Program - Sowing the Seeds of Farmer Health
CONFERENCE PROGRAM - Monday 17th September, 2012 | |||||
1:00pm | Registration desk opens | ||||
2:45 – 4:30pm | PLENARY SESSION 1: WELCOME AND CONFERENCE OPENING Chair: Chris Faulkner, Department of Health, VIC | Auditorium | |||
2:45pm | Welcome from Master of Ceremonies – Libby Price, Country Hour Presenter, ABC Radio, VIC | ||||
2:55pm | Conference Opening – Simon Ramsay MLC, Member for Western Victoria, VIC | ||||
3:05pm | Welcome – Professor Brendan Crotty, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Health, Deakin University, VIC | ||||
3:10pm | Welcome – Jim Fletcher, Chief Executive Officer, Western District Health Service, VIC | ||||
3:15pm | Keynote 1: ‘A decade in Farmer Health’, Clinical Associate Professor Susan Brumby, Director, National Centre for Farmer Health, VIC | ||||
3:50pm | Keynote 2: ‘Art feeds the mind. Farmers feed the future.’, Lynne Strong, Owner, Clover Hill Dairies & National Program Director, Art4Agriculture, NSW | ||||
4:25pm | Celebrating excellence in rural life – from the audience | ||||
4:30pm | Session concludes | ||||
4:30pm | AFTERNOON TEA, catered by Banquet on Burns Trade displays open – collect your trade display stamps to go in the running to win great prizes | Function Room | |||
4:40pm | Bells | ||||
4:45 – 6:15pm | PLENARY SESSION 2: HYPOTHETICAL | Auditorium | |||
4:45pm | HYPOTHETICAL: Disease Outbreak in “Sheeptown”! Hosted by Jamie Fisher (solicitor/farmer) of Jamie Fisher & Associates, NSW
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6:00pm | Conference Summary - Bringing the discussion to a close/summary/roundup – 3 points to think about over next few days | ||||
6:15pm | Session concludes | ||||
CONFERENCE PROGRAM – Monday 17th September, 2012 (…continued) | |||||
6:30 – 8:00pm | CONFERENCE WELCOME RECEPTION: Cocktail party and ‘In Focus – Celebrating Farm Life’ photography competition presentations Catered by Banquet on Burns | Hamilton Art Gallery (107 Brown St) | |||
CONFERENCE PROGRAM - Tuesday 18th September, 2012 | |||||
6:30am – 7:30am | Feet to the floor – start your day the healthy way with a 40 minute walk along the Grangeburn River (refer to map in conference satchel) | ||||
8.00am | Registration desk open – Exhibition open and posters on display | ||||
8:30 – 10:20am | PLENARY SESSION 3 Chair: Grains Research and Development Corporation – (TBC) | Auditorium | |||
8:30am | Celebrating excellence in rural life – from the audience | ||||
8:35am | Keynote 3: ‘Farmer Health… it IS your business’, Dr Lisa Schiller , Assistant Professor / Nurse Practitioner, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire, USA | ||||
9:10am | Keynote 4: ‘Teaching Agricultural Medicine to Rural Based Medical Students and General Practice Registrars’ Professor Scott Kitchener , Medical Director / CEO, Queensland Rural Medical Education (QRME), QLD | ||||
9:45am | Keynote 5: ‘Implementing OHS Models on the Farm’, Rob & Kathy Henry, Owners, Woodrising Farms, TAS | ||||
10:20am | Session concludes | ||||
10:20am | MORNING TEA, catered by Darriwill Farm Trade displays open – collect your trade display stamps to go in the running to win great prizes | Function Room | |||
10:35am | Bells | ||||
10:40am –12:00pm | CONCURRENT SESSION 1: 1A – Auditorium | 1B – Ted Kenna Room | 1C – Cinema | ||
THE BUSINESS OF FARMING Chair: John Hedditch, Department of Health, VIC | AGEING IN PLACE ON FARM – Duty of care versus dignity of risk Chair: Marilyn Di Stefano, LaTrobe University Sponsored by TAC | PARTNERSHIPS AND COMMUNITY ACTION Chair: Janette Lowe, Southern Grampians & Glenelg Primary Care Partnership Sponsored by SGGPCP | |||
10.40am | Psychosocial support needs of farmers experiencing financial stress
