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Coming events
Below is a list of public health-focused conferences from New Zealand and
overseas.
Effective Employment Relationships Workshops
Workplace Wellbeing Project
29 February - 21 October, various locations
A collaboration between the NZ Council of Social
Services, the NZ Federation of Voluntary Welfare
Organistions, Social Services Waikato and the Service
and Food Workers Union Nga Ringa Tota.
We have come together to explore ways in which our four
organisations can support the development and
maintenance of good employment practice and
relationships in our sector.
For more information about the Project or the dates and
places of the workshops,
contact Conor Twyford 04 239 8173 or 021 213 2553 or
ere.project@gmail.com. |
Annual Māori Health Research Roadshows and Writing
Workshops
July and August 2008
Health Research Council
Workshops are targeted at Māori health providers,
community researchers, academic postgraduate students
and others to assist with the building of capacity and
capability of individual researchers and strengthen the
health research workforce.
Workshops will include:
- HRC funding information;
- application process;
- planning;
- ethics process;
- workforce development;
- consultation and negotiation with communities;
community engagement;
- partnerships and collaboration;
- working with the budget and costings;
- methodologies and dissemination process.
15-16 July, Auckland,
Sir James Henare Research Centre
22–23 July, Hamilton, Te Runanga o Kirikiriroa
29–30 July
Huia Room, Otago Museum, Otago
31 July–1 August
Christchurch, Te Waipounamu
5–6 August, Wellington, Whitireia Polytechnic
7–8 August
Napier/Hastings,venue TBC
12–13 August
Whangarei, venue TBC
14–15 August
Whakatane, Te Awanuiarangi
25–26 August
Taranaki, Tui Ora
28–29 August
Palmerston North, Bernard Chambers
A Room, Massey University
For more detail contact
Jude Lawson on 09 303 5200 or email
jlawson@hrc.govt.nz. |
Obesity Prevention
Symposium
Community and policy
based obesity prevention interventions:
What is needed to achieve sustainable change?
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, 10 July 2008
Expertise in obesity prevention community and
policy-based interventions and evaluations is growing
but how can we improve what we are already doing? The
challenge is to build on the shared learnings,
accommodate the inherent complexities and respond to
ongoing shifts in the environments in which we are
operating.
This one-day symposium will explore the challenges and
discuss solutions in community and policy-based obesity
prevention interventions and economic evaluations,
drawing on case studies of existing interventions being
conducted by the presenters. Future directions in
community and policy-based interventions will be
explored, particularly the development of economic
models and systems-based approaches
This symposium will be complemented by a Conference
breakfast session that explores sociocultural issues in
obesity prevention.
Symposium Speakers:
- Professor Boyd Swinburn, Chair in Population Health
Deakin University
- Professor Elizabeth Waters, Professorial Fellow: Public Health and Health Equality
The University of Melbourne
Click
here
for more information and to download a programme and
registration form. |
Sustainability: Development and Environment.
Council for International Development.
10 July 2008
Mercy Spirituality Centre
104 The Drive, Epsom, Auckland
9.30am – 4.30pm
Facilitator: Bunny McDiarmid, Executive Director of
Greenpeace NZ.
This workshop will look at the impact of development on
the environment and explore ways to minimise negative
impacts. There will be an opportunity to discuss ways to
take environmental issues in planning and practice and
to share experiences and information.
Please RSVP by 4 July to
nikki@cid.org.nz
or call 04 496 9615.
Fees: $50 for CID members and $100 for non-members.
Students and unwaged will be charged at the member rate
+ 10%.
Please note: a fee will be incurred if notice of
cancellation is not given more than 24 hours in advance. |
Workshop: Applying the principles of positive
discipline to our work.
12 July 2008
9.30am to 4pm
Presenter: Professor Joan Durrant, University of
Manitoba, Canada.
Professor Joan Durrant is the author of a new book
published by Save the Children Sweden “Positive
Discipline: What is it and how to do it”.
