Day Two - Indigenous Healthcare
Wednesday 24th November, 2010

8:30
WELCOME, COFFEE & NETWORKING
9:00
Welcoming remarks from the Chair
EMOTIONAL WELLBEING & THE HEALING PROCESS
9:10
Effective healing programs to break negative cycles

  • The effects of trauma on wellbeing
  • Steps to creating positive cycles
  • Cultural identity and spiritual connection
Florence Onus, Chairwoman
The Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation
9:45
The impact of the stolen generation on emotional & social wellbeing

  • Community support programs to aid Indigenous healing
  • The importance of achieving reparations and advancing the process of healing
  • Self-determination and Indigenous trauma
Brian Butler, Founding Chair
Stolen Generation Alliance
10:20
MORNING TEA & NETWORKING
10:50
Culturally appropriate healing tools to break negative
cycles

  • Understanding community needs in service delivery
  • Creating culturally appropriate Indigenous programs
  • Developing community healing to establish positive cycles
Tom Powell, Director
Red Dust Healing
BUILDING COMMUNITY CAPACITY
11:25
Cardiovascular disease in a hospital setting

  • Addressing chronic disease within the Indigenous community
  • Service delivery of chronic care in a hospital setting
  • The future development of the heart foundation
Vicki Wade
National Leader, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Program
The Heart Foundation
CULTIVATING THE INDIGENOUS WORKFORCE
12:00
The development of community health services

  • Community and Government partnership
  • Innovation in service delivery through recruitment
  • Community capacity building
John Morgan, Chairman & Edward Mulholland, CEO
Miwatj Health Aboriginal Corporation
12:40
NETWORKING LUNCH
1:40
Wellbeing centres - Cape York reform and the effects on
health

  • Current challenges in family wellbeing
  • Community and Government programs supporting children, families and communities
  • Prevention strategy and community growth
Peta O'Neill
Wellbeing Centres, Royal Flying Doctors Service of Australia
IMPROVING YOUTH HEALTH TO ENSURE GENERATIONAL CHANGE
2:20
Integrating effective & efficient community services & health promotion

  • Current challenges in family wellbeing
  • Community and Government programs supporting children, families and communities
  • Prevention strategy and community growth
Vivien Bonner, Indigenous Family & Community Support Worker
Pathways To Prevention, Mission Australia
3:00
Breaking the health cycle through creating opportunities

  • Connecting with identity and culture
  • Youth education, health promotion and awareness
  • Strong role models
Dean Krause, SAAP Youth Support Worker
Inala Youth Service
3:30
AFTERNOON TEA & NETWORKING
4:00
Improving Australia's health & welfare through statistics & data development

  • The use and importance of research to improve data and collection
  • Continuing quality improvement
  • The correlation between data collection and health progress
Fadwa Al-Yaman, Director of Indigenous Health
Australia Institute of Health & Welfare
4:40
Roundtable discussions
5:00
CLOSING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR AND CLOSE OF CONFERENCE

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