Victorian Women’s Trust: Gender discrimination, racism and the health of women and children
Relationship between racism, sexism and the deleterious impacts on community well being, gender relations, and the health of mothers and children.
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On being a good parent to a seriously ill child
The link between being a good parent and the health of the family will also explored, along with the use of the intervention in critical care and palliative care more widely
Maternal antibodies to rotavirus and their potential interference with live, oral rotavirus vaccines in developing countries
Vaccine strategies to overcome early infant infection, including neonatal and maternal vaccination, will be discussed with a focus on the development of the RV3 neonatal Rotavirus Vaccine being developed by the MCRI
Oral health issues in medically compromised children
This presentation will discuss the common paediatric medical conditions that require consideration in the provision of optimal dental treatment.
Optimizing Lifespan Health in the Transition from a Potentially Fatal Childhood illness to Effective Chronic Disease Management: The Cardiotoxicity with Childhood Cancer Story
How the successful treatment of childhood cancer has been associated with oncologic cure rates improving from 80% during the past 45 years
A New Electronic Medical Record for RCH
The new RCH was designed to be a fully electronic (“digital”) hospital but this didn’t eventuate – we still do most of our day to day work on paper. We will explain why this didn’t happen and outline the vision and plans to introduce a New Electronic Medical Record at RCH.
Surgical Research in Plastic Surgery – Putting the Jigsaw together
A vision of how an excellent clinical unit can grow into an academic department that can benefit children with congenital deformities through clinical research, basic science and teaching and bring science to the practice of surgery at RCH
“The Festival for Healthy Living”- Engaging Communities and Schools in Mental Heatlh Promotion through the Arts – Reflections, Insights and Outcomes from a 15 year Journey
The Festival for Healthy Living (FHL)work in communities as well as the evidence and outcomes that have been achieved.
Diagnosis of inherited myopathies: Why examine the patient when you can sequence their genome?
Professor Kathryn North will review of recent advances in the diagnosis of congenital myopathies, and the clinical clues that aid the clinician in reaching a specific genetic diagnosis.
Psychology at RCH: Why? What do we do? Who and Where are we/ When and How to refer?
Children who experience medical, developmental and psychosocial challenges in their lives are at elevated risk of developing mental health problems and associated poor quality of life.