Program
| Monday11th October | |
| 1.00pm | Past present and futureHamilton Pastoral Museum Tour – Learn about the safety and health issues which farmers faced in the past – Cropping and harvesting implements – Shearing and woolsheds – Tractors and engines – Before electricity – 12 volt windlight and cottageDPI Tour – Dept of Primary Industries (Research Institute) – Presentation on carbon sequestration – High rainfall cropping site – Evergaze site – Climate adaption and mitigation site – Nitrous oxide site |
| 4.00pmAuditorium | Welcome and official openingFacilitator: Libby Price, ABC Rural Country Hour Presenter, ABC Local Radio Clinical Associate Professor Sue Brumby, Director National Centre for Farmer HealthThe Honourable Joe Helper MP, Minister for Agriculture & Small Business |
| 4.30pmAuditorium | Opening the gates on farmer healthChair: Jim Fletcher, CEO, Western District Health ServiceKeynote Speaker – Professor Joe Graffam, Chair, Academic Board of the University, Director, Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing Research (CMHWR), Acting Dean Faculty of Health Medicine Nursing & Behavioural Sciences, Deakin University |
| 5.00pmAuditorium |
Launch of Farming Fit DVDDr Bella Brushin, Research Coordinator, Research and Planning,beyondblueHannah Simkin presents overview on the Farming Fit DVD project and shows small clip of DVD. |
| 6.00pm – 7.30pm | Welcome reception and photography competition – Seniors Citizens Centre, Lonsdale St |
| Tuesday12th October | |
7.30am |
Conference Office open |
| 8.30amAuditorium | WelcomeAims of the Farmer Charter Professor Evelyne de Leeuw, Deakin University |
| 8.45amAuditorium | Agricultural medicine and environmental health – linking the land to livesChair: Clinical Associate Professor Sue Brumby, Director National Centre for Farmer HealthKeynote speaker – Professor Kelley Donham, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of Iowa, USASponsored by: |
| 9.30amAuditorium |
Farm fatalities – the final straw
Chair: Dr Scott McCoombe, National Centre for Farmer Health, Deakin Univerisity, School of Medicine Keynote speaker – Ross Pilkington, Director Manufacturing Logistics & Agriculture, Worksafe Victoria |
| 10.00amFunction Room | Morning teaTrade displaysPosters |
| 10.30am concurrent sessionsCinema 10.30am Auditorium 10.30am Ted Kenna Room |
Farming families Chair: Dr Emily Phillips, Department of Primary Industries, Vic Navigating the maze: linking communities and people to city health facilities Kelly Foran, Farmer, Boggabri, NSWKicking the dust: the past, present and future of young farmers in SA Dr Ann Clarke, Rural Researcher, SAFarming struggles and triumphs: recommendations from farming families Connar McShane, James Cook University, QldSustainable Farm Families: an a(cute) perspective on becoming proactive in improving health, wellbeing and safety of our farming community Cindy Boyd, Joe McCallum, Kerang District Health |
| Men’s Health Chair: Bill Hamill, Rural Industries Skills Training Men on the land: how baby boom farmers manage their ageing identity Zoe O’Callaghan, La Trobe University, VicHow safe is your prostate? Agricultural chemical use and the risk of prostate Stu Willder, Western District Health Service, Vic Primary healthcare reaching the rural and remote communities Lauren Chimes, North and West Qld Primary Health Care, QldMen’s Out and About: living in rural residential aged care facilities Damien Malone, Western District Health Service, Vic |
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| Evidence based practiceChair: Dr Paul Lewandowski, Deakin University Development of a new Victorian Injury Prevention Strategy and what it will mean for farming communities in Victoria Aleksandra Natora, Department of Health, VicEvidence on the effectiveness of health screening at the 2009 Ag-Quip Ag Field Day Julie Depczynski, Australian Centre for Agricultural Health & Safety, University of Sydney, NSWCultivating stronger, connected communities in trying times Karen Seiler, Centacare South Burnett, Qld Healthy literacy and farming families Dr Anita Peerson, Deakin University, Vic |
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| 12.00pmFunction Room | LunchTrade displays |
| 12.30pmCinema Foyer | Guided poster sessions Chair: Professor John Martin, La Trobe University |
| 1.15pm concurrent sessionsTed Kenna Room 1.15pm Cinema 1.15pm Auditorium |