Patricia McNamara & Grant Doxey Rural Financial Counselling Service, VIC | “Who will still need me, who will still feed me when I’m 84”? Farmers, no next generation, no help and ageing. Zoe O’Callaghan LaTrobe University, VIC | Innovative partnerships for improved farmer family health in NW Tasmania Stuart Auckland & Maree Gleeson University Department of Rural Health, TAS | ||
11.00am | Strategy in Context: Farming in the green, red, black and … the doghouse! Georgina Luckock RMIT University, VIC | Older people and heat – learning from the adaptations of an older farming community Matthew Carroll Monash University Gippsland Campus, VIC | The Role of Local Governments in Behaviour Change for Farming Community’s Health and Wellbeing Michelle Graymore University of Ballarat, VIC | ||
11.20am | PinG: Building women’s capacity for farm and rural resilience Kim Blenkiron, | Ageing in place: Supports to promote mobility independence and road safety for older or impaired drivers living in rural communities Tricia Williams, | On the road again: Identifying and reducing the socio-economic cost of travelling for health care Dorothy McLaren, RMIT University Hamilton, VIC | ||
11.40am | Care Farming: Enhancing community connection and resilience for farmers Sharon Condon | From the country hills to all Australia (includes DVD) Kelly Foran Friendly Faces Helping Hands Foundation, NSW | |||
12:00pm | Session concludes | ||||
12:00 – 1:00pm | LUNCH, catered by Darriwill Farm Trade displays open – collect your trade display stamps to go in the running to win great prizes | Function Room | |||
12:10 – 12:55pm | LUNCH TIME SESSION: Sowing and reaping responsive change in hospital processes: Making the patient journey easier for farming families PANEL: Dr James Muir, Ms Rebecca Morton, Ms Bronwyn Roberts, Ms Gillian Jenkins, Ms Katherine Boyd, Ms Dorothy McLaren Western District Health Service & RMIT Hamilton, VIC Facilitator: Libby Price, Country Hour Presenter, ABC Radio, VIC | Auditorium | |||
1:00pm | Bells | ||||
1:05 – 2:20pm | PLENARY SESSION 4: MENTAL HEALTH – Wagging the black dog’s tail Chair: Cate Mercer-Grant, National Centre for Farmer Health , VIC | Auditorium | |||
1:10pm | Keynote 6: ‘Walking and Talking the Black Dog in the Country’, Matthew Johnstone, Author, Illustrator and Public Speaker, Drawn From Experience, NSW | ||||
1:45pm | Keynote 7: ‘Experience of Depression in Farming Communities’, Jock Laurie, President, National Farmers Federation, ACT & NSW | ||||
2:20pm | Session concludes | ||||
2:25– 3:25pm | CONCURRENT SESSION 2: 2A – Auditorium | 2B – Cinema | |||
MENTAL HEALTH – Wagging the black dog’s tail Chair: Jock Laurie, National Farmers Federation, ACT & NSW supporting partner | CHRONIC DISEASE AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLES – Feast or famine Chair: Cathy McGowan, Catherine McGowan Consulting Pty Ltd, VIC | ||||
2:25pm | Assessing the mental health issues of climate variability affecting rural and remote communities in Southern region of Queensland Delwar Hossain, | Comparing salt and potassium intake between Victorian farm families and capital city residents Paul Jeffery, | |||
2:45pm | Burnout among NZ dairy farmers: results from two studies Neels Botha, | Audit of rural rheumatology services in Victoria Gavin McDonald | |||
3:05pm | Reduction of psychological distress and obesity by increasing physical activity; The ‘Farming Fit’ study Susan Brumby | Drinking, smoking and distress: Will our young farmers even make it to become ageing farmers? Alison Kennedy | |||
3:25pm | Session concludes | ||||
CONFERENCE PROGRAM – Tuesday 18th September, 2012 (…continued) | |||||
3:25pm | AFTERNOON TEA, catered by Darriwill Farm Trade displays open – collect your trade display stamps to go in the running to win great prizes | Function Room | |||
3:40pm | Bells | ||||