The book can be reviewed at
http://seap.savethechildren.se.
Save the Children New Zealand, in partnership with
Plunket, Parenthelp and Barnardos NZ.
St John’s Presbyterian Church, crn Willis Street and
Dixon Street, Wellington.
Morning and afternoon tea and lunch provided.
Cost: $10.00 paid at door.
RSVP by 4 July 2008 to
mike.frew@savethechildren.org.nz
For further information please phone Ariana
Paretutanganui-Tamati, NZ Programme Manager, Save the
Children on 04 381 7570 |
ANZEA
(Aotearoa New Zealand Evaluation Association)
13-16 July, Rotorua
This event is intended to offer all those with an
interest and involvement in evaluation the opportunity
to be part of shaping evaluation practice to meet the
needs of Aotearoa New Zealand over coming years
For more information see
www.anzea.org.nz/conference.htm.
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Programme Officers: Training Skills
Facilitator: Christine Scott
22 July 2008
Council for International Development.
9.30am - 4.30pm
CGA Rooms
Level 2 James Smith Building
Cnr Cuba and Manners St
Wellington.
This workshop will explore ways to engage others in
practical learning situations. Working in this way with
other adults can be challenging, but with some helpful
strategies and information, the experience can be
beneficial and even fun for everyone.
Participants will explore the use of an experiential
learning cycle and can evaluate their own areas of
strength with reference to the learning cycle.
Techniques for creative problem solving with adult
learners will be experienced and discussed.
Will there be improved capability? How will you know?
Planning for meaningful learning will be explored.
Please register with Nikki on
nikki@cid.org.nz
or call 04 4969615.
Fees: $50 for CID members, $100 for non-CID members,
students and the unwaged will be charged at member fee +
10%.
Please note that there is a fee imposed for late
cancellations. |
Programme Officers: Training Skills
Facilitator: Christine Scott
23 July 2008
Council for International Development.
9.30am - 4.30pm
Mercy Spirituality Centre
104 The Drive
Epsom, Auckland.
This workshop will explore ways to engage others in
practical learning situations. Working in this way with
other adults can be challenging, but with some helpful
strategies and information, the experience can be
beneficial and even fun for everyone.
Participants will explore the use of an experiential
learning cycle and can evaluate their own areas of
strength with reference to the learning cycle.
Techniques for creative problem solving with adult
learners will be experienced and discussed.
Will there be improved capability? How will you know?
Planning for meaningful learning will be explored.
Please register with Nikki on
nikki@cid.org.nz
or call 04 4969615.
Fees: $50 for CID members, $100 for non-CID members,
students and the unwaged will be charged at member fee +
10%.
Please note that there is a fee imposed for late
cancellations. |
Children, Parenting Policy and the Law: Moving on
from the Repeal of Section 59
National Seminar
25-26 July 2008
Tower Lecture Theatre
University of Otago College of
Education, Union St, East, Dunedin.
Speakers:
- Assoc Prof Joan Durrant
- Sue Bradford MP
- Ms Beth Wood
- Prof Bill Atkin
- Dr Cindy Kiro
- Dr Julie Lawrence
- Prof Anne Smith
To find out more and register for the conference, please
download the
National Seminar Brochure. |
2008 National Health Leadership Programme:
Leadership, Change Management & Performance Improvement
This programme builds and develops leaders in health
care who understand the role of the leader in
transforming and changing organisational performance.
Such leaders can make a difference in health service
delivery particularly in the areas of: chronic disease
management; elective surgery; mental health;
intersectoral learning; primary care development;
services for older people and acute demand management.