Agricultural Health and Safety Chair: Stuart Ackland, University of Tasmania, TasChildless tractors: inproving farming safety for school aged children Kam Benton, Hesse Rural Health Service, VicImproving safety of young and inexperienced farm workers Associate Professor Tony Lower, Australian Centre for Agricultural Health & Safety, University of Sydney, NSWElectrical Safety for Farmers Ann Taylor, Proactive Ag Safety & Support Inc, TasOccupational health and safety strategy in Swedish agriculture Professor Peter Lundqvist/Ms Catharina Alwall, Swedish University of Ag Sciences |
| Service deliveryChair: Jo Williams, National Centre of Farmer Health Community development: social care initiatives within a rural narrative frameworkMartin Butler, Vic Relief Food Bank, VicIf you don’t know what you are looking for you are never going to find it Dr Scott McCoombe, National Centre for Farmer Health, Deakin Univerisity,School of Medicine, VicA holistic approach to farmer health: responding to pyscho-social needs identified by Rural Financial Counsellors Grant Doxey, Mallee Track Health & Community Service, Vic A community development approach to establishing commmunity based strength training in isolated rural areas Karen Armstrong, Grampians Pyrenees Primary Care Partnership, Vic |
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| Mental healthChair: Cate Mercer-Grant, Sustainable Farm Families A Black Saturday perspective Rita Harris/Lorraine Gallagher, Farmers, Marysville, VicI feel like I am dancing on the Titanic: managing the stress of farming in difficult times Professor Sue Kilpatrick, Deakin University, VicShake the blues Gretchen Long, Department of Health & Human Services, TasBeyond social capital: a sociological analysis of farmers at the risk of suicide Dr Anthony Hogan, National Centre for Epidemiology & Population Health, ACT |
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| 2.45pmFunction Room | Afternoon tea |
| 3.15pm – 4pmAuditorium | Farmer health social connection and community resilience: bohemians or bedfellows?Chair:Dr Anthony Hogan, National Centre for Epidemiology & Population Health, Australian National University, ACTKeynote speaker: Professor John Martin, Director, Centre for Sustainable Regional Communities, Vic |
4pm – 4.45pmAuditorium |
Social transition – for richer for poorer Chair: Richard Perry, Southern Grampians Shire CouncilKeynote speaker: Dr Neil Barr, Senior Social Researcher, Dept of Primary Industries, VicSponsored by: |
| 7.30pmAuditorium | A Night at the Theatre featuring Alan Hopgood AMA Pill, a Pump and a Needle- Sponsored by Personal stories on living with diabetes Keynote speaker: Dr Rob Grenfell, Dept of Prevention and Population Health, Vic For Better or Worse – Sponsored by A family’s journey through prostate cancerKeynote speaker: Mr Richard Grills, MBBS, FRACS, Urological Surgeon, West Coast Urology |
| Wednesday13th October | |
7.15amTed Kenna Room |
Chairs and writers breakfast – Ted Kenna Room |
7.15am – meet in PAC foyer |
Wednesday wake upExercise in Botanical Gardens |
| 7.30am | Registration and office open |
8.30amAuditorium |
Evidence-based practice – to do or not to do Chair: Janette Lowe, Southern Grampians Glenelg Primary Care PartnershipKeynote speaker: Linda Syson-Nibbs, Nurse consultant, Public Health, Derbyshire County PCT, UKSponsored by: |
| 9.15amAuditorium | ‘Hangin’ in there’: Health implications of climate variability for farm family membersChair: Professor Evelyne de Leeuw, Deakin UniversityKeynote speaker: Professor Margaret Alston OAM, Director, Gender, Leadership and Social Sustainability (GLASS) Research Unit, Monash University, Vic Sponsored by: |
| 10.00amFunction room | Morning tea |
| 10.30am concurrent sessionsCinema 10.30am Auditorium 10.30am Ted Kenna Room |
Climate Variability Chair: Tracey Harper, Department of Primary IndustriesFarm family health and lansdcape health: a health impact assessment Andrew Gow, Greater Southern Area Health Service, NSWDry, drier, drought? Wet, wetter or whatever? Farmer responses to climate Clinical Associate Professor Sue Brumby, National Centre for Farmer Health, VicClimate change adaptation: a framework for local action Rosie Rowe, Western District Health Service, VicPass the parcel: a demonstration project to engage a rural community in climate change adaption Jo Brown, Southern Grampians Glenelg Primary Care Partnership, Vic |
| Animal Health Human Health Chair: Dr Lauren Shrive, Hamilton VetcareThe interaction between animal and human health and welfare Dr David Champness, Principal Veterinary Officer, Department of Primary Industries, VicMRSA, MRSA, MRSA !!! An emerging infectious epidemic in people from livestock??? Professor Kelley Donham, University of Iowa, USASafer and more effective injection of cattle and sheep Dr David Rendell, BVSc, MACVSc (Sheep), David Rendell & Associates, Vic A look at the psychological impact of an exotic disease outbreak: equine influenza Dr Robyn Mather, BA(Psych) BVSc, NSW |
