Program

Note: Presenting authors in concurrent sessions are underlined in the program.

TUESDAY 11 MARCH 2008

4.00 pm

Registration commences

Ghan Foyer

1.00–6.00 pm

Optional Remote Indigenous Stores and Takeaway tour

 

6.30 pm

Welcome reception

Ghan Foyer

 

WEDNESDAY 12 MARCH 2008

8.00 am

Registration Desk open
Conference Office open

Ghan Foyer

 

PLENARY SESSION

MacDonnell Room A

8.30am

Welcome to country

 

8.45am

MC: Introduction NATSINSAP and Nutrition Networks
Housekeeping

 

9.00 am

Indigenous Australians and nutrition—a human rights based approach
Tom Calma

 

9.30 am

The fundamentals of food security in remote Indigenous communities—impacts and effectiveness of the Federal Government intervention in the NT
Olga Havnen

 

10.00 am

Close the gap with good tucker
Michelle Elwell; Dympna Leonard

 

10.20 am

Audience questions and comments facilitated by MC

 

10.30 am

MORNING TEA
Trade display and networking

Ghan Foyer

11.00 am – 12.35 pm

Concurrent Session A
(4 papers of 20 minutes each with 5 minutes between each paper)

 

 

A1          Good Tucker, Good Health
Chair:
    Tanya Stiles

MacDonnell Room A

 

11.00       Living Strong: a health lifestyle program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
Dawn Charteris, Michelle Elwell

 

 

11.25       Crunch&Sip®—increasing fruit, veg and water consumption in rural and remote WA schools
Brenda Cheveralls, Jenny Atkins, Kate Hawkings, Terry Slevin, Diane Ledger, Lyn Dimer

 

 

11.50       Darayiga Guya Mapu (Come here: talk feeling)
Karen Miranda

 

 

12.15       Yarning: Goolarri Television series—Catch & Cook
Robert Lee, Julie Nimmo

 

 

A2          Communicating and disseminating ‘good practice’ in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nutrition initiatives
Chair:   
Kym Blechynden

Ellery Room A

 

11.00       Validity of short nutrition questions among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children aged 10 to 12 years using multiple 24-hour recalls: Many Rivers Diabetes Prevention Project
Josephine Gwynn, Nicole Turner, Janine Cochrane, Victoria Flood, Wayne Smith, John Wiggers

 

 

11.25       Yalu’Marnggithinyaraw and the Yolnguy Walngakum Yolngu life project
Dorothy Yunggirrnga, Jean Rurrukunbuy

 

 

11.50       Collaborative approach to community-based research: a case study in the Northern Territory
Jeannie Campbell, Danielle Aquino

 

 

12.15       Mean nutrient intake and foods contributing to selected nutrients among children aged 10 to 12 years: Many Rivers Diabetes Prevention Program
Victoria Flood, Josephine Gwynn, Jimmy Chun-Yu Louie, Nicole Turner, Janine Cochrane, Stephen Cochrane, Wayne Smith, John Wiggers

 

 

A3           Nutrition issues in urban areas
Chair:   
Amanda McGregor

Ellery Room D

 

11.00       Which way public health nutrition in Brisbane?
Raima Toolis, Bronwyn Fredericks, Dallas Leon

 

 

11.25       Developing a model of primary prevention for urban Aboriginal and Islander populations—Primary Prevention and Capacity Building Project
Tom Ogwang, Brian Oldenburg, Brownyn Fredericks, Dallas Leon, Joanna Coutts

 

 

11.50       Plenty Valley Community Kitchen project with urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families
Glynis Vickery, Emma Hughes

 

 

12.15       South Australian Community Foodies: supporting communities to make healthy food choices
Liz Sanders, Jenni Glover

 

12.40 pm – 1.40 pm

LUNCH
Trade display and networking

Ghan Foyer

 

PLENARY SESSION
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nutrition workforce

MacDonnell Room A

1.40 pm

MC

 

1.45 pm

The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nutrition Strategy and Action Plan (NATSINSAP)—the story so far
Traven Lea, Amanda Lee

 

