Joint Symposium: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health
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| Tuesday, November 7, 2017 |
| 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM |
| Nicholls Theatrette |
Details
This session will cover the key challenges for prevention and treatment of STIs and BBVs in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and current campaigns and approaches to address these.
Speaker
Mr Morgan Dempsey
Indigenous Health Worker Coordinator
Sexual Health Qld Health
Engagement in Care of Indigenous People Living with HIV
4:30 PM - 4:45 PMBiography
Dr Darren Russell
Associate Professor
Cairns Sexual Health Service
Engagement in care of Indigenous people living with HIV
4:30 PM - 4:45 PMBiography
Dr Darren Russell is the Director of Sexual Health at Cairns Hospital. He is also the Principal Investigator for the Queensland HIV prevention study – ‘QPrEPd’. His interests include Indigenous sexual health, transgender health, and the elimination of Hepatitis C infection and HIV transmissions in Australia.
Dr Stephen Bell
Senior Research Fellow
Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity in Society
Mr Aaron Ken
Sexual Health Community Engagement Project Officer
Aboriginal Health Council SA
Young, Deadly, Free: Sexual Health Peer Education Campaign and Resources for Remote Communities
5:00 PM - 5:15 PMBiography
Aaron Ken is an Aboriginal man from the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands in far North West South Australia. For the last decade Aaron has worked in sexual and mental health promotion, throughout Australia with various organisations namely SHINE SA, MindMatters and currently with the Aboriginal Health Council SA.
Mrs Jessica Thomas
National Coordinator Remote STI & BBV Project: Young Deadly Free
South Australian Health And Medical Research Institute
Young, Deadly, Free: Sexual Health Peer Education Campaign and Resources for Remote Communities
5:00 PM - 5:15 PMBiography
Jessica Thomas is a health promotion professional who specialises in working with remote communities and strong evaluation methodologies. A rewarding aspect, both personally and professionally, has been working with Aboriginal people to improve quality of life and health outcomes. She has previously worked with the Royal Flying Doctor Service and is currently working with SAHMRI and completing a PhD.
Ms Katy Crawford
Sexual Health Project Officer
C/- South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute
Young Deadly Syphilis Free; Implementation of a syphilis campaign in remote Australia-lessons learned
5:15 PM - 5:30 PMBiography
Katy Crawford is the Kimberley coordinator of the Young Deadly Free project. Based in Broome, Katy has been working on this project at Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Service since March 2017. Prior to this Katy has worked as an STI Public Health Nurse in the Kimberley coordinating the region’s Syphilis outbreak response.
Dr Rae-Lin Huang
Sexual Health Program Co-ordinator
Nganampa Health Council
Indicators of Intervention Success in a Region of Aboriginal Communities on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands which has Achieved Long-Term Prevalence Reductions in Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
5:30 PM - 5:45 PMBiography
Dr Rae-Lin Huang co-ordinates the STI control program for Nganampa Health Council. She is a Fellow of the RACGP and Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine. Dr Huang has extensive experience in the design and delivery of successful STI and blood-borne virus control programs in remote communities and is an AI with the CRE in Aboriginal Sexual Health and BBVs.
Panel
Panel Discussion
5:45 PM - 6:00 PMBiography
Panel
Discussion
5:45 PM - 6:00 PMBiography
