd
Seedlings in the desert...strong forest of the future
Sally Cleworth
Pauline Rubin
Adopting a child’s eye view for promoting mental health in schools
Tim Carey
Increasing the confidence of nurses caring for country kids using continuing education
Tracy Kidd
12.15–12.35 pm Strong Women Workers bridging the gap between clinical health practice and communities
Gracie Egan
Mazie Wray
Delivering online child oral health training for remote health personnel
David Walker
Goulburn Valley Homeless youth Dual Diagnosis Initiative
Kevindev Singh
BRAVE kids in the country: outcomes for young people accessing BRAVE self-help
Caroline Donovan
Keeping it local: using eLearning and simulation to teach RMDP for paediatrics
Louise Dodson
12.35 pm – 1.15 pm LUNCH MacDonnell C
1.10 pm Chimes
1.15 pm – 2.50 pm CONCURRENT SESSION D
D1 Closing the gap in oral health
D2 Promoting children’s health
D3 Paediatric palliative care / cancer
D4 National programs and care of country kids
D5 Children’s nutrition
TUESDAY, 19 APRIL 2016
Room: MacDonnell A & B Room: Ellery A Room: Ellery B Room: Ellery C Room: Ellery D
Chair: Bruce Simmons Chair: Keith Howard Chair: Chair: Nigel Stewart Chair: Kylie Stothers
1.15–1.35 pm Preventing dental disease in remote Indigenous children: importance, methods and challenges
Ratilal Lalloo
The Royal Far West Healthy Kids Bus Stop program
Richard Colbran
Quality of care collaborative Australia: delivering education in paediatric palliative care
Julie Duffield
Maintaining the wellbeing of children’s carers through a national carer gateway
Ann Nicholas
History inscribed on the body: growth stunting as loss of human capital
John Boulton
1.40–2.00 pm Development of a visual oral health literacy tool for Indigenous Australian youth
Donna Furler
The Songroom: engaging young people in creativity
Deborah Nicolson
Going the distance in paediatric palliative care
Amy Wethered
Growing child safety on Australian farms
Tony Lower
First bites: timely introduction of tucker to reduce growth faltering and anaemia
Bronwyn Nankervis
Clare Callaghan
2.05–2.25 pm Assessment of dental caries among young Aboriginal children in New South Wales
Leanne Smith
Maxi kids: building capacities for rural and remote children and communities
Elizabeth Whale
Supporting families returning home after their child’s cancer treatment
Penny Slater
Perinatal and infant mental health telehealth pilot
Naomi Kikkawa
Andrea Baldwin
Adapting metro nutrition programs to successfully reach remote and regional communities
Nina Tan
2.30–2.50 pm Minding their mouths
Rachel Martin
TBA.... Improving the management of the febrile child with cancer in regional Queensland
Katrina Anderson
Young carers: a national program with a rural approach
Kate Francis
The lumps and bumps of establishing a rural multidisciplinary paediatric feeding clinic
Tammy Phelps
2.50–3.15 pm AFTERNOON TEA AND VIEWING OF POSTERS MacDonnell C
3.10 pm Chimes
TUESDAY, 19 APRIL 2016
3.15 pm – 5.45 pm PLENARY SESSION 6: THE RIGHT WORKFORCE FOR CARING FOR KIDS MacDonnell A & B
3.15 pm Extended panel session on the workforce needed to Care for Country Kids
Facilitated by Tim Moore
Panellists:
Kylie Stothers, Indigenous Allied Health Australia, Katherine, NT
The place of allied health in kids’ health
Geri Malone, Remote nurse, CRANAplus
Nursing remote kids
Ewen McPhee, President, Rural Doctors’ Association of Australia
Rural general practice
Scott Stokes, Nurse Practitioner, WA Country Health Service - Kimberley, WA
Nursing, innovation and scopes of rural/remote practice
Liz Murray, Director, Rural Support Section , Health Workforce Division, Department of Health
Rural health workforce challenges and programs to increase the availability of services in rural, regional and remote Australia
Craig Dukes, Chief Executive Officer, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Association
The role of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers and practitioners in kids’ health
Jo McCubbin, Paediatrician, Gippsland, Victoria
Supporting the kids’ health workforce we need
4.30 pm Presentation and adoption of ‘Standing up for Country Kids’ statement
5.00 pm Keynote 17: Stephen Jones MP, Shadow Assistant Minister for Health
Mental health and rural and remote young people
5.20 pm The next steps forward
Trish Davidson, President, Children’s Healthcare Australasia
Geri Malone, Chairperson, National Rural Health Alliance
5.30 pm Closing performance
5.45 pm Conference close
Poster Presentations
Remote Cardiac Device Monitoring Program in Queensland Geraldine Balshaw, Mary Wilson
Botulinium toxin injection clinical follow-up improving access and empowering local therapists Katie Banerjee What does access and inclusion look like in a rural NSW town? Chris Boyle, Wayne Nagle Food security: setting children up for a healthy life Fiona Brooke
Closing the Gap for Aboriginal children and immunisation rates Alena Clement, Sharlene Williams
Paediatric incident review - rural/regional vs metro trends in New South Wales Sarah Dalton Medicines on admission: a paediatric perspective Renee Dimond Supporting it locally. implementing a locally run RMDP course for paediatrics Louise Dodson Developing capacity for paediatric oncology service provision across Queensland Rachel Edwards End of life resource - comfort care case Maria Heaton Quality of Care Collaborative for Paediatric Palliative Care in Australia (Quocca) Anthony Herbert
Outreach services improving access to healthcare in rural, remote and Indigenous communities Aidan Hobbs
Stronger Communities for Children: promoting wellbeing in remote Aboriginal communities Ingrid Johanson Supporting Rural Health Services for Children Margaret Kelly, Les White Ensuring excellent resuscitative care for country kids – an educational rationale Ben Lawton How can rural clinicians identify young people at risk of overweight /obesity? Georgina Luscombe
Paediatric Type 1 diabetes care in a regional setting: parent and carer perspectives
Timothy McCrossin A retrospective analysis of newborn pulse oximetry screening at Bathurst Base Hospital Timothy McCrossin Rural Paediatric Healthcare: An example of a multidisciplinary, technology-supported integrated model Glen McIntyre
Health outcomes of infants whose mothers have diabetes Maggie-Kate Minogue Outreach - exploring the role and impact of Captain Starlight Sarah Moeller Supporting best practice care for kids with clubfoot in NSW Jenny Nicol Supporting students with healthcare needs in New South Wales public schools Kylie Penell, Kerrie Halls, Patricia Boss
Ongoing education for Shared Care Centres via videoconference Nicola Scott ViCTOR ‘back to basics’ videos: Supporting best practice paediatric vital sign measurement Jen Sloane Life is like a box of chocolates, not sure what to expect Beverley Steele
Koala hold from downunder, another choice in a breastfeeding position Shannon Thomson An Innovative initiative for Social Change: Delivering preventative healthcare services by Physician Assistants Ankur Verma Building capacity in the rural health workforce: the Pēpi-pod Program. Karen Watson Transportable and targeted simulated learning in paediatrics for allied health Sarah Wright Advice to action: enabling safe sleeping for rural and remote babies Jeanine Young
Pregnancy, birth and baby: national care for country kids and families locally Dianne Zalitis