VIC / TAS Branch

Date: Tuesday 2nd May 2017
Time: 4pm-5pm
Venue: AMREP Lecture Theatre, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
Limited Numbers: Please RSVP to Kaylene Ryan at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to ensure your seat
Videoconferencing available - please email to arrange

Cost: Free for AHPA members (ensure you are logged in before you register), $10 for non AHPA members

Call Me Dad is a story about men who have perpetrated, or are at risk of perpetrating, family
violence. At stake is the safety of children and partners, the stability of families, and the power we as a society have to intervene. These men struggle to maintain intimate relationships without resorting to abuse, physical or otherwise. These men are followed over several months, as they attempt to change themselves, confront the pain they have caused and take hold of a chance to transform their most precious relationships.

SEXrurality Conference 2017 is coordinated by the Centre for Excellence in Rural Sexual Health (CERSH)as part of our mandate to improve sexual health and well-being in rural Victoria. This includes providing strategic leadership and advocacy, and working in partnership with rural communities, networks and agencies to address the inequities that exist in our settings.

The conference is targeted to a cross-section of homelessness services, private and philanthropic sector representatives and academics, government and allied health and welfare professions to discuss future directions for Victoria’s response to homelessness.

Join us for a presentation by Dr William Feaster, Chief Health Information Officer (CHIO), Children's Hospital Orange County, USA; Clinical Professor, Anesthesia and Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA

The Annual Public Health Careers Seminar for 2017 has been rescheduled and moved to the Athenaeum Theatre, 118 Collins Street, Melbourne.

To be held from 6.30pm on September 19, this is an opportunity to get real perspectives about careers in public health.

To register: 2017publichealthcareers.eventbrite.com.au

On October 19th, Monash University will be hosting a public lecture on the changing ways we are treating diabetes and its complications, presented by Professor Mark Cooper AO. Professor Cooper is the head of the new diabetes research department at Monash. 

The details are as follows:

Date: Thursday, 19 October 2017

Time: 6.30 pm for 7.00 pm start. Lecture for 45 minutes followed by Q&A session.

Venue: AMREP Lecture Theatre, adjacent to the Baker Institute at 75 Commercial Road, Melbourne 3004, 200 metres east of the main Alfred Hospital entrance. See map.

Cost: Free

RSVP: CLICK HERE. Please RSVP by Friday 13 October 2017 for catering purposes

Enquiries: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ph +61 3 9903 0026 or mob 0438 856 481; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ph +61 3 9903 0009More information can be found here

A Population Health Approach

Tuesday 24 October 2017, 12:00pm – 3:00pm

Royal Children’s Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville VIC 3052

Register by Thursday 19 October: https://www.trybooking.com/321223

Attendance is free; however, places are limited. For further information, please contact Tina at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Professor Charles Abraham Professor of Psychology Applied to Health, University of Exeter, UK Dr Bosco Rowland Senior Research Fellow School of Psychology, Faculty of Health Deakin University Who should attend: Professionals seeking to encourage population-level behaviour change and health promotion. Stakeholders in health services, Primary Care Partnerships and local, state and federal government. Time and money are a limited resource in efforts to achieve public health behaviour change. This workshop will examine how effective brief communication interventions can be developed based on theories of health behaviour change. We will also examine strategies to economically and efficiently disseminate brief communications across whole-populations, such as schools or local communities. There will be practical development and contribution to 2 real world brief interventions to be used in Melbourne.

Personhood, decision-making and choice: Frameworks for upholding rights with people with disabilities

Presented by Monash University, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine

Description: Unexplained absences of residential aged care residents, often referred to as absconding, eloping and wandering, or leave without notification is one of the most challenging issues related to the care of older people. The issue of "to lock or not" poses challenges for the care provider when trying to balance safety with independence. Understanding how to manage leave without notification of residential aged care residents will become more acute as the population ages. Which is worse, the psychological impact of being locked in versus the physical risk of leaving?

Date: Friday 24 November 2017

Time: 8:30 am – 5:00 pm. Registrations open at 8:00 am

Venue: AMREP Lecture Theatre

The Alfred Medical Research and Education Precinct (AMREP)

75 Commercial Road, Melbourne VIC 3004

Located 100m west of the Punt and Commercial Roads intersection.

