We are our childhood: where have all the children gone – health access Gaps bigger than you think

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Presenter: Dr Yvonne Parry

Organisations: ¹Senior Lecturer, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, South Australia

Date Presented 6/10/20

The Department of Health, Action Plan for Children and Young People states 22% of all Australian children live in housing instability (Australian Government 2019). Marginalised children, particularly those from homeless families, are an at-risk group who may suffer long term physical and mental health impacts from disadvantage. Adverse childhood experiences incurred during times of disadvantage include trauma, domestic violence, and multiple toxic stressors that negatively impact long term on neurobiological development, cognitive ability, and mental health.

Dr Yvonne Parry will provide an overview of the last 8 years of research with children living in housing instability and the Nurse Practitioner led model of health care. This innovative model of health care identifies and supports children and their families to access to health care review the epidemiology and pathophysiology of COVID-19 and how it affects the paediatric population. Discussing issues around disease carriage, manifestations, treatments and schooling.

Bio: Internationally and nationally Yvonne is recognized for her skills in framing acute care and community based research that validates improving professional practice in complex social systems, making a major contribution to improving health care and building stronger communities for, under-serviced, disadvantaged and vulnerable populations. Her work exists at the important intersection between nursing, primary health, public health, and community health services for vulnerable children and populations. She has won a NAPCAN award for her work with vulnerable children, Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect in 2017, ‘NAPCAN: Play Your Part Awards. The NP model of health access for children has been recognised as “research and evidence-informed aspect was recognised as a strength of the initiative, as well as the multi-faceted “child aware” interventions that are provided. We also recognised the aim to sustain and scale-up the initiative.