NEWSLETTER October 15, 2015
Shangri-La Marina Cairns Hotel is ready to accommodate national and international delegates of the 2015 International Indigenous Health Conference in Cairns on the 1st – 3rd December 2015.

" The stage is set for the 2015 International Indigenous Health Conference at the Shangri-La Marina Hotel in Cairns, Queensland, Australia scheduled for the 1st – 3rd December 2015”.

This year’s conference generates international interests from First Nation’s Peoples throughout the world. The conference agenda has now being finalized with more than fifty featured keynote speakers. As the conference has been centred around the
sharing of information, increasing network and access to programs, what a great opportunity it will be to have more than fifty experts gathered in one roof, over the course of this three - day conference, from various states and territories of Australia
and
international First Nation’s speakers freely sharing knowledge, ideas based on successes of programs implemented at the community, national and global level as well as results of research studies and yarning about personal journeys relative to
improving
Indigenous health and wellbeing.

2015 INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS HEALTH CONFERENCE AGENDA

DAY ONE
8:00 Registration of Delegates
9:00 Welcome to Country by Traditional Elder by Aunty Jeanette Singleton followed by cultural performances
9:45 Opening Keynote Session: Australian Health Minister
10:30 MORNING TEA & Network with Service Providers and Exhibitors
11:00 Keynote: Food & Traditions - Living Healthier Through Omega 3 by Chief Roy S Jones Jr, Haida Hereditary Chief of the 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 BREAK & Network with Service Providers/Exhibitors
1:30 - 2:10 Concurrent Sessions
Room A: Results from an Indigenous pregnancy cohort: risk factors for chronic disease development by Kym Rae and Loretta Weatherall PhD, University of Newcastle and Mothers and Babies Research Centre - Gomeroi Gaaynggal Centre, NEW SOUTH WALES
Room B: Hume Region Closing the Health Gap - Client Journey to improve the interface between hospital and primary health services by Charmaine Bell, Aboriginal Health Transition Officer and Kerrie Brown, Aboriginal Services Development Worker, Albury
Wodonga Health NEW SOUTH WALES
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 WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Room B: Sleeping Dogs method for chronically traumatized Indigenous children: a trauma and attachment focused treatment intervention in remote Western Australia by Arianne Struik, Private Practitioner and Raffaella Salvo, Senior Consultant Country, ICTC
Department of Child Protection and Family Services WA WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Room C: Learning and teaching together - respecting culture and recognising the importance of Indigenous consultation by Andrea James, RN Donor Family Support & Community Education Nurse, DonateLife NT NORTHERN TERRITORY
3:00 AFTERNOON TEA & Network with Service Providers and Exhibitors
3:30 Keynote: The Guddi Project: Understanding the level and nature of ill-health and neurocognitive disability amongst Indigenous Australians who are homeless by Paul White, Director, Specialist Disability Services Assessment & Outreach Team, Delina
Andrews, Project Manager, Ricardo Soares-Maghaleas, Lecturer and Clare Townsend, Manager, & A/Professor (Adjunct), Department of Communities, Child Services & Disabilities, Synapse, UQ and JCU, QUEENSLAND
4:15 Keynote: Sharing Successes – the Story of the West Australian Indigenous Storybook by Sunni Wilson,
Project Officer and Dr Melissa Stoneham, Public Health Advocacy Institute of WA (PHAIWA) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
DAY TWO
DAY 2 (WEDNESDAY) 2ND DECEMBER
8:00 Registration of Delegates
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 SOUTH AUSTRALIA
10:00 MORNING TEA & Network with Service Providers and Exhibitors
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 QUEENSLAND 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 NORTHERN TERRITORY
Room C: Baalap Kwobariny (People Getting Better) - Peel Aboriginal Peoples Project by Emma James, Counsellor/Educator, Palmerston Association WESTERN AUSTRALIA
11:15 Concurrent Sessions
Room A: What Works with an Indigenous Workforce: an Evaluation of the Remote Alcohol & Other Drugs Workforce Program by Lauren Buckley, Clinical Supervisor Remote Alcohol and Other Drugs Workforce Program NORTHERN TERRITORY
Room B: Respecting the Difference: An Aboriginal Cultural Training Framework for NSW Health by Gay Foster, Senior Project Officer NSW Ministry of Health Aboriginal Workforce Unit, NEW SOUTH WALES
Room C: Developing the Womens Health Nurse Practitioner role and working with Aboriginal women by Joanne Perks, Women's Health Nurse Practitioner Liverpool Women's Health Centre NEW SOUTH WALES
12:00 LUNCH BREAK & Network with Service Providers/Exhibitors
1:00 Concurrent Sessions
Room A: Opportunities to enhance Indigenous health autonomy: developing smartphone delivery of a program for chronic health. Dana Bradford Research Scientist CSIRO
Room B: An exploration of health rights for indigenous patients in renal care by Leena Suriyakumar Kesava Panicker
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
1:45 Concurrent Sessions
Room A: Vicarious Trauma: Managing the Inevitable by Jacqueline Burke, Clinical DirectorRape & Domestic Violence Services Australia
Room B: Bi-cultural/Bilateral Discussion on Curriculum Design by Denise Riini Programme Lead Development and Maori Waiariki Institute of Technology
Room C: Building Future Indigenous Primary Health Worker Capacity Steven Cooper & Judy Hoskins Judy Hoskins, Teacher, Indigenous Health, TAFE North Business Manager, Indigenous Health, TAFE North TAFE, North Indigenous Health, QUEENSLAND
2:30 AFTERNOON TEA & Network with Service Providers and Exhibitors
3:00 Keynote: Deadly Dads - A pilot program to support fathers and improve breastfeeding rates in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities by Melanie Carter & Robert Monaghan, Senior Manager Training & Education (ABA) Robert – Consultant
Australian Breastfeeding Association & Monaghan Consulting
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

