Month: April 2019

Maria Schwarz1, Professor Elizabeth Ward2, Associate Professor Petrea Cornwell3, Mrs Anne Coccetti1 1Logan Hospital, Meadowbrook, Australia, 2Centre for Functioning and Health Research, Brisbane, Australia, 3School of Allied Health, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia As demands on Allied Health Practitioners grow within...

Mrs Anne Coccetti1, Ms Maria Schwarz1, Mr Michael Draheim1, Ms Gail Gordon3 1Logan Hospital, Metro South Hospital and Health Service, Meadowbrook, Australia, 2School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 3Redland Hospital and Wynnum Manly Health Service,...

Mr Angel Carrasco1, A/Prof Kathleen Baird1 1Gold Coast Health, Southport, Australia Allied Health Clinicians are often at the front face of health services providing direct clinical support, counselling and specialist referral to women experiencing domestic and family violence (DFV). This...

Katherine Kelly1 1South Western Sydney Local Health District, Campbelltown, Australia Background: The role of SLPs in palliative and EOL care is still not well defined, not always understood by other professions, and sometimes not even by SLPs themselves (Hawksley et...

Ms Anne Harrison1 1Mercy Hospitals Vic. Ltd., Werribee, Australia Background: Physical activity has substantial benefits and minimal risks for pregnant women including those diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) yet more than 60 per cent of women with GDM do...

Dr Vishal Bulsara1, Dr Marianne Wood2 1South Metropolitan Health Service, Murdoch, Australia, 2Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia, Highgate, Australia Introduction Aboriginal Australian adults are thought to suffer from influenza and pneumococcal disease at the same frequency as the general...

Dr Charlotte Brakenridge1, Dr Elise Gane1, Dr Esther Smits1, Dr Nicole Andrews1,2, Associate Professor Venerina Johnston1 1Recover Injury Research Centre, The University Of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 2Occupational Therapy Department and The Professor Tess Cramond Multidisciplinary Pain Centre, The Royal Brisbane...

Vanessa Sandi1, Shaun Archer1, Jacqui Barker1, Renai De Marco1, Dominic Furphy1, Juliana Symonds1 1ACT Health, Canberra, Australia Introduction In ACT Health (Canberra, Australia), 15% of Community Care Program Physiotherapy referrals are for chronic low back pain; patients often wait 10...

Ms Annie  Walsh1,3,4, Professor Hugh Dickson1,2,3,4, Doctor Serena Ayers5, Doctor Matthew  Malone1,3,4 1High Risk Foot Service, Liverpool Hospital, South West Sydney Local Health District , Sydney, Australia, 2Ambulatory Care Department, Liverpool Hospital, South Western Sydney Local Health District, Sydney ,...

Katie Palmer1, Dr Kelly-Ann Bowles1, Prof Rebecca Lane3, Dr Julia Morphet1 1Monash University, Frankston, Australia, 2Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia, 3Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia Introduction: While exercise has been shown to improve quality of life and physical function and reduce hospital...