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Journalist Cate Carrigan takes you behind some of the latest news. You’ll meet people passionate about public health and health equity.

  1. 21/12/2022

    HEAL2022: A call to action on clean energy and climate change

    With energy production a major generator of greenhouse gases, moving to renewables is seen as crucial in driving down emissions and tackling global warming. At this year’s Healthy Environments and Lives Network conference (HEAL2022) which promoted “transformational change for environmental, planetary and human health”, clean energy was a core topic. In particular, the Clean Energy for HEAL (CE4HEAL) session focused on a binational research project highlighting efforts to bring clean energy to communities in rural and remote parts of India and Australia. CroakeyVOICES caught up with some of the participants as part of  Croakey Conference News Service coverage of #HEAL2022.. Featuring in the podcast are: Professor Anne Poelina: Nyikina Warrwa Traditional Owner. Chair of Co-Chair of Indigenous Studies Nulungu Institute, University of Notre Dame Professor Sotiris Vardoulakis: Director, NHMRC Healthy Environments And Lives (HEAL) National Research Network. Professor of Global Environmental Health, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University Dr Veronica Matthews: Quandamooka woman from Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island) and co-chair of the HEAL 2022 conference. Associate Professor at the University Centre for Rural Health at the University of Sydney and Co-leader of the Centre for Research Excellence in Strengthening Systems for Indigenous Health Care Equity. Karrina Nolan: Yorta Yorta woman. Executive Director of Original Power and First Nations Clean Energy Network (FNCEN) Steering Group Member. Borroloola Community Solar Project video from Original Power. Thomas Longden: Research fellow ANU Crawford School of Public Policy. Zero-Carbon Energy for the Asia-Pacific (ZCEAP) Grand Challenge. Jimmy Cocking: Chief Executive Officer at Desert Knowledge Australia. Follow the discussion on Twitter at #HEAL2022 and this Twitter list of presenters and participants. See our full #HEAL2022 coverage Read our #HEAL2022 Twitter threads: Bookmark this link for the Croakey Conference News Service coverage.

    39 min

  2. 30/05/2022

    Choosing Wisely for better healthcare

    Solutions and barriers to reducing the waste and harm of low value healthcare were highlighted at the recent Choosing Wisely Australia National meeting, which brought together health professionals, researchers and consumers. Some of the successful initiatives profiled included a Canadian program to reduce low value transfusion practices, research pinpointing low value procedures, and efforts encouraging consumers to take a proactive and questioning approach to their healthcare. Suggestions included introducing compulsory clinical epidemiology for all medical and specialist training, increasing the use of decision support tools, and removing Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) item numbers for low value care. CroakeyVOICES caught up with some of the participants as part of Croakey Conference News Service coverage of the event. Featuring in the podcast are: Professor Rachelle Buchbinder: Rheumatologist and epidemiologist and the co-author with Dr Ian Harris of the book, Hippocrasy: How doctors are betraying their oath. Debra Letica: Choosing Wisely consumer advocate. Dr Wendy Levinson: Chair of Choosing Wisely Canada. Dr Arnagretta Hunter: Physician and cardiologist, and Human Futures Fellow Australian National University. Linda Beaver: Consumer advocate with the Consumers Health Forum and author at Health Voices. Katherine Burchfield: CEO, Choosing Wisely Australia and NPS Medicinewise. This podcast is part of Croakey Conference News Service coverage of the event #ChoosingWisely2022 Bookmark this link for the Croakey Conference News Service coverage. Also see our coverage of the 2019 and 2018 conferences.

    42 min

  3. 07/11/2021

    “Listen to Us” – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people demand to lead Climate Change responses