DAY THREE
8:00 Registration of Delegates
8:30 Keynote: Lessons learned from developing an operations research strategy for evaluating decentralized health services delivery in remote and rural communities: A case study from Dignitas International Sumeet Sodhi Research Scientist, Dignitas
International
9:15 Keynote: Indigenous Community Health and Wellbeing: The Case of The Mapuche in Chile Emma Louise Owen Psychology PhD Candidate Sheffield Hallam University
10:00 MORNING TEA & Network with Service Providers and Exhibitors
10:30 Concurrent Sessions
Room A: Improving outcomes in Aboriginal pregnancies by Torna Moya, Coordinator of Aboriginal Maternity Care, Armadale Health Service, Perth Western Australia
Room B: Building the Bridge-Aboriginal Youth and Health Services by Kimi Halapio, Policy Analyst, NSW Kids & Families Dept. of Health
Room C: Transforming Whanau Pathways. A Sexual Violence resource by Sandz Peipi Te Pou Kaitakawaenga National Co-ordinator Te Ohaakia a Hine National Network Ending Sexual Violence Together - Nga Kaitiaki Mauri
11:15 Concurrent Sessions
Room A: A holistic model for Quitline SA and NT: combining motivational interviewing and narrative principles 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
Room C: Lepromatous leprosy: A rare presentation in Australia by Sunny Modi, Senior Medical Officer, Greenslopes Private Hospital
12:00 LUNCH BREAK & Network with Service Providers and Exhibitors
1:00 Keynote: End of Life Care Palliative Approach, Catherine Jacka, PEPA National Coordinator
1:45 PANEL DISCUSSION: Selected Guest Speaker Panellist
2:30 AFTERNOON TEA & End of Conference & Distribution of DVDs and Certificates

PLEASE NOTE: The above agenda is subject to change without prior notice to ensure smooth flow of the conference proceedings.

