Month: April 2019

Alicia Chaplain1, Catherine Stephens2, Donna Truran3, Kylynn Loi4 1Allied Health Professions’ Office of Queensland, Department of Health, Herston, Australia, 2Allied Health Professions’ Office of Queensland, Department of Health, Herston, Australia, 3Australian eHealth Research Centre, CSIRO, Sydney, Australia, 4Australian eHealth Research...

Mrs Kamila Davidson1, Dr Helen  Vidgen1, Professor  Elizabeth Denney-Wilson2 1Queensland University Of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, 2The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Background: Routine assessment of children’s weight status is the first step in identification of overweight and obesity yet currently...

Mr Peter Young1, Miss Natalie Papallo1 1Western NSW Local Health District, Orange, Australia Orange Health Service (OHS) is reasonably well equipped with specialised equipment, yet this pool is poorly managed, stored and maintained, resulting in inefficiencies, inappropriate prescriptions and unnecessary...

Ms Claire Pearce1,2,3, Professor Andrew Wilson2,3, Professor Lucie Rychetnik2,3 1Canberra Health Services, Canberra, Australia, 2The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre, Sydney, Australia, 3University of Sydney, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, Sydney, Australia Introduction: Obesity continues to have a significant impact on...

Professor Sharon Mickan1,2, Dr Xanthe  Golenko2, Professor  Nicholas Buys2, Professor Andrea Bialocerkowski2 1Gold Coast Health , Gold Coast, Australia, 2Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Australia Objective: New technologies, globalisation and an aging population are changing our current healthcare and education...

Ms Shabeena Miskin1 1Redcliffe Hospital, Queensland Health, Redcliffe, Australia BACKGROUND: Speech Pathologists are recognised as specialists in the assessment and management of dysphagia.  Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) is an instrumental assessment that involves transnasal endoscopic imaging of the...

Jessica Hajdu1 1Queensland Health, Redcliffe, Australia The Speech Pathology team at Redcliffe Hospital was awarded project funding to establish and provide a telehealth service to paediatric outpatients. Prior to this, there were no telehealth services within Metro North for Paediatric...

Lucy Whelan1 1Monash Health, Australia Background: Asylum seekers and refugees experience high rates of unemployment and underemployment, and this has a profound impact on settlement outcomes. Employment is recognised as a significant social determinant of health. Organisations benefit from having...

Kelly  Thurlow1 1University Of Newcastle Department Of Rural Health , Taree, Australia The scope of physiotherapy practice in rural and remote areas has potential for workforce change. Rural and remote physiotherapists are seen as specialist generalist, required to work across...

Richard  Grist1, Elisa Mcconnochie1, Eleanor Baggott1 1Totara House, Canterbury District Health Board, Christchurch, New Zealand Background: Totara House, an Early Intervention in Psychosis Service (EIP), supports young adults experiencing first-episode psychosis. The project integrates support workers from two NGO organisations...