3:45 - 5:35pm | PLENARY SESSION 5 Chair: Evelyne de Leeuw, Deakin University, VIC | Auditorium | |||
3:50pm | Keynote 8: ‘Bloom where you’re planted’, Cathy McGowan AO , Catherine McGowan Consulting Pty Ltd, VIC | ||||
4:25pm | Keynote 9: ‘ An Australia Without Hunger… good food for all’ , Greg Warren , General Manager, Foodbank Australia, VIC | ||||
5:00pm | Keynote 10: 'Health Wellbeing Futurist', Dr Roberto di Lorenzo, President & Health and Wellbeing Futurist Europa Health Forecasting Group, Milan, Italy | ||||
5:35pm | Session concludes | ||||
7:00 for 7:30pm | CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE – PADDOCK TO PALATE: Networking Dinner , catered by Hamilton Club | Hamilton Club (39 Gray St) | |||
CONFERENCE PROGRAM - Wednesday 19th September, 2012 | |||||
6:30am – 7:30am | Feet to the floor – start your day the healthy way with a 40 minute walk around Lake Hamilton (refer to map in conference satchel) | ||||
8:00am | Registration desk open – Exhibition open and posters on display | ||||
8:30 – 10:20am | PLENARY SESSION 6: AGRICULTURAL HAZARDS AND SAFETY – Reducing harm on the farm Chair: Katie Little, Iluka Resources Limited, VIC | Auditorium | |||
8:30am | Celebrating excellence in rural life – from the audience | ||||
8:35am | Keynote 11: ‘Farm Chemicals – Estimating Individual Risk’ Associate Professor John Edwards , Toxicologist & Associate Dean – Teaching and Learning, School of the Environment, Flinders University, SA | ||||
9:10am | Keynote 12: ‘Agriculture: A dangerous Industry’, Julie Hill, Director, Data and Analysis, Safe Work Australia | ||||
9.45am | Keynote 13: ‘Human injury on the farm – causes, prevention and implications’, Dr Daryl Pedler , Professor of Rural General Practice, Deakin University, VIC | ||||
10.20am | Session concludes | ||||
10.20am | MORNING TEA , catered by Fiona Wall Fine Foods Trade displays open – collect your trade display stamps to go in the running to win great prizes | Function Room | |||
10:35am | Bells | ||||
CONFERENCE PROGRAM - Wednesday 19th September, 2012 (…continued) | ||||||||
10:40am -12:05pm | CONCURRENT SESSION 3: 3A - Auditorium | 3B - Cinema | 3C - Ted Kenna Room | |||||
PRIMARY AND PREVENTATIVE HEALTH Chair: Gerry Sheehan, Department of Health | AGRICULTURAL HAZARDS & SAFETY - Reducing harm on the farm Chair: Julie Hill, Safe Work Australia | EDUCATION AND TRAINING Chair: Rodney Vile, Development Manager NCDEA, Dairy Australia | ||||||
10:45am | "Losing It - In the Bush" A Partnership to support the Hastings Rural Community Darcy Budden & Dianne Penberthy Mid North Coast Local Health District, NSW | Drug and alcohol use by farming and fishing workers: Key findings for the farming industry Julaine Allan The Lyndon Community, NSW | Listening to their stories: Assisting nurses in their ongoing response to alcohol misuse in farming communities Alison Kennedy National Centre for Farmer Health & Deakin University, VIC | |||||
11:05am | Having a Field Day - linking rural communities to better health Ruth Williams Wimmera Primary Care Partnership, VIC | Self-reporting of illnesses and accidents among sugarcane farmers in Northeastern Thailand Kessarawan Nilvarangkul Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen Province, Thailand | Utilising Interprofessional Education (IPE) to improve retention of graduates in rural communities James Roth Deakin University, VIC | |||||
11.25am | Farming Men! A guided tour to the health and well being of our Australian icons Adrian Calvano Western District Health Service, VIC | Careful- they can't hear you Heidi Mason National Centre for Farmer Health, VIC | Getting out the Message: Sowing Seeds for Health Professionals Liana Matthews Rural Health Education Foundation, ACT | |||||
