Primary Health Bulletin

With respect to age 2009 - new guide and information sessions
Launched on World Elder Abuse Awareness day (15 June 2009), 'With respect to age - 2009' is the Victorian Government practice guidelines for health services and community agencies for the prevention of elder abuse.

Seminar: Relating to ourselves - using narratives to improve the health of immigrant and refugee women
The Multicultural Centre for Women's Health (MCWH) is pleased to collaborate with international guest speaker, Professor Trisha Greenhalgh, to present a seminar on narrative-based health promotion for immigrant and refugee communities on Tuesday 28 July 2009.

Rural change and community wellbeing forum - Wednesday 24 June 2009
The Rural change and community wellbeing forum will help you build sustainable practice to improve the mental health and wellbeing of those living in drought-affected areas.

New integrated health promotion seminar series and case studies
The Primary Health Branch has commenced lunch time seminars showcasing local integrated health promotion (IHP) work. The DVD streaming of the seminar presentations and new case studies will be available online.  Subscribe to the Primary Health IHP Email Updates to stay up-to-date with the latest IHP case studies, events and news.

Training: 'Knowing Her Better'
'Knowing Her Better' is a series of training on immigrant and refugee women and sexual and reproductive health.  It is aimed at health and allied professionals interested in improving the health and wellbeing of immigrant and refugee women and their health experiences in Australia.

Seminar: Enough to make you sick: Does the Australian primary care system make people who are sick miserable and worse?
The Australian Institute for Primary Care will host a presentation by Professor Hal Swerissen on Tuesday 7 July 2009.

Seminar: 'Healthy living for immigrant and refugee women'

This Multicultural Centre for Women?s Health seminar, to be held on Thursday 27 August, will focus on healthy living and illness across a range of cultures.

Forum: 'Building the future health workforce'

This forum will explore practical strategies for ensuring a more robust and sustainable health workforce.

 

Forum: 'Food for all - securing the future'

VicHealth invites councillors, researchers, practitioners, planners, policy makers, food producers, retailers and consumers to attend this thought-provoking and informative Food for All forum.

UV protection update for May to August

From May to August SunSmart recommends taking off sun protection gear to get some winter sun for vitamin D.

DHS diabetes forum
The Loddon Mallee Region of the Department of Human Services is hosting a diabetes forum on 10 and 11 September 2009 at the All Seasons Resort, Bendigo.

Reminder: Rural change and community wellbeing forum - Wednesday 24 June 2009
The forum is part of the Sustaining Community Wellbeing strategy, which aims to help rural communities develop sustainable strategies to deal with the long term impacts of drought and rural change.

Forum: physical activity for older adults
The National Ageing Research Institute is holding a one-day current practice and evidence-based forum focusing on physical activity for older adults. It is designed for clinicians, community care workers, fitness leaders, and those involved with health promotion, education and policy for older adults.

Primary Health Branch report 2007-08
This report provides an overview of activities delivered by a range of primary health agencies funded by the branch and also details the branch?s achievements against its five stated aims for 2007?08.

Anex 09 Australian Drugs Conference - Drugs in Hard Times
Anex invites you to submit abstracts that will assist delegates build their understanding of the issues presented by the interplay between social disadvantage, drugs and tough economic conditions.

Launch of the Victorian Autism State Plan - An Australian first
Community Services Minister, the Hon Lisa Neville MP, launched the Autism State Plan on 21 May 2009 during Autism Awareness Month. The Plan will boost support for Victorians with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) their families and carers over the next 10 years.

Rural change and community wellbeing forum - Wednesday 24 June 2009
The forum is part of the Sustaining Community Wellbeing strategy, which aims to help rural communities develop sustainable strategies to deal with the long term impacts of drought and rural change.

Additional support for bushfire affected communities
The Australian Government has announced additional funding to support communities affected by the Victorian bushfires. This includes increased funding to the nine Divisions of General Practice in the affected areas to enable them to engage additional allied mental health professionals or purchase additional psychological services to meet the increased demand and further funding to support volunteer resource centres, counselling and organisations supporting young people affected by the fires.

New regional cancer data now available
The Victorian Cancer Registry has launched its new on-line self-service data system to make publicly available extensive Victorian cancer data.  This includes mortality and incidence data in a variety of formats and enables data comparison locally, internationally and Australia wide.

Healthy families 'Go for your life' physical activity forum
Facilitated by Kinect Australia, the 'Go for your life' physical activity forum on healthy families will be held on 16 June at William Angliss Institute, Melbourne.

Gippsland 5 day health promotion short course

The Gippsland 5 day health promotion course is a practical introduction to the principles and practice of health promotion and will be held in Moe over June and July.

Seminar: global challenges in leadership and health reform
Professor Richard Southby will be presenting a seminar on global challenges in leadership and health reform on Friday 5 June in Melbourne.

Chronic Illness Alliance forum on assisting self-employed people who become chronically ill
This forum will provide information about a new web resource designed by Small Business Victoria specifically to help people who develop a life threatening illness. The forum is aimed at health workers who assist clients who are self-employed or small business operators.