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Diabetes WA’s 4th Annual Aboriginal Health Forum This FREE event will feature keynote speakers from across the state and Australia and is not to be missed by health professionals working in the field of diabetes and Aboriginal health in Western Australia. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
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Technology Park Bentley - Function Centre 2 Brodie Hall Drive Bentley WA 6102 Thursday 26th May 2016 9:00am – 4:00pm Registrations, tea & coffee from 8.30am
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Video Conferencing facilities are available for those outside of the Perth metropolitan area. Please choose the ‘Video Conferencing’ ticket option when registering. We will be in touch before the event with instructions for linking in. Please register your attendance by using the Eventbrite link below. Places are limited. http://dwa-ahf.eventbrite.com.au
For enquiries please call Sally Gilchrist on 9436 6246 REGISTRATIONS CLOSE FRIDAY 20th MAY 2016
www.aboriginalhealthdiabeteswa.com.au
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This forum is an initiative of Diabetes WA and is proudly funded by the Australian Government Department of Health.
FORUM SPEAKERS Doctor Mick Adams Senior Research Fellow, Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Doctor Mick Adams is a descendent of the Yadhiagana people of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, having traditional family ties with the Gringji people of Central Western Northern Territory and extended family relationship with the people of the Torres Straits, Warlpiri (Yuendumu), and East Arnhem Land (Gurrumaru) communities. Mick holds a PhD in Public Health from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and a Master of Arts (Indigenous Research & Development), Centre for Aboriginal Studies, Curtin University of Technology. Mick has been actively involved in addressing issues associated with the health and well-being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males for over a decade, striving to ensure that mens health issues are promoted and placed on the national and international agenda through advocacy, research, publication and health management. Professor Timothy Skinner Head of School, School of Psychological and Clinical Sciences, Charles Darwin University Professor Timothy Skinner is a trained Health Psychologist. Timothy’s main areas of interest and extensive research is in the psychological aspects of diabetes care and management, including the links between diabetes and depression, patient provider communication. Timothy is particularly passionate about supporting adolescents and adults manage the challenges of living with diabetes, diabetes and chronic disease care for rural and remote communities and personal illness models.
Professor Kerin O’Dea Professor of Population Health and Nutrition, University of South Australia Kerin O’Dea AO is a nutrition scientist and public health researcher who has worked in Indigenous health since 1977. She is probably best known for her novel research on the marked beneficial health impact of temporary reversion to traditional hunter-gatherer lifestyle on diabetes and associated conditions in Australian Aboriginal people. Kerin has made major contributions to understanding the relationship between diet and chronic diseases, particularly type 2 diabetes and related conditions such as obesity and vascular disease. Doctor Karen McPhail-Bell External Relations Advisor, Health Equity Research and Development Unit, UNSW and Researcher for the Office of Indigenous Engagement within CQUniversity. Karen’s PhD developed a model for decolonising health promotion practice, informed by a partnership with an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health agency. Karen has significant policy and program experience across academic, government and non-government roles in Indigenous health, health promotion, and international development, primarily in Australia and the Pacific. Karen is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Vice-President of the NSW branch of the Public Health Association of Australia and an executive committee member of the NSW branch of the Australian Health Promotion Association.