11.45am | Noise does destroy Sue Ward Wimmera Hearing Society Inc., VIC | 6 Stories of Avoidable Rural Tragedies (DVD) Anne Taylor Proactive Agricultural Safety & Support, TAS | PETS - Pathways, Education, Training and Skills Cate Mercer-Grant, National Centre for Farmer Health, VIC | |||||
12:05pm | Session concludes | |||||||
12:05 - 1:05pm | LUNCH, catered by Fiona Wall Fine Foods Trade displays open - collect your trade display stamps to go in the running to win great prizes | Function Room | ||||||
12:30 - 12:55pm | LUNCH TIME SESSION: GUIDED TOUR OF POSTERS Facilitator: Cate Mercer-Grant, National Centre for Farmer Health, VIC | Upper Foyer | ||||||
Beyond the Potter Farmland Plan - a link to wellbeing…. Julia Schlapp & Michelle van Loggerenberg RMIT Hamilton, VIC | Needlestick Injuries in Agriculture Anne Taylor Proactive Agricultural Safety & Support (PASS), TAS | Seeing into the Future Glenn Howell Glenn Howell Pty Ltd, VIC | Like crops, human lives grow from seed potential, nourished by available resources Jan Watson Journal Workshops, VIC | Poverty alleviation of Nepalese Farmers Yuba Raj Shrestha Centre for Drinking Water, Agriculture Development & Environment Improvement, Kathmandu, Nepal | ||||
1:05pm | Bells | |||||||
CONFERENCE PROGRAM – Wednesday 19th September, 2012 (…continued) | ||||
1:10 – 2:35pm | CONCURRENT SESSION 4: 4A - Auditorium | 4B – Ted Kenna Room | 4C – Cinema | |
MENTAL HEALTH – Wagging the black dog’s tail Chair: TBC | HUMAN & ANIMAL HEALTH – All creatures great and small Chair: Paul Lewandowski, Deakin University | CHRONIC DISEASE AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLES – Feast or famine Chair: Ananda Chandrasekara, NCFH, VIC | ||
1:15pm | Preventing Poor Health Outcomes: Risk Factors of Psychological Distress within the Farming Family Population Connar McShane James Cook University, QLD | Cutting Through the Spin Sarah Laurie Waubra Foundation, VIC | “Active Farming” study: improving farmers’ management of arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions Henrike Milne | |
1:35pm | CORES Community Response to Eliminating Suicide Coralanne Walker CORES Australia, TAS | Agrisafe™ Australia - Improving Health in Agricultural Communities Mark Atcheson National Centre for Farmer Health, VIC | A Pilot Study of Practice Nurse (PN) Pap Testing Initiatives: An Evaluation of their Impact on Cervical Screening Activity in Grampians General Christine Hallinan University of Ballarat, VIC | |
1:55pm | New Zealand Dairy Farmer Stress Neels Botha Ruakura Research Centre, Waikato, NZ | Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in Agriculture Anne Taylor Proactive Agricultural Safety & Support (PASS), TAS | Health checks in saleyards - Bringing the health professional to the farmer Mark Newell National Centre for Farmer Health, VIC | |
2:15pm | Men’s Shed finds new tools to stave off the Black dog Carolyn Alkemade Orbost Regional Health, VIC Diane Robinson Gippsland Lakes Community Health, VIC | Blue Green Algae....no shark attack! Katrina Rainsford Farmer, Veterinarian & Councillor, VIC | What’s to Gain from Grains and Legumes? A role for staple foods in chronic disease prevention Michelle Broom Grains & Legumes Nutrition Council, NSW | |
2:35pm | Session concludes | |||
2:40 – 3:40pm | PLENARY SESSION 7 Chair: Susan Brumby, National Centre for Farmer Health, VIC | Auditorium | ||
2:45pm | Keynote 14: ‘Health, wellbeing and the adaptive capacity of Australian farmers’, Dr Anthony Hogan, Director, National Institution for Rural and Regional Australia, ACT | |||
3:20pm | Closing Address: Professor Evelyne de Leeuw, Chair in Community Health Systems and Policy, School of Medicine, Deakin University, VIC | |||
3:40pm | Session concludes | |||
3.40pm | FAREWELL AFTERNOON TEA, catered by Fiona Wall Fine Foods | Function Room | ||
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