Western Australia
Chapter Coordinator
Pam O’Nions
pam.onions@bigpond.com
WA Chapter Clinical Supper 11 June 2024
Registration for this event has been paused. We will send an email in the coming days with an update. Apologies for any confusion.
Join us at the WA Chapter Clinical Supper Tuesday 11 June 2024 with Dr Yvonne Anderson
Members please use the registration link sent to you via email to access member rates.
Non-Members to access Member rates please click here and join as a member now and you will be emailed a link to register for the webinar at member rates.
Date: Tuesday 11 June 2024
Time: 5.00pm – 6.30 pm
Venue:Education Centre Classrooms 3/5/7 (Level 5), Perth Children’s Hospital
Cost: Members Free, Non Members $10.00. Payment by Debit or Credit Card required at time of registration.
Inclusions: Light refreshments and Networking
Registration Options: In person or Virtual Attendee via MS Teams. Click here to register – Online Registration (Registration closes Tuesday 4th June 2024)
Non-Members to access Member rates please click here and join as a member now and you will be emailed a link to register for the webinar at member rates.
Payment: Payment to be received at time of registration by Debit or Credit Card.
MS Teams Details: Login details will be emailed to Virtual Attendees the day before the Chapter Event.
Title: Aboriginal-informed Healthy Lifestyle Program- WA Pilot Project
Presenter Bio:
Dr Yvonne Anderson
Associate Professor Community Child Health CAHS, Paediatrician
Dr Yvonne Anderson, Paediatrician, has undertaken clinical research with Child and Adolescent Health Service, Curtin University, Telethon Kids Institute and the University of Auckland. She has a special interest in paediatric endocrinology, including family-centred solutions for weight issues and diabetes. With a focus on improving healthcare services, health systems change, and addressing health inequality.
She has spent the past decade leading a team working in Aotearoa New Zealand with community and Māori collaborators to create a community-based healthy weight program. The teams research has demonstrated weight reduction at 2 years. Improvements in Quality of life, water intake and health knowledge persisted to five years. This program has since been implemented throughout the Tananaki region (NZ).
More recently her team have been working to understand the needs of the community in Perth, to develop a pilot healthy weight service (the Aboriginal-informed Healthy Lifestyles Program) to roll out in East Metropolitan Health Service.
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WA Scholarships
Dorothy Clarke Scholarship (1 July)
See the website for application details http://www.accypn.org.au/knowledge-centre/funding-opportunities
ACCYPN National Scholarships (1 July)
Margaret Sullivan Research Scholarship
Sr Mary Dorothea Sheehan Professional Development Scholarship
See the website for details http://www.accypn.org.au/knowledge-centre/funding-opportunities
