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Session 3C: Abstracts - Equity and Identity

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Tuesday, November 12, 2024
12:40 PM - 2:10 PM

Speaker

Jori Etuale
Social Worker
Mater Clarence Street

X-Tending our Reach: Engaging Young People with Significant Barriers

1:55 PM - 2:07 PM

Biography

Jori Etuale is a social worker and visual artist who has worked in various community and health settings with marginalized groups. His practice is informed by anti-oppressive, intersectional feminist and decolonizing frameworks that center relationship and community. Over the past 8 years, Jori has worked with young people whose lives have been impacted by different systems and structures, and has become interested in not only using harm reduction as a framework to protect the rights and health of young people who use drugs, but as a means of empowerment and resistance to harms from mandatory system involvement.
Mr Damian Kukulies
Project Coordinator
Menzies School of Health Research

Co-designing models of care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

12:40 PM - 12:52 PM

Abstract Document (PDF)

Biography

Damian is a dietitian with a strong interest in research and public health. He is a member of the Diabetes Across the Lifecourse Northern Australia Partnership at Menzies School of Health Research which focuses on breaking the integrational cycle of type 2 diabetes experienced by First Nations Australians.
Dr Kajal Hirani
Paediatrician And Adolescent Medicine Physician
Perth Children's Hospital

Adolescent-friendly health services for refugees resettling in Western Australia

12:55 PM - 1:07 PM

Abstract Document (PDF)

Biography

KH is a Paediatrican and Adolescent Physician with a PhD in Adolescent Refugee Health. She holds clinical positions across Perth Children's Hospital (Infectious Diseases, Refugee Health) and Fiona Stanley Hospital (Paediatrics), and is a Post-Doctoral researcher at Telethon Kids Institute. She has extensive global health experience, including within Refugee Health.
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Associate Professor Melissa Kang
Co-head, General Practice Clinical School
University of Sydney

Preventive medical care for marginalized young people: demonstrating the impact of Youth Health services

1:10 PM - 1:22 PM

Abstract Document (PDF)

Biography

Erin de Villiers is a final year medical student at The University of Sydney, with a Bachelor of Biomedicine from The University of Melbourne. She has a strong interest in AYA Medicine and Sexual Health. Her MD project was completed in collaboration with the team at WSLHD Youth Health.
Professor Stuart Kinner
Head, Justice Health Group
Curtin University & Murdoch Children's Research Institute

Reducing health inequities for justice-involved children and adolescents

1:25 PM - 1:37 PM

Abstract Document (PDF)

Biography

Stuart Kinner is Head of the Justice Health Group spanning Curtin University and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. He has produced >300 publications and attracted almost $30 million in research funding. Stuart Chairs the National Youth Justice Health Advisory Group, and serves on the WHO Health in Prisons Programme Steering Group.
Miss Kate Thompson
Lecturer/PhD Candidate
The University Of Queensland

Strengthening Cultural Identity and Connection for Children in Out-of-Home Care

1:40 PM - 1:52 PM

Abstract Document (PDF)

Biography

Kate (Gooreng Gooreng and Yuggera woman) is a PhD candidate researching cultural identity and connection for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care at the University of Queensland (UQ). Kate is a Lecturer at UQ, fostering culturally safe and responsive practice in future healthcare and human services professionals.
Miss Sophie Marshall
Intensive Outreach Worker
Mater Clarence Street

X-Tending our Reach: Engaging Young People with Significant Barriers

1:55 PM - 2:07 PM

Abstract Document (PDF)

Biography

Sophie Marshall is an Intensive Outreach Worker at Mater Clarence Street’s X-Tend Outreach Program. She has over five years of experience working at Non-Government Organisations with vulnerable young people in various case management and youth work roles. Sophie is a passionate advocate for young people engaged in the legal system and is focused on understanding their psycho-social context with an Alcohol and Other Drugs lens.

Chair

Jen Marino
Sr Res Fellow
University of Sydney

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