2.25 pm

Why become a nutritionist? Experiences of three Indigenous nutritionists
Leisa McCarthy

 

2.45 pm

Good tucker education and how it links to the new national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health worker qualifications
Emma Silvester, Linda Zerna (tbc)

 

3.05pm

Audience questions and comments

 

3.15 pm – 3.45 pm

AFTERNOON TEA
Trade display and networking

Ghan Foyer

3.45 pm –
5.20 pm

Concurrent Session B
(4 papers of 20 minutes each, 5 minutes between papers)

 

 

B1           Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nutrition workforce
Chair:   
Meg Adam

MacDonnell Room A

 

3.45         Making healthy choices for ourselves: partnerships for healthy eating and physical activity in Aboriginal communities
Jennifer Browne, Sharon Thorpe, Priscilla Pyett, Peter Waples-Crowe

 

 

4.10         More than Medicine’: a work in progress
Cynthia Porter, Robynne Snell, Tony Dodd, Debbie Woods, Alan McDonald

 

 

4.35         From principles of nutrition to good tucker stories back again—pedagogical lessons from an Indigenous specific community nutrition degree
Lauren Grose, Lisa Schubert, Amanda McGregor

 

 

5.00         Expansion of the Indigenous nutrition workforce in Queensland Health
Amanda Lee, Dympna Leonard, Simone Lowson, Anita Groos, Christina Stubbs, Angela Simons, Deanne Minniecon

 

 

5.20         Evaluation for Session A and Session B

 

 

B2           Family focused maternal and child nutrition
Chair:   
Dot Henry

Ellery Room A

 

3.45         Good Food Great Kids
Jo Stanford, Gail Crozier, Jane Judd, Doseena Fergie

 

 

4.10         Community consultation of home micronutrient supplementation ‘Sprinkles’ for Indigenous children in the Northern Territory
Jeannie Campbell, Danielle Aquino

 

 

4.35         Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council Child Nutrition Program
Camilla Sleeth, Suzanne Bryce, Debra Umala

 

 

5.00         Growing Strong: Feeding You and Your Baby
Kani Thompson, Joanna Boyle

 

 

5.20         Evaluation for Session A and Session B

 

 

B3           Good tucker, Good health
Chair:
    Nicole Turner

Ellery Room D

 

3.45         Bush tucker farm, Rutherford Technology High School
Lesley Salem, George Salem

 

 

4.10         Lockhart River Bush Tucker Nutrition Project ‘Kuyulu Ngampulungku Mayi’
Grace Hermawan, Liz Kyle, Lucy Hobson, Lisa Claremont, Susie Pascoe

 

 

4.35         Pakana kipli nayri—Aborigines eat well
Candy Bartlett, Lisa McQueen, June Sculthorpe, Rose Romeo

 

 

5.00         Yarning session: Healthy Male lifestyle program: healthy meals, healthy men
Jason Bonson

 

 

5.20         Evaluation for Session A and Session B

 

5.30 pm

Session concludes

 

 

Free night

 


THURSDAY 13 MARCH 2008

8.00 am

Registration Desk open
Conference Office open

Ghan Foyer

 

PLENARY SESSION

MacDonnell Room A

8.30 am

Summary of Conference Recommendations

 

8.50 am

NATSINSAP—implementing the Remote Indigenous Stores and Takeaway project across Australia
Traven Lea, Sharon Laurence

 

9.10 am

The Mai Wiru Stores Policy—a community development model for remote store operations
John Tregenza

 

9.30 am

Outback Stores—achieving food security in remote communities
Paddy Stephensen

 

9.50 am

Audience questions and comments

 

10.00 am –10.45 am

Concurrent Session C
(2 papers, 20 minutes each with 5 minutes in between)

 

 

C1           Food supply in rural and remote communities
Chair:
    Roy Price

MacDonnell Room A

 

10.05       Yarning session: The expansion of Good Start Breakfast Clubs and accompanying food security initiatives to remote Aboriginal communities in Central Australia
 Gwen Crombie, Jack Crombie

 

 