    First Nations people around the world – with strong and abiding connection to Country – increasingly are bearing the brunt of climate change. From rising sea levels, to ferocious bushfires, storms and drought, they often feel the impact first and hardest. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are part of a global First Nations movement demanding a seat at the table as decisions are made on climate change mitigation and abatement. A recent virtual roundtable meeting hosted by the Lowitja Institute in partnership with the National Health Leadership Forum and the Climate and Health Alliance heard from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers, researchers, scientists and leaders on the impact of climate change and solutions and actions in response to the UN’s COP26 summit. CroakeyVOICES caught up with some of the participants as part of Croakey Conference News Service coverage of the event #IndigenousClimateJustice21. Featuring in the podcast are: Norman Jupurrurla Frank: Warumungu Traditional Owner. Julalikari Council Aboriginal Corporation. Dr Simon Quilty: Senior Staff Specialist, Alice Springs Hospital, and medical advisor for Purple House. Academic, Australian National University. Vanessa Napaltjarri Davis: Warlpiri and Northern Arrente woman and senior researcher Tangentyere Council Aborginal Corporation. Dr Veronica Matthews: From the Quandamooka community, Minjerribah, in south east Queensland, Dr Matthews heads the Centre for Research Excellence – STRengthening systems for InDigenous healthcare Equity (CRE-STRIDE), Centre for Rural Health, University of Sydney. Millie Telford: Bundjalung and South Sea Islander woman and National Director, Seed Indigenous Climate Network. Josie Atkinson: Gumbaynggirr woman and research assistant at the University of Wollongong. Mibu Fischer: A Noonuccal, Ngugi and Gorenpul woman from Quandamooka Country and Marine ethno-ecologist with the CSIRO. Nicole Kilby: A Wiradjuri and Ngemba woman and policy officer with the National Association of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Practitioners (NAATSIHWP). Pat Anderson: An Alyawarre woman and Chair of the Lowitja Institute. This podcast is part of Croakey Conference News Service coverage of the event #IndigenousClimateJustice21 Contact CroakeyVoices via: Email: cate.carrigan1@gmail.com Twitter: @croakeyvoices @CateeC This article is part of the #HealthyCOP26 series, which is being published in partnership with the Climate and Health Alliance. This article is also part of Croakey’s contribution to the Covering Climate Now initiative, an unprecedented global media collaboration launched last year to put the spotlight on the climate cr...

    51 min

  4. 21/09/2021

    Invest Challenge Change – Palliative care conference tackles equity of access and a global pandemic in 2021

    The impact of COVID-19 on palliative care, the need to address inequity of access for marginalised people such as the homeless, and ensuring palliative care is not an “eleventh hour” option, were just some of the themes at the 2021 Oceanic Palliative Care Conference. One thousand delegates from Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific, Canada, Africa and the United Kingdom came together for the four-day virtual gathering, which included sessions covering clinical, paediatric, aged, and holistic care and the impact of the pandemic. CroakeyVOICES Cate Carrigan took up some key themes with a range of speakers and presenters offering their innovative solutions and ideas for the future: Dr Naheed Dosani. Canadian palliative care physician and health justice advocate. Founder of the Palliative Education and Care for the Homeless (PEACH) program in Toronto, Canada. http://www.icha-toronto.ca/programs/peach-palliative-education-and-care-for-the-homeless Professor Meera Agar, chair of Palliative Care Australia. Professor of Palliative Medicine at the University of Technology Sydney Margaret O’Connor. Emeritus Professor of Nursing and Midwifery at Monash University Michelle Wood – Executive Officer – Banksia Palliative Care Service Victoria Maddison Naulty. Health promotions officer South Western Sydney Local Health District. https://www.thegroundswellproject.com/creative-legacy The song “His Way” used with permission of Creative Legacy Project artist Krishna Umali. Simon Waring – Palliative Care Australia consumer panel member. https://palliativecare.org.au/simon-waring Melissa Reader – Managing Director and CEO, The Violet Initiative. https://www.linkedin.com/company/violetinitiative/?originalSubdomain=au Helen Callanan – Death doula and doula trainer. https://preparingtheway.com.au/ Judy Hollingworth – Former Chair of MVP4P, and a Spiritual Care Practitioner – Manning Valley Push for Palliative, NSW Dr Hsien Seow – Canada Research Chair in Palliative Care and Health System Innovation. podcast https://www.waitingroomrevolution.com/ This podcast is part of Croakey Conference News Service coverage of the #21OPCC Contact CroakeyVoices via: Email: cate.carrigan1@gmail.com Twitter: @croakeyvoices @CateeC

    57 min

  5. 07/06/2021

    For rural, regional and remote communities, where is the justice? RCIADIC 30 years on

    Thirty years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody #RCIADIC, there’s growing anger that key recommendations for change are ‘gathering dust’ on the country’s political shelves. Since the inquiry, more than 470 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men, women and children have died in custodial settings and the number keeps rising. The anniversary sparked a call for urgent action from some of the families of those who have died, including the implementation of all the recommendations of the Royal Commission and an independent investigation of all deaths in custody. Among the key issues highlighted by community leaders are the impact of racism throughout the criminal justice system, the need to improve health services in jails – including palliative care, a lack of support for families involved in coronial hearings, and the ongoing battle to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14. Croakey Voices explored the issues with Associate Professor Megan Williams, Wiradjuri justice health researcher and educator, and member of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare National Prisoner Health Information Committee; Jeffery Amatto, founder of the ‘More Cultural Rehabs, Less Jails’ program; and Dr Peter Malouf, Wakka Wakka and Wuli Wuli executive director of operations at the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW. Dr Megan Williams: Research Lead and Assistant Director of the National Centre for Cultural Competence at the University of Sydney, member of the Australian Institute of Health. Jeffery Amatto: Founder ‘More Cultural Rehabs, Less Jails’ program and co-founder Brothers 4 Recovery Alcohol and Drug Awareness. Dr Peter Malouf: Wakka Wakka and Wuli Wuli man and executive director of operations at the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW. This podcast is part of Croakey’s #RuralHealthJustice series, putting a sustained focus on issues being raised to mark the 30th anniversary of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

