Conference Program - Country Kids

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


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


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


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


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


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


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



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


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

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