Cost: Early Bird Fee: $165 incl. GST (rate expires 7 October); Standard Fee: $210 incl. GST. Catering will be provided.

Registration link: https://shop.monash.edu/lost-and-found-rac-communique-seminar.html

For more information: visit https://www.monash.edu/medicine/sphpm/creps/seminars

Medicine and the Media Short Course

School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine

Monash University

This short course is designed for both health professionals and media professionals. It's created to help bridge the gap between their respective fields so that the quality of health reporting can be improved.

Event date: 25 November 2017, 9AM

Event end date: 25 November 2017, 4.30PM

Location: 553 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004

More details:

Registration is $299.

More information can be found at the event website [http://www.cvent.com/d/x5qv9h]

Date: 4 - 6 December 2017

Venue: Rydges Melbourne (CBD)

Early Bird Close: Monday 23 October 2017

Abstracts Close: Monday 14 August 2017

Conference Website: click here

Monash University and The Centre of Research Excellence in Patient Safety presents:

Celebrating innovation and achievement in healthcare quality...and learning how to get there.

Experience from winners of the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards 2017.

How do you translate good ideas to successful projects and sustained quality improvement? In this seminar, we will hear from winners of the 2017 Victorian Healthcare Quality Awards and translational research leaders.

Speakers will provide insight into the barriers they faced when implementing their innovative quality improvement projects and how they overcame them.

At the end of the seminar, you should have a good understanding of common themes across successful projects being implemented in Victoria. We hope that you will leave feeling motivated and equipped with the tips and tools necessary to successfully implement change in your own workplace.

When

Friday 9 March 2018
9am – 4pm (registration opens at 8.30am)

Where

AMREP Lecture Theatre, 55 Com-mercial Road, The Alfred, Melbourne.

More information

Health Literacy Masterclass: Using health literacy for health service improvement and community development

Proudly presented by Deakin University Health System Improvement Unit:

http://www.deakin.edu.au/cphr/our-research/health-systems-improvement-unit

A two-day intensive masterclass for managers, executives, health professionals, health planners, policy makers, researchers, and those active in health promotion and community services.

This year's annual Prevention forum hosted by ADMA includes presentations on Exercise and Prevention, Nutrition and Mental Health, Oral health, Food Allergies, Music Therapy, Meditation, Dance Therapy for People with Parkinson's Disease, Digital and telephone –based tools for prevention and mental health.

More information: http://www.adma.org.au/images/2018_Prevention_of_Chronic_Diseases_Forum.pdf

The 2018 conference program will include a wide range of topics, including mental health access and support, service design and specialised clinically focused programs, physical wellbeing and mental wellness, mentally healthy workplaces, disorder management, strategies and support for wellness of mental health workers, ehealth, suicide and harm prevention.

The National Eating Disorders and Obesity Conference will be held at Twin Towns Services Club on Thursday 27 – Friday 28 September 2018.

This annual conference is going into its 5th year and will provide the opportunity to share current research, celebrate successes and address challenges whilst learning and networking with like-minded professionals in the prevention, treatment and care of people living with an Eating Disorder and/or Obesity.

The intervention points of public health promotion, community based care and hospital care along with the management of patients through multidisciplinary teams will create a unique collaboration of health care professionals.

If you are yet to visit the beautiful city of Sydney, then the 2018 Australasian Road Safety Conference (ARSC2018) is the ARSC conference for you! The Australasian College of Road Safety (ACRS) & Austroads, and our co-Chair organisations ARRB and Transport & Road Safety Research (TARS) at UNSW, invite you to attend the largest road safety-dedicated conference in the Southern Hemisphere. ARSC2018 will be held in Sydney on the banks of the vibrant Darling Harbour at the beautiful Sydney International Convention Centre complex, from Wednesday to Friday 3-5 October 2018.

Hosted by the Australian & New Zealand Mental Health Association, the 10th Australian Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium is an opportunity for policy makers, clinical practitioners, academics, service providers and mental health professionals to join together and provide a collaborative platform for the challenges, solutions, innovations, support systems and networks for rural mental health.

This Symposium marks our 10 year commitment to the mental health of rural Australians! 

Conference website: https://anzmh.asn.au/rrmh/