Below are recordings of some of the sessions from the ARRCH Conference 2023.
There will be more recordings to follow as they become available.
Set over two days, the in-person inaugural ARRCH Conference 2023 offered a structured program that showcased the exciting and innovative work of the 11 member organisations of ARRCH, alongside keynote speakers, workshop sessions, research presentations, and addresses from ministers and key public policy figures.
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7.30 am – 5.00 pm |
REGISTRATION DESK OPEN: LINDSAY FOYER |
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9.30 am – 11.00 am |
OPENING SESSION: GRAND BALLROOM |
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9.30 am |
Convenor: Anne-Maree Kaser, CEO, Gippsland Lakes Complete Health | ||
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9.40 am |
Welcome to Dja Dja Wurrung Country: Performed by Djaara Traditional Owner Aunty Peta Hudson |
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9.50 am |
Opening Address: Mandy Hutchinson, ARRCH Chair and Northern District Community Health CEO |
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10.00 am |
Professor Zoe Wainer, Deputy Secretary for Public Health, Victorian Department of Health |
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10.30 am |
Community Recovery and Resilience: Gateway Community Health and Gippsland Lakes Complete Health |
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11.15 am |
ARRCH Research Poster Showcase |
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11.20 am – 11.50 am |
MORNING TEA: HEPBURN ROOM AND FOYER |
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11.50 am |
Professor Stan Grant, Australian Journalist |
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1.00 pm – 1.45 pm |
LUNCH AND POSTER VIEWING: THREE FOUNDERS RESTAURANT AND IRONBARK ROOM |
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1.45 pm – 2.45 pm |
CONCURRENT SESSION A |
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TOPIC |
REACHING THE MOST DISADVANTAGED: BANKSIA ROOM |
RELATIONSHIP BASED: CRESWICK ROOM |
STRONG COMMUNITY CONNECTION: LINDSAY ROOM |
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Chairs |
Greg Little |
Amanda Mullins
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Gary Ellis |
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Speakers |
Inclusive dental health services for clients with autism and mild intellectual disability: |
Enrich program - youth mental health in a peri-urban community health setting: |
Innovating to amplify regional LGBTIQA+ voices across the lifespan: |
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Specialist nurse supported telehealth clinic - an alternative to timely access to medical specialist in rural areas: |
Sexual and reproductive health hubs - developing local partnerships to expand service provision: |
An intergenerational approach to address ageism while building cooking skills: |
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Scaling up farmer health checks through collaborative partnerships: |
BLG rural health matters project: |
HomeBase: By young people, for young people: |
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Providing long acting reversible contraception (LARC) for rural young people: |
Allied and mental health support in schools: |
Strengthening services through community collaboration - co-designing for refugee communities’ engagement in Shepparton: |
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2.45 pm – 3.15 pm |
AFTERNOON TEA: HEPBURN ROOM AND FOYER |
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3.15 pm – 4.30 pm |
CONCURRENT SESSION B |
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TOPIC |
AGILE AND RESPONSIVE: BANKSIA ROOM |
UPSTREAM INVESTMENT: CRESWICK ROOM |
CLINCIAL CAPABILITIES: LINDSAY ROOM |
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Chairs |
Sean Duffy
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Tricia Quibell
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Leigh Rhode |
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Speakers |
SPIDAH – Supporting People with an Intellectual Disability to Access Healthcare: |
Research in Residence Model: Facilitating health outcomes in the real world: |
A long-term strategy to improve access to medication assisted treatment of opioid dependence: |
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Movement disorder nurse in community health: |
Changing models of healthcare managing demand for paediatric early intervention services: |
Nurse Practitioners Rural Outreach Model: |
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Improving service responsiveness and access in rural and regional Victoria: |
An upstream investment approach to tackling vaping in young people. A fresh perspective, using a whole of school approach: |
A novel nurse and vascular sonographer-led vascular clinic in a regional community setting: |
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Kid x Plus - a platform for inclusion and youth voice: |
Clinical governance in community health - the journey of BCH: |
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4.30 pm |
CLOSING |
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6.30 pm – 10.30 pm |
GALA DINNER with host Brian Nankervis: GRAND BALLROOM (pre-dinner drinks: Springs Bar and Terrace adjacent to lobby) |
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7.30 am – 2.00 pm |
REGISTRATION DESK OPEN: LINDSAY FOYER |
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9.00 am – 11.15 am |
OPENING SESSION: GRAND BALLROOM |
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9.00 am |
Convenor: Sean Duffy, CEO, Ballarat Community Health (including Acknowledgement of Country) |
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9.10 am |
Health Equity: Professor Fran Baum, The Stretton Institute, University of Adelaide |
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9.50 am |
The Hon Mary-Anne Thomas, Minister for Health |
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10.05 am |
MGI Dobbyn Carafa: ARRCH Conference Gold Sponsor |
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10.20 am |
CP@team - A Community Paramedic Model: Sunraysia Community Health and McMaster University |
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10.50 am – 11.10 am |
MORNING TEA: HEPBURN ROOM AND FOYER |
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11.10 am |
Mary O'Hagan, Executive Director, Lived Experience, Mental Health and Wellbeing Division, Victorian Department of Health |
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11.30 am |
Listening to Voices: Gateway Community Health |
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12.30 pm – 1.15 pm |
LUNCH: THREE FOUNDERS RESTAURANT AND IRONBARK ROOM |
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1.15 pm |
Celebrating 50 years of community health: Mandy Hutchinson, CEO, Northern District Community Health - panel discussion with former community health CEOs |
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1.45 pm |
Professor Euan Wallace, Secretary Department of Health |
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2.15 pm – 2.45 pm |
AFTERNOON TEA: HEPBURN ROOM AND FOYER |
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FINISH |
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We were honoured that the following speakers joined us at the inaugural ARRCH Conference in October 2023:
Brian Nankervis