10.25       Community mapping of food access and food services in rural NSW communities: Many Rivers Diabetes Prevention Project
Janine Cochrane, Stephen Cochrane, Josephine Gwynn, Nicole Turner

 

 

C2           Other topics
Chair:
    Julie-Anne McWhinnie

Ellery Room A

 

10.05       Workshop: Good tucker, good health—great teeth!
Annette Davey, Richelle Jackson

 

 

10.25       Bush tucker in kidney failure and diabetes
Lesley Salem, Elizabeth Thompson

 

 

C3           Posters

Ellery Room D

 

Healthy jarjums make healthy food choices – Gold Coast
Amanda Allen, Maxine Daley, Penelope Beatty

 

Nutrition issues in urban areas – making healthy choices easy choices for Indigenous people in south-western Sydney
Natalie Burak, Clive Carroll

 

Dental Dreaming

Tracey Hearn, Andrea Whyte, Maggie Kirby, Sue Mason, Cathryn Carboon

 

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nutrition and Physical Activity Brief Intervention
Tanya Stiles, Kaye Smith, Kym Blechynden

 

10.45 am – 11.15 am

MORNING TEA
Trade display and networking

Ghan Foyer

11.20 am – 12.35 pm

Concurrent Session D
(3 papers 20 minutes each with 5 minutes in between)

 

 

D1          Food supply in rural and remote communities
Chair:   
Leisa McCarthy

MacDonnell Room A

 

11.20       Mai Wiru Regional Stores Policy
Liz Balmer, Rosalind Butler, Ina Scales

 

 

11.45       Making a difference—the Outback Stores and Canteen Creek story
David Clegg, Julie Croft

 

 

12.10       Working together for better health in Lajamanu
Kathy Long, Danielle Aquino, Jim Butler, Lynette Tasman, Shirlene Daniels

 

 

12.35       Evaluation of Session C and D

 

 

D2          Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nutrition workforce
Chair:   
Margaret Daley

Ellery Room A

 

11.20       Making it happen: linkages between students and health workers create great nutrition resources
Cynthia Porter, Tony Dodd, Robynne Snell, Deborah Woods, Alan McDonald

 

 

11.45       Yarning session: Working towards a healthier Palm Island
Leah Lenoy, Lauwanna Blackley

 

 

12.10       Yarning session: Cooks Camp
Kellie Schouten, Sarah Conally, Jeannie Campbell, Chrissy‑Joe Kamara

 

 

12.35       Evaluation of Session C and D

 

 

D3          Communicating and disseminating ‘good practice’ in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nutrition initiatives
Chair:   
Dawn Charteris

Ellery Room D

 

11.20       Focus groups with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Queensland: information to direct the development of future nutrition strategies
Angela Simons, Kate Gellweiler, Maureen Chamberlain, Linda Medlin, Stephen Hogan, Amanda Lee

 

 

11.45       Dietary glycemic index and glycemic load among children aged 10 to 12 years: Many Rivers Diabetes Prevention Project
Jimmy Chun-Yu Louie, Christopher Everingham, Nicole Turner, Janine Cochrane, Josephine Gwynn, Wayne Smith, John Wiggers, Victoria Flood

 

 

12.10       Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nutrition and Physical Activity Brief Intervention
Tanya Stiles, Kaye Smith, Kym Blechynden

 

 

12.35       Evaluation of Session C and D

 

12.45 pm – 1.35 pm

LUNCH
Trade display and networking

Ghan Foyer

1.00 pm

Launch of the RIST resources in the trade display area

Ghan Foyer

1.35 pm – 2.45 pm

Concurrent Session E
(4 papers 20 minutes each with 5 minutes in between)

 

 

E1           Food supply in rural and remote communities
Chair:
    Amanda Lee

MacDonnell Room A

 

1.35         Keeping track of healthy food: monitoring and planning for improvements in the national quality of the store food supply in remote communities
Julie Brimblecombe, Dorothy Yunggirrnga

 

 

2.00         Stocking healthier choices in Remote Indigenous Stores and Takeaways as part of the RIST project
Traven Lea, Sally Drinan

 

 

