Grattan Institute is an independent think tank dedicated to developing high quality public policy for Australia’s future. It was formed in 2008 in response to a widespread view in government and business that Australia needed a non-partisan think tank providing independent, rigorous and practical solutions to some of the country’s most pressing problems.
This Grand Round will highlight how Wadja Aboriginal Family Place as well as other RCH staff/Departments are working in partnership to improve the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal children and young people.
The literature on child disclosure of family abuse (i.e. sexual abuse, physical abuse, exposure to domestic violence) will be reviewed with a focus on how parental and community response to disclosure predicts long-term recovery for the child. Subtle and overt forms of non-supportive responses to disclosure will be examined through the prism of recent research on priming and neuroethics- a literature that can help elucidate the multiple pathways that adults might unconsciously employ to discourage children from fully communicating details of their victimization.
The Grand Round will be part history, science, personal reflections, a tribute to patients and their families, and the multidisciplinary teams involved in their care at RCH over the last 40 years.
Probiotics, live microorganisms with potential for beneficial health effects, are increasingly added to infant formulae and used as food supplements.
Studying the links between early environmental factors and infants’ HPA axis, behavioral regulation, and health is important because in the case of negative effects, infants’ future psychological and physical development could be compromised.
Twenty five years ago the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) program commenced at RCH. ECMO is a prolonged form of Cardiopulmonary Bypass which continues for days to weeks and provides support of heart and lung function.
Ventilation of neonates was initially unsuccessful and led to the development of non-invasive strategies in the 1970s. Over the past decade, nasal CPAP has had resurgence and more recently high flow nasal cannulae have become very popular. The evidence for both forms of respiratory support will be reviewed with particular emphasis on the Melbourne contribution.
For this NAIDOC Grand Round Denise McGuinness will be highlighting the history of the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service as it celebrates its 40th Anniversary later in 2013.
Climate change is an issue that has attracted much national and international attention over the last decade.An overview will be presented of the latest scientific information on climate change, its causes and its impacts.
