Our Vision
Contribute to an effective and sustainable rural and remote health system
NSW Rural and Remote Health Conference 
Coffs Harbour November 2008
Conference Presentations
PLENARY SESSIONS:
Ms Jan Bennett, Principal Adviser, Office of Rural Health, Department of Health and Ageing 
Ms Kathy Meleady, Director Statewide Services Development, NSW Department of Health
Ms Liz Rummery and Dr Peter Davis, Co-chairs Rural and Remote Health Priority Taskforce
Prof Debra Humphris, Pro Vice-Chancellor Education and Professor of Health Care Development, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Assoc Prof Dennis Pashen, President, Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine, Associate Professor, Director, Mount Isa Centre for Rural and Remote Health
Prof John Humphreys, Professor of Rural Health Research, Monash University School of Rural Health, Bendigo
Assoc Prof Lyn Fragar AO, Director, Australian Centre for Agricultural Health and Safety, University of Sydney
CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
"Doing it Better"
SESSION 1A
Implementation of the GWAHS Critical Advisory Service John Lambert
Piloting a parenting skills program in an Australian rural child protection setting Rosa Flaherty
Aboriginal Maternal Infant Health Program Lisa Kelly
SESSION 2A
More Bang for your Buck. Improving service delivery and client outcomes in the Tweed-Byron Transitional Aged Care Service Anne Coccetti & Kate McLachlan
Promoting Health and Nutrition with the Bowraville Preschool Dianne Penberthy
Holding back the flood - an alternative approach to managing demand at a rural base hospital Garth Norris
SESSION 3A
NCAHS Positive Approach to Care of the Older Person Frances Barraclough & Anne Moehead
Getting it right for Undergraduate Nurses and Indigenous communities in Far West NSW: A model for recruitment Paul Bennett & Veronica Barlow
Identification of the deteriorating patient - a rural hospital response Sharon Nash
SESSION 4A
The GP Clinic Coral McFarland
Rural Stroke Project Melissa Gill
"Once you've seen one small rural town, you've seen one small rural town"
SESSION 1B
The experiences of rural Osteoarthritic patients: a qualitative study Janelle Lymbery
Clearing the tracks: the development of a more effective passageway for Aboriginal Paediatric clients' access to community health services in Quirindi and surrounding districts Lauren O'Neill & Jennifer Simpson
One small hospital is one small hospital. Role delineation and capacity building in HNEAHS Keith Howard
SESSION 2B
The community checklist: a way to identify unique community needs and plan to meet them Juliane Allan
A comparison of the use of seclusion in three Mental Health Inpatient Units Lynn Davies
Experience of parenting a premature infant in a rural area Luke Wakely
SESSION 3B
Connecting Youth to Health Project in the villages surrounding Murwillumbah NSW Debra McIlveen
In finding solutions to violence no two towns are the same Justin Gladman & Louise Denley
"Health Outside Hospital Walls"
SESSION 1C
Munch and Move: preventing overweight and obesity in early childhood Jillian Adams
Reducing fracture risk following a minimal trauma fracture - a rural perspective Cecily Barrack
Improving hearing health for farming families Julie Depczynski
SESSION 2C
Planning healthier environments in Coffs Harbour Pam Johnson
Rural screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Margaret Lesjak
Falls prevention in the community - applying the evidence to fit a rural setting Mary-Clare Maloney & Jacaline Kelly
SESSION 3C
The delivery of refugee health services in regional NSW Michele Greenwood
An integrated community model of rural and remote Mental Health service delivery Deborah Pryor & Fiona Little
Healthy Budget Bites - an innovative partnership between health services Kathryn Duggan & Tina Littlejohns
SESSION 4B
Active School Kids (ASK) Program Margo Johnston
Giving practice nursing a go - an evaluation of a pilot program introducing student nurses to General Practice Janie Petersen
Tooty Fruity Vegie program for primary schools Jillian Adams
"Our workforce - where to from here?"
SESSION 1D
The Nursing Unit Managers: responsibility without power? Penny Paliadelis
Building the capacity of clinicians who are new to rural and remote mental health practice Tracy Robinson
'Triage Away' Project: The after-hours management of non-urgent emergency department patients in a small rural hospital Marianne Gaul, Lin Davis & Helen Stevens
SESSION 2D
Rural General Practitioners build up their PECS (Paediatric Emergency Care Skills) Sandra Babekuhl
Building the capacity - the future of the Y Generation in Rural and Remote Nursing Karen Longworth & Janie Petersen
Happy Allied Health Clinicians? Impact of service delivery model change Rosie Kew
SESSION 3D
A right rural welcome (to health professionals) Catherine Deverell
Recruitment and retention issues for the rural dietetic workforce Leanne Brown
Grabbing the rural and remote health workforce by the throat Debra Jones
SESSION 4C
Community Health Nursing Clinical Supervision Project Terri-Anne Atkins, Paul Gorrick & Melissa Mills
The Bush and Beach Challenge: The thing about gum leaves and salt water ...... implementing the CEC Statewide Clinical Leadership Program in two rural settings Margot Tugwell & Rachel Ellem
N-IDG Program - an innovative Australian model to address rural dental workforce shortages Tony Skapetis
Last Updated: 16 June 2009