Programme Outline – Three modules of three days each
28, 29 & 30 July, 2008, Auckland: Leading and building
teams
24, 25 & 26, September, 2008, Wellington: Leading change
and improving performance
Presenters for the Programme will include Dr Ian Brooks
& Professor Nilakant; international guests e.g. Mark
Jennings from the NHS Institute of Innovation and
Improvement as well as New Zealand health care leaders
and managers from within ACC, the NZ Treasury, the MOH &DHB’s
and related health service organisations. The course is
facilitated by Anthea Penny, who has developed and
implemented leadership programmes nationally and
internationally.
For further information go to
www.rhpennyltd.com
or contact: Anthea or Richard Penny, R H Penny Ltd
Phone: +64 3 3128 158, Mobile: 64 21 761 543
Fax: +64 3 3128 158, Email:
rhpennyltd@rhpennyltd.com
Cost: $5, 200 plus GST. (does not include travel or
accommodation costs) |
HUI – Health Promotion in PHOs
29 and 30 July 2008
Mercure Hotel
345 The Terrace
Wellington
The Ministry of Health is pleased to announce a two-day
hui for all who are involved with or interested in
health promotion in Primary Health Organisations (PHOs
). An initiative from Te Uru Kahikatea: The Public
Health Workforce Development Plan (2007-2016).
The hui will:
- provide an outline on relevant workforce development
issues and progress since the Health Promotion in PHOs
Hui held in 2006
- discuss what is a health promoting approach; what is
working (success stories, strengths and possibilities),
what can be shared; and, what’s happening with smaller,
Maori and rural PHOs
- provide an update on relevant national projects
- discuss national infrastructure issues relating to
health promotion in PHOs (eg, national co-ordination,
leadership and networking, national issues around
competencies and training)
- aim to develop recommendations for continued progress.
If you are interested in presenting a success story on
or model of what is working in your PHO, please email
phohui@xtra.co.nz and let us know ASAP.
The hui programme and online registration will soon be
available on
www.publichealthworkforce.org.nz or by
email phohui@xtra.co.nz.
You will want to register early for this hui as the
accommodation and attendance costs will be covered by
the Ministry of Health for the first 100 registrations.
Priority will be given to small, rural and Maori PHOs.
We want you there, so are offering financial assistance
for travel. Please contact Viv Head on 027 276 9215 to
discuss.
For further information email
www.publichealthworkforce.org.nz, email
phohui@xtra.co.nz
or phone Karen on 021 544 694. |
Double the Feet on the Street
NZ Walking Conference 2008
4-5 August, Auckland
Living Streets Aotearoa
See
www.livingstreets.org.nz/2008conf.htm. |
Fourth Mental Health Promotion Hui Aotearoa
7-8 August, Upper Hutt
Mental Health Foundation of NZ
in partnership with Regional Public Health, Vakaola
Pacific Health Community Health and Te Roopu Pookai
Tāniwhaniwha
"Te Pae Mahutonga – A Framework for Wellness"
The Hui aims to support and strengthen mental health
promotion and to identify and develop linkages across
sectors through evidence, information sharing and
networking.
For further information see:
www.mentalhealth.org.nz. |
Call for abstracts - International Society of
Behavioural Medicine and the Japanese Society of
Behavioural Medicine
It is our great honour to announce that the 10th
International Congress of Behavioural Medicine will be
held in Tokyo, Japan, on August 27-30, 2008.