2.25         Impact of a community store based budgeting tool (FOODcard) on customer purchasing patterns in a remote Indigenous community in East Arnhemland, Northern Territory
Adam Barnes, David Djalangi

 

 

2.45         Evaluation of Session E

 

 

E2           Family focused maternal and child nutrition
Chair:   
Maureen Chamberlain

Ellery Room A

 

1.35         Nunga Kids Café
Michael Manders, Jeremy Coaby, Elizabeth Richards

 

 

2.00         Consulting with Aboriginal communities: finding out about the facilitators of, and barriers to, healthy eating for our children
Scott Trindall, Luke Allan, Lynde Bartel, Jackie Trapman, Renae Draws, Colin Bell

 

 

2.25         Eat Well, Be Active, Healthy Kids for Life—Badu Island
Kani Thompson, Rita Kebisu

 

 

2.45         Evaluation of Session E

 

 

E3           Other topics
Chair:
    Amanda McGregor

Ellery Room D

 

1.35         Deadly Tucker—a story about a cookbook …
Sandra Radich, Janice Reidy

 

 

2.00         The Nunga Nutrition Lunch Program
Colette Lappin, Vicki Taylor, Margaret Pumpa

 

 

2.25         Koori’s Cooking Healthy recipe cards
Natalie Burak, Clive Carroll

 

 

2.45         Evaluation of Session E

 

2.50 pm – 3.15 pm

AFTERNOON TEA
Trade display and networking

Ghan Foyer

 

PLENARY SESSION

MacDonnell Room A

3.15 pm

Australian Indigenous HealthInfonet
Neil Thomson

 

3.30 pm

Introductory presentation to workshops

 

3.40 pm –5.10 pm

Concurrent Session F—Workshops

 

 

Choose from the following 4 workshops or optional workshop

 

 

F1           Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nutrition workforce
Chair
:    Leisa McCarthy

MacDonnell Room A

 

F2           Nutrition issues in urban areas
Chairs:
  Sharon Thorpe, Jennifer Browne

Ellery Room A

 

F3           Family-focused maternal and child nutrition
Chair:
    Dympna Leonard, Michelle Elwell

Ellery Room D

 

F4           Food security
Chair:
Julie Brimblecombe (tbc)

 

 

F5           Optional workshopping

 

5.10 pm

Session concludes

 

6.45 pm

Conference Dinner

Desert Park

 

FRIDAY 14 MARCH 2008

8.00 am

Registration Desk open
Conference Office open

 

 

PLENARY SESSION

MacDonnell Room A

8.30 am

MC: introduction

 

8.35 am

Summary of Recommendations to date

 

8.50 am

Nutrition Networks Conference—funding, sustainability, the future

Winners of evaluation raffle

 

9.30 am –
10. 30 am

Concurrent Session G— State and Territory networking

 

 

G1          VIC/Tas, SA, NSW/ACT

MacDonnell Room A

 

G2           QLD

Ellery Room A

 

G3           NT, WA

Ellery Room D

10.30 am –
11.00 am

MORNING TEA
Trade display and networking

Ghan Foyer

 

PLENARY SESSION—Conference Resolutions

MacDonnell Room A

11.00 am

Conference Recommendations for:

·         NATSINSAP and Close the Gap campaign—framework 2010 onwards; funding, advocacy strategy

·         Nutrition Networks—ongoing conference, professional networks (states/territories, national)

Audience questions and comments

Acknowledgments

 

12.00 pm

Final evaluation session

 

12.15 pm

FAREWELL LUNCH

Ghan Foyer

 

Notes:

Keynote address/plenary—A special invitation from the Conference Management Committee to give a 20- or 30-minute plenary address.

Workshop—An interactive session on an agreed topic with one or more leaders who may present evidence/data/proposals etc for discussion.

Paper—A 20-minute paper presented to a split or concurrent session; groups of three or four per session on agreed NNNC themes.

Poster—poster presentation that is displayed and addressed by authors in one particular session (delegates walk around).

Yarning session—one or more delegates are invited to tell stories and interact with each other and the audience in a split or concurrent session.