Conference workshops are part of the official conference program. Pre-registration is required.

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Media Workshop
 

Date: Tuesday 26 September 2023

Time: 1:30pm - 3:00pm AEST (Concurrent Session 1F)

Facilitated by:

• Mr Paris Lord, Media and Communications Manager, Public Health Association of Australia

• Ms Hollie Harwood, Strategic Communications Advisor,  Public Health Association of Australia

 

Looking to further your audience for your public health research, or influence public health policy? Or maybe even just educate the public on an important health matter?
 

Media interviews are an effective way to reach new audiences, advocate on important issues and influence opinions and behaviours, but they can often seem daunting. 
 

Led by the PHAA communications team, this workshop will provide an overview of basic media interview skills and tips, as well as the opportunity to practice your interview skills in a friendly, small group format.  

Designed for public health professionals, advocates, and researchers with no media experience, as well as those seeking a quick refresher, register now and gain new interview confidence, or brush up on your media skills. 

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This will be an in-room (not virtual) workshop and is limited to 32 participants. 

 

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Embedding dietitians in Aboriginal primary health care: Lessons learned from the Kaat Koort Brain Health Study

 

Date: Wednesday 27 September 2023

Time: 7:15am - 8:45am AEST

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Facilitated by:

• Fiona Collins, Dietitian APD

• Kanita Kunaratnam, Lecturer and Dietitian APD

• Claire Kneafsey, Dietitian APD

• Melissa Dunham, Clinical Trial Coordinator and Dietitian APD

• Salena Linforth-Milham, RN

• Dolores Gilbert, AHP

 

It is estimated that the rate of dementia among Indigenous Australians is three times greater than the general Australian population. Studies have shown a relationship between cognitive decline and dementia with lifestyle factors (including poor diet) and chronic conditions (including diabetes and obesity). Many of these risk factors are elevated in older Indigenous populations but may be modifiable through a public health approach.

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The Kaat Koort Brain Health Study is a randomised controlled trial run in partnership with two Aboriginal Medical Services on Noongar Country. It is led by Aboriginal health professionals and features four interventions—including a nutrition component delivered by qualified dietitians using a customised software program with a Food Frequency questionnaire (FFQ). The FFQ was developed for Indigenous populations in Israel and adapted for use with Indigenous Australians.

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This workshop will explore and discuss the challenges and lessons learnt in designing and implementing a lifestyle modification program in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations. We will also feature positive case studies and ideas for improving nutritional programs in the future. It will appeal to anyone with an interest in the important role that dietitians can play in supporting an improvement in Aboriginal population health.

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This will be an in-room (not virtual) workshop and is limited to 32 participants. 

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The distinctive ethics of public health

 

Date: Wednesday 27 September 2023

Time: 1:30pm - 3:00pm AEST (Concurrent Session 3F)

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Facilitated by: Professor Jim Thomas, Professor Emeritus, Gillings School Of Global Public Health, University Of North Carolina

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The workshop will be based in a story told by the workshop facilitator, Dr. Jim Thomas, of a tuberculosis epidemic connected with the early diamond and gold mining in South Africa. Workshop participants will identify the elements of the story that make them uncomfortable and the values and ethical principles they would like to preserve in the conduct of public health. The discussion will highlight aspects of public health ethics that are distinctive from medical ethics and will actively seek to include non-Western values that public health should embody.

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This will be an in-room (not virtual) workshop and is limited to 32 participants. 

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Decarbonising the health system - learning from England's National Health Service

 

Date: Thursday 28 September 2023

Time: 11:00am - 12:30pm AEST (Concurrent Session 4F)

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Facilitated by: Dr Alice McGushin, Technical Advisor To The Greener NHS, NHS England

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This workshop provides an overview of the NHS net zero strategy - interventions and progress in the different workstreams: Estates and facilities; travel and transport; medicines; supply chain and procurement; clinical transformation - and the learnings that can be drawn and used by health systems and local teams in their own decarbonisation journey. 

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This will be an in-room (not virtual) workshop and is limited to 32 participants. 

 

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Advocacy for Public Health Workshop

 

Date: Thursday 28 September 2023

Time: 1:15pm - 2:45pm AEST (Concurrent Session 5F)

Facilitated by: 

• Dr Leanne Coombe, Policy and Advocacy Manager, Public Health Association of Australia

• Mr Malcolm Baalman, Senior Policy and Advocacy Advisor, Public Health Association of Australia

• Ms Lily Pratt, Policy Officer, Public Health Association of Australia

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Developing skills in advocacy is an ambition of many in our public health community. This workshop, delivered by the PHAA National Office Policy Team, will cover how National Office does its advocacy work, how individual PHAA members can contribute to that work, how individuals can advance public health issues in their own spaces, and will teach practical tips and techniques.

 

This will be an in-room (not virtual) workshop and is limited to 32 participants.