Vol 5 No 1 January 2005 - March 2005: ISSN 1445-7253
A peer-reviewed electronic journal from the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Conference abstracts and papers
This section contains information on recent conferences. If you are aware of any conferences that would be appropriate for inclusion in this section please contact us.
- 47th Annual Scientific Convention added 25 January 2005
- AIATSIS Conference 2004: Sharing the Cultural and Theoretical Space added 15 February 2005
- National Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health Conference added 6 January 2005
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47th Annual Scientific Convention
30 September - 3 October 2004, Melbourne, Victoria
The theme of the 47th Annual Scientific Convention was 'celebrating Diversity in General Practice'. A number of sessions and events at the Annual Scientific Convention addressed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. Abstracts are available from the RACGP website.
Presentations that are available include:
• Joyner B, Tierney J. Medical services in remote communities
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presentation (Powerpoint)
• Usherwood T. Working together
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presentation (Powerpoint)
• McCartney T. Working together: ACCHS & GP’s
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presentation (Powerpoint)
• Millard F. Cervical screening for Indigenous Women: making
it happen
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presentation (Powerpoint)
• Larkins S, Page P, Lee H, Alberts V, Scott R, Panaretto K, Mitchell
M. U mob yarn up: the attitudes and behaviours of teenage Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander women in Townsville in relation to pregnancy
and parenthood
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presentation (Powerpoint)
• Reath J, Curtis P, Lomas E, Starling R. Meeting the needs:
training and support for general practitioners working in Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander health
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presentation (Powerpoint)
• Curtis P. Cultural training for general practitioners working
in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health: what is out there and
how well does it work?
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presentation (Powerpoint)
AIATSIS Conference 2004: Sharing the Cultural and Theoretical
Space
22 - 25 November 2004, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
This conference, organised by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), focused on issues in Indigenous studies. The AIATSIS Council adopted the theme of Indigenous studies: sharing the cultural and theoretical space. The aim was to encourage and provide for discussion of intercultural approaches to research and related matters.
The conference was structured around 12 sessions (see below). The conference program and abstracts of the papers are available on the AIATSIS website.
- Indigenist research (view abstracts)
- Making space for Indigenous cultural expressions of well-being in Aboriginal health research and practice (view abstracts)
- Theoretical and practical frameworks for dealing with culture and conflict (view abstracts)
- Innnovation and sustainability in Indigenous tourism (view abstracts)
- What is a Knowledge Centre? A contemporary approach to Indigenous cultural resource management (view abstracts)
- Repatriation: Return of Indigenous remains and objects of cultural significance (view abstracts)
- Sharing land and the politics of property (view abstracts)
- Mapping the shared terrain: Indigenous and non-Indigenous concepts of landscape (view abstracts)
- Towards a National Strategy for Intellectual Property and the Protection of Indigenous Knowledge (view abstracts)
- National and World Heritage nomination and the impact of native title and agreement making (view abstracts)
- Miscellaneous papers (view abstracts)
- Sharing language: Making dictionaries for Indigenous languages (view abstracts)
National Services for Australian Rural and Remote
Allied Health Conference
26 - 28 August 2004, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
At this conference new and innovative models of allied health service delivery and future directions were presented and discussed. Participants included allied health professionals working in rural and remote areas, managers of health services, and consumers interested in the dynamic developments in allied health services.
The conference
program and papers are available on the Services
for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health website.
Papers related to Indigenous issues include:
• Justice A, Numina R. A community development project: innovative
service delivery in a remote Indigenous setting
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paper (PDF)
• Price R. Food Alliance for Remote Australia: a voice
for food security issues in remote Australia
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• Justice A, Smith A. Improving remote food supply: community-based
food service worker training
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• Burton C. Working in partnership—’shaping’
Indigenous hearing services to meet community needs
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• Sheldon Remote Mental Health Team. Leave only footprints:
cultural sustainability and mental health in a remote Aboriginal setting
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(PDF)
• Cotter P, Gerken P. Developing Indigenous health policy
in allied health
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paper (PDF)
• McDonald H. Factors which inhibit successful Indigenous participation
in health service delivery in northern Australia
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paper (PDF)
