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ENGAGING FOR HEALTH OUTCOMES

Monday | Tuesday

Monday 15 August
 S04 ENGAGING PEOPLE: BUILDING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES I
Chair: Cathy Lilley Queensland Dept of Communities, Brisbane, Australia
Room: M1
10.40am Rural Places and Community Participation in Health Services Development Judy Taylor Spencer Gulf Rural Health School, Whyalla Norrie, Australia
11.00am Facilitating Leadership: A Community Capacity Building Approach Mhairi Vogt Launceston City Council, Tasmania, Australia and Tina Binns Aged, Rural and Community Health – Department of Health and Human Services, Tasmania, Australia
11.20am Community Readiness: Compatibility of Theory, Policy and Practice Virginia Lewis Australian Institute for Primary Care, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia & Erica Ruck Ovens and King Community Health Centre, Wangaratta, Australia
11.40am Engaging Faith Communities as Partners in Health Care Antonia Van Loon Royal District Nursing Service Foundation Research Unit, Glenside, Australia
 S17 ENGAGING PEOPLE: BUILDING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES II
Chair: Rick Williams Queensland Dept of Communities, Brisbane, Australia
Room: GH4/Door 5
2.10pm Building Healthy Communities through Capacity Exchange Turahn Dorsey Abt Associates Inc., Cambridge, USA
2.30pm The Gathering Tree Community Garden Mary Ireland & Kay Simmons Adelaide Central Community Health Service, Prospect East, Australia
2.50pm Opening Doors to More Healthy Communities – The Healthy Communities Collaborative – Widening Access to a Healthy Diet in Low Income Groups – UK Linda Henry National Primary Care Development Team, Manchester, UK
 S20 ENGAGING PEOPLE: BUILDING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES III
Chair: Tanya Lucas Australian Bureau of Statistics, Brisbane, Australia
Room: M3
2.10pm Alor Community Based Health Project – Indonesia Andrew Newmarch World Vision Australia, Australia
2.30pm Engaging Rural Communities Using a Videoconference Health Education Program: Lessons Learned and the Way Forward Kathryn Faulkner Women’s Health Queensland Wide Inc, Spring Hill, Australia
2.50pm Right to Participation in Public Health Strategy Development Helen Potts Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
 S35 ENGAGING PEOPLE: BUILDING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES IV
Chair: Terrence O’Brien Queensland Dept of Communities, Brisbane, Australia
Room: M3
4.30pm Engaging the Decision Makers: Planning with Communities for the Delivery of Rural Telecommunications in Australia Angelita Martini University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Australia
4.50pm Comprehensive Health Promotion in Primary Schools: The ‘Resilient Children and Community’ Project Donald Stewart & Michael Hardy Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
5.10pm Engaging the Community to Defeat Biting Midge Ian Fanning Hervey Bay City Council, Urangan, Australia

Tuesday 16 August
 S74 MAJOR PANEL – ENGAGEMENT IN DEVELOPING COMMUNITIES ON HIV/AIDS PREVENTION AND ITS IMPACT IN THE ASIA PACIFIC PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY NATIONAL HEALTH & MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
Chair: Sarah Lendon Program Coordinator, UNICEF Australia
Room: GH1&2/Door 7
  Wing-Sie Cheng UNICEF Regional HIV/AIDS Advisor for Asia Pacific
  Julienne McKay HIV/AIDS Consultant, Australia
  Mike Kennedy Victorian Aids Council, Melbourne, Australia
  Cheryl Kelly ACIL, Papua New Guinea
 S76 ENGAGING PEOPLE: BUILDING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES V
Chair: Louise Kummerow Queensland Dept of Communities, Brisbane, Australia
Room: GH4/Door 5
4.00pm Enhancing Community Participation for Consumers of a Mental Health Service through Partnerships Peter Mowat Princess Alexandra Hospital Health Service District, Brisbane, Australia
4.20pm Opening Doors in Mental Health Vrinda Edan Eastern Health, Ringwood East, Australia
4.40pm Reciprocity in Education: A Model of Interactive Learning Between Migrant Communities and Mainstream Mental Health Services Nicholas Procter University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
5.00pm From Desert to Oasis: Community Engagement and National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Michele Kosky Health Consumers Council (WA) Inc., Perth, Australia
 S83 ENGAGING PEOPLE: BUILDING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES VI
Chair: Richard Hoolihan TTIPCEED AC, Townsville, Australia
Room: P2
4.00pm A Canadian Partnership of Patient/Citizen Groups and Government: Engagement in National Health Initiatives and Policy Discussions Katharina Kovacs Burns University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
4.20pm Healing The Breach: Can a Government Health Board Re-Build Community Trust? Peter Glensor Hutt Valley District Health Board, Lower Hutt, New
Zealand
4.40pm The Distance from Marginalization to Rank and Privilege Katie Thomas Centre for International Health, Perth, Australia
5.00pm Community Engagement – A Complete Package: Needs Assessment, Data Dissemination, and Beyond Maghboeba Mosavel Center for Reducing Health Disparities, MetroHealth Medical Center and Case West, Cleveland, USA