The stage is set for the 2015 International Indigenous Health Conference at Shangri-La Cairns QLD

HERVEY BAY, Australia - Oct. 18, 2015 - PRLog -- This year's conference agenda is now finalized with more than fifty keynote speakers from various states and territories of Australia and First Nation’s international  speakers sharing knowledge, ideas based on successes of programs implemented at the community, national and global level to improve Indigenous health.
2015 INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS HEALTH AGENDA
1ST DECEMBER
8:00   Registration of Delegates
9:00 Welcome to Country by Aunty Jeanette Singleton
9:45 Opening Keynote Session:  Australian Health Minister
10:30 MORNING TEA
11:00 Keynote: Living Healthier Through Omega 3 by Chief Roy S Jones Jr, Haida Hereditary Chief of K’aadaas Gaah K’iiguwaay & President Pacific Balance CANADA
11:45 Keynote: Te Whanau O Waipareira–tracking thirty years of Indigenous health gains in New Zealand by Dr John Huakau, Epidemiologist and Dr Tanya Allport, Research Lead, Te Whanau O Waipareira Trust, NEW ZEALAND
12:30 LUNCH
1:30 - 2:10 Concurrent Sessions
Room A:  Results from an Indigenous pregnancy cohort by Kym Rae and Loretta Weatherall PhD, University of Newcastle and Mothers and Babies Research Centre - Gomeroi Gaaynggal Centre, NSW
Room B:  Hume Region Closing the Health Gap by Charmaine Bell, Aboriginal Health Transition Officer and Kerrie Brown, Aboriginal Services Development Worker, Albury Wodonga Health NSW
Room C: How is decision making by whanau (family - Maori) when the birth plan is caesarean section? by Dr. Patricia Boyd, Obstetrics & Gynaecology Registrar, Work through Global Medics, NEW ZEALAND
2:15 - 3:00 Concurrent Sessions
Room A: How can we gain more from public health interventions and how do we start change by Lesleigh Hayes, Researcher, Flinders University WA
Room B: Sleeping Dogs method for chronically traumatized Indigenous children by Arianne Struik, Private Practitioner and Raffaella Salvo, Senior Consultant Country, ICTC Department of Child Protection and Family Services WA
Room C: Learning and teaching together by Andrea James, RN Donor Family Support & Community Education Nurse, DonateLife NT
3:00 AFTERNOON TEA
3:30 Keynote: The Guddi Project by Paul White, Director, Specialist Disability Sevices Assessment & Outreach Team Synapse, UQ and JCU, QLD
4:15 Keynote: Sharing Successes by Sunni Wilson, Project Officer and Dr Melissa Stoneham, Public Health Advocacy Institute of WA (PHAIWA)
2ND DECEMBER
8:30 Keynote: Kaati te Patu: Māori women stop violence in whānau by Dr. Fiona Te Momo, Senior Lecturer, Massey University NEW ZEALAND
9:15 Keynote: Yarn with your mob about organ and tissue donation by Leann Bonner & TBC, CALD Project Officer, DonateLife SA
10:00 MORNING TEA
10:30 Concurrent Sessions
Room A: Evaluation of a resilience building approach to promoting mental health in Indigenous Job Seekers by Prof. Ian Shochet, Professor of Clinicial Psychology QUT, Ms Astrid Wurfl, International Coordinator of the Resourceful Adolescent Programs QUT, Mr Nick Power, Health Manager, Murdi Paaki Enterprise Corporation QLD
Room B: Family matters - A case study on barriers to psychological service access for Indigenous Australians with Machado Joseph Disease  by  Libby Massey Bodill, Director and & Desireé LaGrappe, Manager MJD Foundation NT
Room C: Baalap Kwobariny (People Getting Better) - Peel Aboriginal Peoples Project by Emma James, Counsellor/Educator, Palmerston Association WA
11:15 Concurrent Sessions
Room A: What Works with an Indigenous Workforce by Lauren Buckley, Clinical Supervisor Remote AOD Workforce Program NT
Room B: Respecting the Difference: An Aboriginal Cultural Training Framework for NSW Health by Gay Foster, Senior Project Officer NSW Ministry of Health , NSW
Room C: Developing the Womens Health Nurse Practitioner role and working with Aboriginal women by Joanne Perks, Nurse Practitioner Liverpool Women's Health Centre NSW
12:00 LUNCH BREAK
1:00 Concurrent Sessions
Room A: Opportunities to enhance Indigenous health autonomy by Dana Bradford Research Scientist CSIRO QLD
Room B: An exploration of health rights for indigenous patients in renal care by Leena Suriyakumar Kesava Panicker NT
Room C: So first we had coffee and a yarn: Improving health by engaging an unengaged mob in an urban environment by Gail Radford, Aboriginal Engagement Officer, Sunbury Community Health, VICTORIA
1:45 Concurrent Sessions
Room A: Vicarious Trauma: Managing the Inevitable by Jacqueline Burke, Clinical Director Rape & Domestic Violence Services Australia, NSW
Room B: Bi-cultural/Bilateral Discussion on Curriculum Design by Denise Riini Programme Lead Development and Maori Waiariki Institute of Technology NZ
Room C:  Building Future Indigenous Primary Health Worker Capacity by Steven Cooper & Judy Hoskins Teacher, Indigenous Health, TAFE North QLD
3:00 Keynote: Deadly Dads by Melanie Carter & Robert Monaghan, Senior Manager Training & Education Consultant Australian Breastfeeding Association & Monaghan Consulting NSW
3:45 Keynote: Aboriginal women caring for Aboriginal women, yes, it can happen in mainstream maternity services by Deanna Stuart-Butler, Manager Womens and Children’s Hospital SA
CONFERENCE NETWORKING DINNER SHOW
5:30 Departure from Shangri-La to Cultural Show & Conference Networking Dinner
3RD DECEMBER
8:30 Keynote: Lessons learned from developing an operations research strategy for evaluating decentralized health services delivery in remote and rural communities by Sumeet Sodhi, Research Scientist CANADA
9:15 Keynote: Indigenous Community Health and Wellbeing: The Case of The Mapuche in Chile, Emma Louise Owen, PhD Candidate Sheffield Hallam University ENGLAND
10:00 MORNING TEA
10:30 Concurrent Sessions
Room A:  Improving outcomes in Aboriginal pregnancies by Torna Moya, Maternity Coordinator, Armadale Health Service, WA
Room B:  Building the Bridge-Aboriginal Youth and Health Services by Kimi Halapio, Policy Analyst, NSW Kids & Families
Room C: Transforming Whanau Pathways by Sandz Peipi Te Pou Kaitakawaenga National Co-ordinator Te Ohaakia a Hine National Network Ending Sexual Violence Together - Nga Kaitiaki Mauri NEW ZEALAND
11:15 Concurrent Sessions
Room A: A holistic model for Quitline SA and NT by Carolynanha Johnson and Nathan Rigney, Aboriginal Quitline Counsellor, Cancer Council SA
Room B:  Indigenous patient in Intensive Care Unit by Vainess Mbuzi, Clinical Nurse The Prince Charles Hospital QLD
Room C: Lepromatous leprosy: A rare presentation in Australia by Sunny Modi, Senior Medical Officer, Greenslopes Hospital QLD
12:00 LUNCH BREAK & End of Conference (Distribution of DVDs/Certificates)