The Congress theme is "Drawing from traditional sources
and basic research to improve health of individuals,
communities Diseases/SARS/HIV/AIDS
Alcohol/Smoking/Substance Abuse
Genetics/Environmental Interactions
Cancer
Diabetes/Metabolism/Nutrition/Obesity/Eating Disorders
Gender
Health Behaviours
Health Education and Promotion
Health Systems, Policy and Economics
Physical Activity Abby King
Screening and Early Detection
Socioeconomic Factors, Culture and Health
Violence/Victimisation
Work Related Health
Traditional, Integrative and Complementary MedicineSee
http://www.icbm2008.jp. |
AGENCIES FOR NUTRITION
ACTION: Nutrition and Physical Activity Regional Forum
28 August, Auckland
8.30am-4.30pm
Sorrento in the Park, One Tree Hill Domain, Royal Oak
Speakers include: Carmel Ireland (United Fresh NZ Inc.),
Carole Gibb (National Liaison Officer - Food & Beverage
Classification System), Mafi Funaki-Tahifote (Dietitian,
Pacific Island Heartbeat – National Heart Foundation),
Kiri Milne (Senior Researcher, Health Sponsorship
Council), Kay Harrison (Campaign Leader Mission-on)
There is no charge to attend this forum. Programme and
registration form available soon, visit:
www.ana.org.nz or
email julia@ana.org.nz. |
The
6th Australasian Association for Quality in Health Care
(AAQHC)
Bold Aims – Bold Outcomes
1 - 3 September 2008, Christchurch, 19th Annual
Conference.
Take the opportunity to meet, network and form
partnerships with key health care safety and quality
leaders including CEOs, clinicians, managers and
consumers.
Delegates can share the most up-to-date strategies,
innovative approaches, theories and tools that seek to
enhance the safety and quality of our health care
services.
Visit
www.aaqhc.org.au/ for full conference details,
keynote speakers, workshops and registration, or contact
helen@conference.co.nz.
Register by Monday 30 June to receive an early bird
discount! |
Mental Illness Summit
- Families, Meeting the Challenge of Mental Illness
6-7 September, Wellington
Schizophrenia Fellowship
This unique summit will focus on the family/whanau role
in the recovery process of people with a mental illness.
It also features workshops, run by leaders in New
Zealand mental health. Each workshop is designed to meet
family/whanau, mental health workers and/ or policy
makers’ needs.
Online Summit registration is open now -
www.sfnat.org.nz. |
CAHRE
Conference (Centre for Asian Health Research and
Evaluation)
8-9 September, Auckland
To be held at Auckland University’s School of Population
Health.
The theme of the conference is “Building Healthy
Communities: North and South”.
The 2008 conference comprises two meetings:
AUCKLAND (main conference) 8-9 September
CHRISTCHURCH (post-conference symposium) 11 September.
For more information see
www.health.auckland.ac.nz/population-health/cahre/. |
Workshop: "Thinking Differently"
Dr Lynne Maher, Head of Innovation Practice, NHS
Institute for Innovation and Improvement, England
9 September, Wellington, 9am-4:30pm
Over the past 8 years Lynne has led change initiatives
at local and national level leading to improvements for
patients, staff and healthcare organisations.
Registration fee: $500 + GST
Online registration at:
www.rhpennyltd.com.
For further information contact: Anthea or Richard
Penny, 03 312 8158, 021 761 543 or email:
rhpennyltd@rhpennyltd.com. |
Workshop: "Co-designing
health services based on the needs and experiences of
patients and staff"
Dr Lynne Maher, Head of Innovation Practice, NHS
Institute for Innovation and Improvement, England
10 September, Auckland, 9am-4:30pm
An innovative and practical workshop which will
illustrate practical approaches and tools that have been
used by health care leaders and frontline staff to
fundamentally rethink pathways of care and service
delivery to not only improve but transform health
services.
Registration fee: $500 + GST
Online registration at:
www.rhpennyltd.com.
For further information contact: Anthea or Richard
Penny, 03 312 8158, 021 761 543 or email:
rhpennyltd@rhpennyltd.com. |
3rd Annual He Mana tō
ia Tamaiti/ Every Child Counts Conference and Awards Ceremony.
10-11 September, Wellington
The 2008 conference theme is: ‘For our children: A better today, a better tomorrow.
What's it going to take?’
The programme provides for 50 minute interactive workshop sessions. We invite you to submit an abstract to present a workshop about your work or research as it
relates to this year’s conference theme and the four core platforms of Every Child Counts.
The core platforms for Every Child Counts are:
- Placing children at centre of policy and planning
- Ensuring every child gets a good start in the early years
- Reducing child abuse and neglect
- Ending child poverty.
