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Cross Track Symposium 1 - Community Engagement

Monday, August 13, 2018
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM
Hall M (Ground Floor)

Details

Learning Objectives- Among the priority populations discussed, attendees will become familiarised with: Burden of viral hepatitis Barriers and facilitators to viral hepatitis care, treatment and prevention.


Speaker

Ms Melinda Walker
Assistant Researcher
Centre For Social Research In Health

Deadly Liver Mob: Establishing New Services To Engage Aboriginal People Who Inject In Hepatitis C And Sti Screening

11:45 AM - 11:57 AM

Audio Recording

Abstract

Speaker Presentation

Biography

Melinda Walker is a Gumbaynggirr woman from Bowraville, NSW and has worked in Government and NGO agencies around Sydney Metropolitan region. She is a research officer and coordinator of the Community Reference Panel, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW.
Ms Cecilia Lim
Coordinator Information And Resources
Hepatitis SA

Beyond Information - Hepatitis B Engagement With The Chinese Community In Adelaide

11:57 AM - 12:09 PM

Audio Recording

Abstract

Speaker Presentation

Biography

Cecilia Lim coordinates Hepatitis SA's Information & Resources program.
Mrs Margery Milner
Clinical Practice Nurse Consultant
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital - Gastroenterology and Liver Clinic

Beyond Information - Hepatitis B Engagement With The Chinese Community In Adelaide

11:57 AM - 12:09 PM

Biography

Since 2004 Margery has worked as a clinical practice consultant – nursing at TQEH in the western suburbs of Adelaide; with a focus on hepatitis B and C. She has seen the role change from a hospital based service to a community model involving GPs, nurse-led models of care with dedicated clinics in rural areas, clean needle programs, mental health and drug and alcohol centres.
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Ms Melanie Walker
TBA

Too soon for back-slapping and counting chickens: engagement with sub-populations of people who use drugs

12:09 PM - 12:21 PM

Audio Recording

Speaker Presentation

Biography

Melanie Walker is the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users League (AIVL). She is also the President of Hepatitis ACT and a board member of the Australian Alcohol and other Drugs Council (AADC) and the National Centre for Clinical Research on Emerging Drugs (NCCRED).
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Dr Phillip Read
Director
Kirketon Road Centre

Barriers and Facilitators for Ensuring Equitable Access to DAAs: A Clinical Perspective

12:21 PM - 12:33 PM

Audio Recording

Speaker Presentation

Biography

Dr Phillip Read is the Director of the Kirketon Road Centre in Sydney’s Kings Cross. KRC is a primary health care service involved in the prevention, treatment and care of hepatitis among people who use drugs and homeless and marginalised populations.
Ms Janice Pritchard-Jones
RN
G&l, Slhd

Collaborative partnerships are needed to eliminate hepatitis C in marginalised populations

12:33 PM - 12:45 PM

Speaker Presentation

Biography

Q&A

Q&A

12:45 PM - 12:55 PM

Biography

Panel Discussion

Facilitators: Margaret Hellard and Enaam Oudih. Panellists: Chen Bin, Syl Phillips-Ayre, Catherine Kostovski, Sione Crawford, Jude Byrne, Jack Wallace and Deborah Warneke-Arnold

12:55 PM - 1:15 PM

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Chair

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Margaret Hellard
Deputy Director, Programs
Burnet Institute

Enaam Oudih
Practice Manager Multicultural Services
Relationships Australia

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