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| Diet, oral health and diseaseChair: Dr Ananda Chandrasekara, National Centre for Farmer Health, VicPilot study assessing sodium and potassium intakes in Australian farm families Dr Catherine (Kate) Huggins, Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research School of exercise and Nutritional Sciences, Deakin University, VicWholegrain food and legumes in health and nutrition Erin Berghofer, Go Grains Health & Nutrition, NSWRegional differences: the neglected story of iodine Dr Ashequr Rahman, Monash University, VicDental health and rural communities Dr Andrew Neil, Department of Health, Vic |
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| 12.00pmFunction Room | Lunch |
| 12.45pm concurrent sessionsCinema 12.45pm Ted Kenna Room 12.45pm Auditorium |
Allied health Chair: Richard Lunz, AgriSafe, National Centre for Farmer Health, VicHearing loss and farming Erica Smith, deaf access, VicLife on the farm following disability, injury or illness: how an Occupational Therapist can help Naomi Hill, Western District Health Service, VicRural hand injuries of NSW Amy Geach, Riverina Hand Therapy, Wagga Wagga, NSW Preventing Vision Loss in Rural Communities Nathalie Maconachie, Vision2020, Vic |
| Chronic diseaseChair: Dr Dale Ford, Hamilton Medical GroupAustralian farmers: a high risk population for rural health Associate Professor Tony Lower, Australian Centre for Agricultural Health & Safety, University of Sydney, NSWChronic disease risk factors in rural areas: GGT Risk Factor Study Dr Nathalie Davis-Lameloise, Greater Green Triangle University Department of Rural Health, Flinders University & Deakin University, VicFarming Fit? Depression and obesity in farm men and women Hannah Simkin, research assistant, National Centre for Farmer Health, VicCare as usual: the value of psychological care in optimal chronic disease management in a rural hospital admission risk program Megan McLeish, Western District Health Service, Vic |
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| Having fun: the challenges of rural social interactionChair:Dr Marisa Gilles, Combined Universities Centre for Rural Health and Midwest Public HealthThe only problem with alcohol is not having enough: perceptions of alcohol use and rural workplace cultureDr Jane Dowling, The Lyndon Community, VicI love to have a beer cause Duncan’s me mate! Jayne Stinton, Ballarat Community Health, VicReview of rural and regional alcohol research in Australia Dr Peter Miller, Deakin University, Vic The Alcohol Intervention Training Program: reducing alcohol misuse in the farming community Alison Kennedy, Deakin University, National Centre for Farmer Health, Vic |
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| 2.15pmAuditorium | Diabetes and depression: a difficult furrow to ploughChair: Linda Syson-Nibbs, Nurse consultant, Public Health, Derbyshire, UKKeynote speaker: Dr Prasuna Reddy,– Chair of Rural Mental Health and Director of Research, Greater Green Triangle, UDRH, Deakin and Flinders Univeristy, Vic |
3.00pmAuditorium |
Rural workforce – the art of boundary crossingChair: Jim Fletcher, CEO, Western District Health Service Keynote speaker – Dr Marisa Gilles, Professor, Combined Universities Centre for Rural Health, WA |
| 3.45pmAuditorium | Closing plenary – future strategiesFarmer Health Charter presentation – Professor Evelyne de Leeuw, Deakin University |
| 4.00pm | Close of conference |
The pre-conference tour
So you think farming is tough today? Think again. This tour will begin with The Hamilton Pastoral Museum which reflects the region’s pastoral heritage.
Ever wondered how much methane a sheep produces? Wonder no more as the next stop on this informative tour is the Dept of Primary Industries…
A Night at the Theatre
This production features veteran actor Alan Hopgood. With a small cast of fellow actors he will perform two light hearted but serious plays on the health issues of diabetes and prostate cancer. Speakers on the topics of diabetes and cancer will follow the performances.
Farm vehicle safety Would you like to know how to stay upright on a quad bike? Then this practical demonstration will cover all aspects of safety on farm implements.
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