The Centre for Adolescent Health was well represented at the 8th Australian and New Zealand Adololescent Health Conference 2011 held in Sydney from 9-11th November. There was a strong theme of indigenous health and of raising the profile of youth health within our region. Young people themselves were bothy vibrantly engaged and engaging through many different theatre and dance events within the conference together with a series
of formal presentations and feedback by young people themselves.
The Centre for Adolescent Health’s research, clinical and education programs were well represented, as were many staff and students, both current and past (see photos).
The conference program is available at www.youthhealth2011.com.au.
Presentations involving Centre for Adolescent Health staff and students (in italics):
- Becoming an Adolescent Friendly Hospital (Susan Sawyer)
- How complete is our picture of adolescent health? (George Patton)
- Delivering primary health services in custodial to young people in custodial services (LynneFountain, Loretta Bellato, Dianne Garner)
- Early interventions for young people with challenging behaviours (Monica Hadges)
- Distance Education in Adolescent Health: Challenges and opportunities. (Andrea Krelle, Sam Van Staalduinen)
- Workforce development in adolescent and young adult cancer care (Andrea Krelle, Sam Van Staalduinen, Kate Thompson, Lucy Holland, Lisa Orme, Susan Sawyer)
- Consumer perspectives on adolescent friendly cancer care (Sarah Drew, Sharon DeGraves, Maria McCarthy, Tamara Bugge, Lisa Orme)
- The Critical Friend: Things will change but not necessarily the way you expect them to! (Andrea Krelle, Helen Butler, Lea Trafford, Ian Seal)
- Critical friends supporting change in schools (Andrea Krelle, Helen Butler)
- Confidentiality with adolescents in the medicalsetting: What do parents think? (Rony Duncan, Maureen Jekel, Flora Pearce, Avihu Boneh, Anouk Derkes, Moya
Vandeleur, Michelle O’Connell, Susan Sawyer) - “It would have destroyed her life”. Interviews with psychologists about limits to confidentiality with adolescents (Rony Duncan, Annette Hall, Ann Knowles).
- Program Evaluation: What’s so good about the Chronic Illness Peer Support Program? (Sarah Drew, Jessica Walton, Meagan Hunt, Loretta Bellato, Susan Sawyer)
- Type 2 diabetes in Australian indigenous young people: A position statement on diagnosis, screening, management and prevention. Alex Brown, Paul Zimmet, R Fahy, Peter Azzopardi)
- The health and wellbeing of Australian indigenous young people: A snapshot of current health status and programmatic approaches. (Peter Azzopardi, Robert Power, Elissa Kennedy, Rob Roseby, Susan Sawyer, George Patton, Alex Brown)
- Adolescent fertility and family planning in East Asia and the Pacific: A review of DHS reports. (Elissa Kennedy, Natalie Gray, Peter Azzopardi, Mick Creati)
- Jordan Hammond, youth mentor to the Youth Advisory Committee of the RCH and a past chairman of the Chronic Illness Peer Support Program, also attended as a youth representative.