Public Health

Taking a lifelong perspective on Cerebral Palsy: Challenges and opportunities

Emma Livingstone, CEO of UP – The Adult Cerebral Palsy Movement, will share insights from her lived experience and advocacy work on the evolving care and understanding of cerebral palsy (CP) across the lifespan. Her presentation will explore recent research advancements, the lifelong nature of CP, and the importance of addressing co-morbidities. She will also discuss how child practitioners can better equip children with CP for adulthood.

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An evidence-based system for early years interventions to reduce child health and developmental inequities: Insights from the interventional birth cohort study Born in Bradford’s Better Start (BiBBS)

There are real challenges in delivering equitable health care in a community, even when there is policy and service goodwill. This is an issue for health services around the world. For the past ten years BiBBS has been working alongside service partners and families to co-design, implement and evaluate multiple early years interventions that are delivered as a part of usual practice in disadvantaged inner-city areas in the UK.

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Co-designing interventions for high quality paediatric health care

Opportunities exist to leverage implementation science and quality improvement science to advance quality care. During this presentation we will compare and contrast implementation science and quality improvement science. We will explore how methods from both fields have been used to improve our understanding of discharge communication practices in emergency departments in Canada.

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Celebrating International Day of People with Disability: Partnering in research

Healthy Trajectories is proud to bring a celebration of the International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) to Grand Rounds at The Royal Children’s Hospital. In line with our vision for an inclusive Australia, we will share what we and others around the Campus have been doing to authentically involve young people growing up with a disability, and their families, as partners in research.

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The Victorian Paediatric Clinical Network – A Phoenix Rises

The Victorian Paediatric Clinical Network (VPCN) was formed in 2009 and has been through several iterations, before being closed by Safer Care Victoria at the end of 2022. In 2023 it was reformed by the paediatric sector in recognition of the significant role a clinical network has in improving the care of children across the State.

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Vernon Collins Oration: “The power of paediatrics to address child health inequity within a generation: reality or fantasy?”

There has never been a better time for children in the Australian policy world, with portfolios like health, social services, education, disability and treasury all sounding the importance of children for the nation’s wellbeing and growth. At the same time, almost every child health and developmental metric shows stable or growing inequities –preventable inequalities due to social, geographic or economic circumstances. What would it take to change the trajectory of Australia’s children and is it even possible?

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Towards National Paediatric Clinical Practice Guidelines

Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are intended to improve the quality of clinical care by promoting evidence- based care, reducing inappropriate variation, and producing optimal outcomes for patients. CPGs have been developed at RCH since 1996. These CPGs were focussed on practice at RCH until 2011, when many were adapted for use across Victoria.

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Collaborating with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities to Promote Early Childhood Development

The STRONG kids, STRONG future team from the University of Melbourne’s Department of Paediatrics works in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families, communities, and organisations to research, develop and implement culturally responsive tools that enhance developmental outcomes for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.  The STRONG kids, STRONG future team is excited to co-present with key partners from Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations our approach to advancing children’s health. We will describe how we have co-developed culturally responsive developmental instruments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.  We will hear from our partners who will share their experience of collaborating on research projects, the importance of culturally responsive tools, implementation of these instruments in their settings and what works in partnerships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. 

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Reshaping Mental Health Resources: A Collaborative Approach

Join us for a panel discussion to explore how integrating the voices of children and their parents can transform the work we do in mental health. We will share our projects and insights, emphasising the impact of lived experience on the supports and resources we create. We will discuss practical insights for supporting lived experience in research, knowledge translation and clinical practice and challenge current assumptions to reshape mental health resources and how they are created.

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