Program

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3

KEY FORUM DAY 1 (Festival Day 2) Saturday 4 August 2007

8.45-9.15

Garma Forum Opening
Main Forum Shelter

Cultural Inducation - Directors Yothu Yindi Foundation: Raymattja Marika, Mandawuy Yunupingu, Yalmay Yunupingu, Dhangal Gurruwiwi and Witiyana Marika

Welcome - Galarrwuy Yunupingu, Chairman YYF and Professor Helen Garnett, Vice Chancellor, Charles Darwin University (CDU)

9.15-10.30

Opening Plenary 1 - Indigenous health: Real solutions for a chronic problem 
Main Forum Shelter

CHAIR: Professor Helen Garnett, CDU

  • Professor Helen Milroy
  • Jackie Huggins, Reconciliation Australia
  • Jenny Macklin, Commonwealth Shadow Minister for Aboriginal Affairs
  • Justice Murray Wilcox

RAPPORTEUR: Scott Winch, Menzies School of Health Research (MSHR)

10.45-11.00 MORNING TEA

11.00-12.30

Plenary 2 - Traditional healing
Main Forum Shelter

CHAIR: Professor Jan Reid

  • Mick Gooda, Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health (CRCAH)
  • Pattie LaBoucane-Benson and Alan Benson
  • Andy Tjilari and Rupert Peters, Ngangkari Traditional Healers

RAPPORTEUR: Kathleen Martin, CDU

12:30-1:30 LUNCH
1.30-2.30

Workshop 1 - Resilience of a people whose lives have been diminished
Forum Shelter 1

CHAIR: Teresa Roe, AMSANT

  • Greg Phillips, Melbourne University
  • Dilthan Yolngunha, Raymattja Marika-Mununggirritj, Dhangal Gurruwiwi and Gulumbu Yunupingu, Yothu Yindi Foundation Healing Place
  • Debbie Pattrick and Tracy Smith, Core of Life

RAPPORTEUR: Dr Susie Hopkins, MSHR


Workshop 2 - Building a culture of caring and healing - Where is the support?
Forum Shelter 2

CHAIR: Professor Helen Milroy

  • Richard Wilkes, Centre for Aboriginal Studies, Curtin University
  • Kathy Abbott and Michelle Sweet
  • Bev Derschow and Simon Murphy, Palliative Care and Rural and Remote Health

RAPPORTEUR: Dr Scott Winch


Workshop 3 - Preventing health problems before it's too late
Forum Shelter 3

CHAIR: Professor Marcia Langton, Melbourne University

  • Dr Mark Wenitong
  • Dr Ngiare Brown
  • Irene Fisher, Sunrise Health

RAPPORTEUR:  Professor Jonathan Carapetis, MSHR

2.30-3.00 AFTERNOON TEA

3.00-4.00

Plenary 3 - Traditional healing
Main Forum Shelter

CHAIR/FACILITATOR: Professor Colleen Hayward

Workshop Reporting Panel

RAPPORTEUR: Melissa Sweet

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KEY FORUM DAY 2 (Festival Day 3) Sunday 5 August 2007

9.00-10.30

Plenary 4 - Maternal and child health
Main Forum Shelter

CHAIR:  Patricia Anderson

  • Pele Stowers, Samoa
  • Boyan Yunupingu and Mosiana Taufalele-Johns, DHCS

RAPPORTEUR: Dr Suzanne Belton, CDU

10.30-11.00 MORNING TEA
11.00-12.00

Workshop 4 - Birthing: The importance of traditional midwifery
Forum Shelter 1

CHAIR: Professor Lesley Barclay, CDU

  • Felicity Cook, Hunter New England Health Service
  • Fleur Magik
  • Molly Wardaguga, Malambam Health Board, Maningrida

RAPPORTEUR: Dr Sue Kruske, CDU


Workshop 5 - Building cultural security into health delivery services
Forum Shelter 2

CHAIR:  Greg Phillips, Melbourne University

  • Professor Colleen Hayward
  • Henare Kani, New Zealand
  • Professor Shane Houston, DHCS

RAPPORTEUR:  Dr Jacqueline Boyle, CDU


Workshop 6 - Health knowledge through cultural awareness
Forum Shelter 3

CHAIR: Suzanne Plater, Queensland Department of Health

  • Therese Roe, Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory (AMSANT)
  • Marlene Liddle, Strong Women Coordinator, DHCS
  • Nova Peris, Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (OATSIH)

RAPPORTEUR:  Dr Dan Baschiera, CDU

12:00-1:00 LUNCH
1.00-2.00

Workshop 7 - Can we positively affect outcomes for infants and mothers with some consistency?
Forum Shelter 1

CHAIR:  Professor Lesley Barclay, CDU

  • Dr Sue Kildea, CDU
  • Penny Brown, Oral Health Team
  • Annie McDinney and Rhonda Simon, Maternal, Child and Youth Health Team, DHCS

