How can we build the hopes and aspirations of patients living with or likely to experience disability? We show them a society where people with disability are already making meaningful contributions in the workforce. The Health and Social Assistance industry is Victoria’s largest and fastest growing employing industry, yet people with disability are significantly underrepresented.
OzChild is a Government funded organisation for the care of vulnerable families. It is a direct descendent of one of the earliest orphanages in Melbourne, the St James’ Dorcas Society shelter for orphaned children. Today it is a national organisation and all their work is done in community and homes, working with families.
OzChild’s vision is that ‘All children and young people are safe, respected, nurtured and reach their full potential’. As part of its strategic plan 2016-2020 it aims to measure the impact and success of its programs using a strong evidence-based methodology and reporting of client outcomes.
One in four children in Australia grow up in homes marred by family violence. Yet despite growing awareness of the problem, children’s experiences are often overlooked. At RCH, the family violence team is helping staff to understand the immense difference they can make when they recognise and listen to children and their families who are living with violence. During this Grand Round, Ruth Clare, author of the memoir Enemy, will share her personal experience of growing up in a home with a violent father and an alcoholic mother, and the impact this has had on her life.
For over 21 years, the Centre for Community Child Health (CCCH) has been working with children, families and communities to promote healthy development and equity of outcomes. The Centre was founded in 1994 by Professor Frank Oberklaid OAM, and has grown into a 100-strong team – recognised nationally and internationally for leadership in child health and development.
Early identification and care of the deteriorating patient is one of the Federal Government’s 9 key National health priorities. The Grand Round will also be an opportunity to hear feedback from staff on their experience of the changes over the last month.
Australians have a vastly better standard of living than our grandparents: on the average wage, it takes only half a second to light a room for an hour compared to 6 hours in 1800, and we have cheap food, clothing, books, cars, air transport, colour TV, internet and mobile phones – and far less violence.
Ethical challenges and dilemmas don’t happen in a vacuum. In the clinical setting, they very frequently play out in a context of heightened emotions, for the patient, the family and also for the clinical staff.
Dr Catherine D DeAngelis is Johns Hopkins University Distinguished Service Professor Emerita, Professor Emerita at the Johns Hopkins University Schools of Medicine (Pediatrics) and School of Public Health (Health Policy and Management), and Editor-in-Chief Emerita of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association (2000-2011), serving as the first woman Editor in Chief.
Synopsis: In this Grand Round Professor Dean Kurth will describe Quality Improvement Science. He will explain the tools of Quality Improvement Science- run charts, control charts, “PDSA cycles”. He will share the enterprise-wide and several divisional-quality dashboards used in QA Science at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, and describe conduct and results of clinical quality improvement projects. … Continued
This is an effort to bring the public voice about children’s health into national dialogue and health policy. Using a twin-track approach of online media (open-access monthly Reports) and traditional peer-reviewed journal publications, Matthew and his colleagues have brought the perceptions and opinions of parents and others into the international conversation about children’s illness and health and how policymaking can play a role.