We suggest that workshops are structured to allow a maximum of dialogue and exchange between delegates, with
presentations limited to 35 minutes then followed by questions and discussion.
Invitation for Early Registration
To register your interest in attending the conference please email:
Deborah Morris-Travers:
children1st@xtra.co.nz. |
Australian Disability
and Development Consortium
2008 International Conference
Disability, Disadvantage and Development
Monday 29 – Tuesday 30 September 2008
National Museum of Australia, Canberra
This Conference will bring together disability and
development practitioners and researchers from Australia
and representatives of disabled people’s organisations
and networks from Asia and the Pacific. Several themes
will be explored, including social impact (education,
access to services, gender), economic impacts (work
opportunities), international conventions and other legal
instruments and the relationship between disability,
disadvantage and poverty.
The Conference is being co-organised by the Australian
Disability and Development Consortium (ADDC).
Further conference announcements and information on the
ADDC website: www.addc.org.au.
For further information, contact:
Paul Deany, Convenor, The Australian Disability and
Development Consortium
Email: pdeany@cbmi.org.au, Phone: 1800 678 069
Neva Wendt, Australian Council for International
Development (ACFID)
Email: nwendt@acfid.asn.au, Phone: (02) 6281 9232 |
Conference – Our Voices
in Social Change
1-3 October, Auckland
NZ Council of Social Services
For more information: Ros at
nzcoss@nzcoss.org.nz or 04 472 3364 . |
Health Impact
Assessment and Sustainable Wellbeing – HIA 2008 – Call
for Abstracts
9-10 October 2008
The 9th international HIA conference will provide an
international forum to debate and discuss a wide range
of perspectives in Health Impact Assessment and to
explore the role of HIA across a range of sectors.
Abstracts should be submitted by 2 May 2008. The event
will take place in Liverpool, UK.
Website:
http://www.profbriefings.co.uk/hia08/index.htm. |
American Public Health
Association 136th Annual Meeting & Exposition
October 25-29, 2008
San Diego, California, USA.
American Public Health Association 136th Annual Meeting
& Exposition.
For more details visit www.apha.org/meetings
The deadline for early bird discounted registration fees
is 15 August. |
7th International
Conference on Urban Health
"Knowledge Integration: Successful Interventions in
Urban Health"
29-31 October, 2008, Vancouver
For more information go to
http://www.icuh2008.com/. |
Melanoma Conference
Health Sponsorship Council
14 November 2008
Holiday Inn, 75 Featherston St, Wellington
Featuring:
- Launch of Clinical Practice Guidelines for the
Management of Melanoma in Australia and New Zealand
- Sessions on latest trends and developments – from
prevention to treatment and care
- Focus on strengthening networks and leadership in
melanoma control in New Zealand.
For further information or if you wish to register your
interest please contact Susie Greene, Health Sponsorship
Council on susie@hsc.org.nz
or call 04 472 5777. |
Intensive Course on
Health, development and Human Rights
8-12 December 2008
The Initiative for Health and Human Rights
UNSW, Kensington Campus -Sydney, Australia
The IHHR is planning to host the next UNSW Intensive
Course on Health, Development and Human Rights from 8-12
December 2008 on the Kensington Campus of the University
of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
New opportunities and risks associated with human
development, widening gaps between health needs of
particularly vulnerable populations and responses to
these needs, and widespread movements of people through
labour and forced migration as a consequence of economic
pressure, climate change, conflicts and natural
disasters, are key issues for the new millennium.
The interactions between health, development and human
rights are becoming increasingly clear: the growing
recognition of their reciprocal relationships can help
shape health and development policies, strategies and
programs for the future. This evolution calls for
reinforced education, training and research efforts.
A preliminary draft of the course programme and
information about costs and how to apply can be found at
http://www.ihhr.unsw.edu.au/initiative/courses.html. |
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