REGISTRATION: With the quality of both papers and programs put forward and included in the conference agenda, numbers are filling fast and vacancies are limited. Hence, we encourage anyone who wishes to attend the conference to register as soon as
possible. We have structured our registration in such a way that will save organization's money while at the same time providing a great forum for frank and open discussion. We’ve also negotiated a special conference rate that can only be availed by
registered delegates booking their hotel rooms direct at the Shangri-La Marina Cairns.
For further information, please visit the conference webpage: http://www.indigenousconferences.com/#!2015-indigenous-health-conference/c1sdu or email us at adminics@iinet.net.au
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CALLING FOR PAPERS FOR ALL AGENDA ITEMS

Inspired by the huge success of the international and national Indigenous conferences in improving Indigenous People’s health and wellbeing, ICS Australia is now calling for papers for the 2016 National CALD Workers Conference to be held at the Hervey
Bay Community Centre on the 26th – 28th September 2016 in the Fraser Coast, dubbed the whale capital of Australia.
CALLING FOR PAPERS FOR ALL AGENDA ITEMS

ICS Australia is looking for cutting edge presentations that empower CALD workers, community gatekeepers, ethnic leaders and community service managers with tools and knowledge on how to effectively instil change to improve services to multicultural
clients and positively create an impact on today’s global society and provide participants with an opportunity to gain greater cultural consciousness. The conference agenda will focus on a variety of topics to include:
Developing a culturally inclusive services & practices
Health and wellbeing in culturally and linguistically diverse communities
Community Engagement that Works: Approaching Community Gatekeepers
CAMS Program Stories: Building relationship with CALD Communities
Migrant Settlement Program Stories: Current Diversity Trends and Issues
My Aged Care Reform: Impact on Aged CALD Population
Barriers in Community Services Access from a CALD Client’s perspectives
Understanding and Healing: Islam and the Australian Experience
Respecting One’s Religion: So What’s The Difference?
CALD Family Carers: Issues at Hand
The New Face of Discrimination: Micro-aggressions in Everyday Life
Overcoming Adversity in CALD Clients with a Disability
Exploring the Cultural, Social and Political Influences that Shape Identity
Transforming notions of global diversity through cultural integration
Cultural Diversity: What You Think You Know and What You Know
Navigating global trends and the impact on migration of labour and skills
Working with CALD Consumers: Understanding Ethnicity and Race
Social Constructions of Inequality: Legal Services for CALD Clients
Racism STOPS with Me Campaign
Lessons Learned from Multicultural Workers’ perspectives
Communication across cultural and ideological barriers
Interpreting Services for CALD Clients
CALD Youth Leadership Programs
Educational Opportunities, Economic Participation and Skilling Programs for CALD Jobseekers
The Philosophy of Diversity: From Theory to Social and Cultural Inclusive Practices
Family Violence Affecting CALD Families
Working effectively with CALD employees
Culturally inclusive local governments
Cultural and Environmental sustainability

WORKSHOPS
Same Race Story Circles: Identify, frame, and shape your personal story and cultural narrative, and discover how these influence your career and organization.
Skill Development Workshops: Practice and apply story skills to elevate your leadership profile and organizational impact.
Get Ready to Lead - Leadership StoryTalks: Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership that transform values into actions, visions into realities, obstacles into innovations, separateness into solidarity, and risks into rewards.

GUIDELINES IN SUBMITTING PAPER
Papers should not contain offensive language and take in to account cultural sensitivities.
Papers may treat the themes in a manner that contributes to a further discussion of the conference aims.
Conference papers must be presented in the finish format not less 60 days prior to the event.
First call for papers will close on 30th November 2015 with a second, if required.
Papers that are not chosen in the first round may be resubmitted if there is a second round.
Papers should be submitted in Microsoft Word format.
Author/s of papers presented at the conference will be formally notified acceptance.
Call for papers registration fee of $650 will apply to all persons submitting papers payable upon acceptance of papers.
Papers should explore ways in which the themes show up in the philosophy of the conference.
A maximum of two presenters for each paper are eligible for the discounted call for papers registration fee.
All papers must be presented in a positive and informative light.

WHY ATTEND
The conference will enable you to discover new strategies for better serving your clients and experiencing unparalleled professional and personal growth. The event offers more than 30 sessions with engaging and inspiring keynote speakers, workshop
sessions and unparalleled networking opportunities.
For more information, please visit the conference webpage at this link: http://www.indigenousconferences.com/#!2016-cald/c1mhi or contact us by email at adminics@iinet.net.au

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