AVHEC - Plenary 5 - Elimination Starts with the Community

Plenary 5 - Elimination Starts with the Community

Friday, August 11, 2017

1:15 PM - 2:20 PM

Tully Room I - III

Speaker

Mrs Yvonne Drazic

Admin Officer

James Cook University and Cairns Hepatitis Action Team (CHAT)

Keynote 16 - Engaging community - The Cairns Hepatitis Action Team - Paths to Patient Involvement

1:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Speaker Presentation

Biography

Yvonne enjoys raising awareness about hepatitis B with the Cairns Hepatitis Action Team. She is currently completing a hepatitis B-related PhD thesis and works part-time at Cairns Sexual Health Service and at Cairns Hospital. She loves living in Cairns with her husband and is proud of her two grown-up daughters.

Ms Rhondda Lewis

Health Promotion Officer

Cairns Sexual Health Service

Keynote 16 - Engaging community - The Cairns Hepatitis Action Team - Paths to Patient Involvement

1:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Speaker Presentation

Video Presentation

Biography

Rhondda Lewis, Viral Hepatitis Health Practitioner, working in hepatitis health promotion and education in Cairns.

Assoc Prof Phillip Mills

Adjunct

Jcu

Keynote 17 - Engagement for communities in Aboriginal Health

1:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Video Presentation

Biography

Ms Melanie Walker

TBA

Keynote 18 - Why is Daddy’s toothbrush on top of the cabinet?”: Hep C - Families and Treatment

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM

Speaker Presentation

Video Presentation

Biography

Chair

Gabrielle Bennett

Victorian Viral Hepatitis Educator

Australasian Hepatology Association (AHA)

Jodie Walton

Bbv & Sti Education Project Officer

Hepatitis Queensland