 RAPPORTEUR: Kathleen Martin, CDU


Workshop 8 - NGO'S - Public policy partnerships in the framework of Indigenous health
Forum Shelter 2

CHAIR: Michelle Parker, Anglicare, NT

  • Tricia Rushton, Smith Family, NT
  • John Willis and Michelle Winters, St Vincent Hospital Mission, Victoria
  • Fiona Moore and Lisa Briggs, Oxfam

RAPPORTEUR: Dr Suzanne Belton, CDU


Workshop 9 - Healthy beginnings - Tackling the inequalities in Indigenous community health
Forum Shelter 3

CHAIR: Dr Ngiare Brown, MSHR

  • Dr Marlene Kong, Australian Indigenous Doctors Association (AIDA)
  • Debbie Smith, Palmerston Community Care Centre

RAPPORTEUR: Professor Diana Slade

2.00- 2.20

Gardasil roll out - Professor Margaret Davy
Main Forum Shelter

RAPPORTEUR: Dr Sue Kildea, CDU

2.20 – 3.00

 

Special plenary forum - Reducing the risks to the health and safety of children

CHAIR: Carolyn Richards, NT Health Complaints Commissioner and Ombudsman for the Northern Territory

  • Pat Anderson
  • Rex Wild QC

RAPPORTEUR: Dr Robyn Williams

3.00-4.00

Plenary 5
Main Forum Shelter

CHAIR/FACILITATOR: Dr Ngiare Brown, MSHR and Telathon Institute

Workshop Reporting Panel

RAPPORTEUR: Michelle Dowden, MSHR

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KEY FORUM DAY 3 (Festival Day 4) Monday 6 August 2007

8.45-10.30

Plenary 6 - Social and emotional health and wellbeing
Main Forum Shelter

CHAIR: Professor Fran Baum

  • Commissioner Tom Calma
  • Nyuka Dhamarrandjs, Laynahapuy, and Eddie Mulholland, Miwatj
  • Pattie LaBoucane-Benson and Alan Benson

RAPPORTEUR: Professor Diana Slade

10.30-11.00 MORNING TEA
11.00-12.15

Workshop 10 - Men's health
Forum Shelter 1

CHAIR: Dr Mark Wenitong, AIDA

  • Mick Adams
  • Jack Bulman
  • Father Leslie Baird, Yaba Bimbie Men’s Group, Bradley Baird, Gurriny Yealamucka Health Service, Yarrabah and Lyndon Reilly, North Queensland Health Equalities 

RAPPORTEUR: Dr Matthew Lewis, MSHR


Workshop 11 - Addressing the social factors that lead to poor health
Forum Shelter 2

CHAIR: Professor Marcia Langton

  • Professor Ian Anderson
  • Professor Fran Baum
  • Romlie Mokak, AIDA

RAPPORTEUR: Michelle Dowden, MSHR


Workshop 12 - Growing health kids into healthy adults - Changing the outcomes
Forum Shelter 3

CHAIR: Dr Tarun Weeramanthri, CMO, NT Department of Health

  • Andrea Goddard, Clontarf Foundation
  • Buzz Bidstrup and Don Palmer
  • David Vadiveloo, Us Mob

RAPPORTEUR: Dr Rhonda Cox, MSHR

12:15-1:30 LUNCH
1.30-2.30

Workshop 13 - Substance abuse - Detriments to quality of life
Forum Shelter 1

CHAIR: Carolyn Richards

  • Greg Phillips
  • Dr Tricia Nagel
  • Stephen Johns and Eddie Mulholland

RAPPORTEUR: Dr Sheree Cairney, MSHR


Workshop 14 - Health through the power of cultural restoration  
Forum Shelter 2

CHAIR: Professor Ian Anderson

  • Dr Brian McCoy
  • Jack Beetson, Messagestick
  • Barbara Wingard and Djapirri Mununggurritj, Dulwich Centre

RAPPORTEUR: Dr Sue Kruse, CDU


Workshop 15 - Does control follow the dollar?
Forum Shelter 3

CHAIR:  Professor Shane Houston, DHCS

  • Tony Stubbin, Assistant Under Treasurer - Economics, Northern Territory Treasury
  • Tim Marney, Western Australian Deputy Treasurer
  • Dr Gavin Mooney, Health Economist

RAPPORTEUR: Kathleen Martin, CDU

 2.30-3.30

Plenary 7
Main Forum Shelter

CHAIR/FACILITATOR: George Negus, SBS

Workshop Reporting Panel

RAPPORTEUR: Dr Matthew Lewis, MSHR

3.30-4.00

Closing plenary: Summary and strategy
Main Forum Shelter

CHAIR: Professor Helen Garnett, CDU

  • Commissioner Tom Calma

RAPPORTEUR: Susie Hopkins, MSHR

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