    48 min

  6. 19/04/2021

    ShiftingGears – Consumers taking the wheel on the road to healthcare quality

    Powerful voices for change at the recent Consumer Health Forum Shifting Gears Summit called for full partnership with clinicians in designing health care into the future – laying the ground for a more patient reflexive system. In CroakeyVoices’ second dive into the recent summit, we hear about the importance of consumers questioning treatment options and asking for alternatives, examine a UK model of patient/clinician partnership and catch up with how health consumer advocacy is driving change in New Zealand. The Consumer Health Forum’s first Australasian Summit, with contributions from around Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Canada, focused on how health consumers, with their deeper knowledge of their own conditions, should play a vital role in improving the healthcare system. CroakeyVoices’ Cate Carrigan explored the themes of health quality and care with a number of keynote speakers and delegates: Professor Anne Duggan: Clinical Director at the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care and Conjoint Professor, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle. David Gilbert: Director of In Health Associates, the first Patient Director in the NHS at the Sussex MSK Partnership (Central), and author of “The Patient Revolution – how we can heal the healthcare system”. https://www.inhealthassociates.co.uk/publication/the-patient-revolution/ Rosalie Glynn: Chair of the Counties Manukau DHB Consumer Council and consumer representative on the Quality Safety Marker group and the Patient and Whaanau Centred Care Board (PWCC). Louisa Wright: Louisa Walsh is a PHD candidate at the centre for Health Communication and Participation at La Trobe University.

    30 min

  7. 29/03/2021

    ShiftingGears – The Power of Partnership

    The Consumers Health Forum’s ShiftingGears Summit, saw over 800 delegates taking part in an energised discussion about the importance of consumer participation in transforming and improving health services. No longer content to just receive health care, consumers spoke up about the need for greater engagement at all levels of health service: from planning to delivery, research and management. They want a healthcare system where patient input isn’t just box-ticking a questionnaire but full partnership, with consumers engaged in every aspect of health delivery – with the conversation moving from what can medical science do to what do you want, why and will it make your life better? The multi-national virtual gathering, with representatives from Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Canada, sparked spirited debate on moving consumers to the very heart of health service planning, with co-design and the power of digital technology highlighted as two critical tools to empowering consumers. But there were also concerns about access and lip-service that didn’t provide meaningful change, to the slowness of change, and to ensuring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Maori and other First Nations people were given culturally appropriate care and access, and that the digital revolution didn’t further isolate people without the internet or digital devices. CroakeyVoices spoke to a range of delegates about the opportunities and challenges ahead: Vincent Dumez. Codirector of the Centre of Excellence on Partnership with Patients and the Public at University of Montreal. Kellie O’Callaghan. Consumer advocate. Past chair of a regional health service and involved in a range of state and local health-focused boards and committees. Craig Cooper. Consumer advocate and member of the NSW Health Clinical Excellence Commission Consumer Council Rosemary Ainley. Editor of CreakyJoints Australia and co-leader of the Young Women’s Arthritis Support Group Kelly Foran. Founder Friendly Faces Helping Hands Foundation and consumer advocate Roxxanne McDonald. Consumer Health Forum Board Director and YHF Young leader.

    45 min

  8. 24/08/2020

    Rural Revival: Local Remedies for better health

    While people living in rural and remote parts of Australia have higher rates of heart disease, hospitalisations and poorer access to primary health care services than those in metropolitan areas, the new Rural Health Commissioner Associate Professor Ruth Stewart believes they also have the solutions, tapping into their own talent pool. Stewart, who lives of Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, and former and inaugural Rural Health Commissioner Emeritus Professor Paul Worley, are both passionate advocates of rural health and determined to give local people the power to ensure your health isn’t determined by your postcode. They spoke to CroakeyVOICES Cate Carrigan about their vision for rural health, the impact of COVID-19 and why becoming a rural or remote health worker could be one of the best decisions you’ll ever make. Rural Health Commissioner, Associate Professor Ruth Stewart, former Director of Rural Clinical Training and Support at James Cook University. Former Rural Health Commissioner, Emeritus Professor Paul Worley, College of Medicine and Health, Flinders University, South Australia.

    35 min
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Journalist Cate Carrigan takes you behind some of the latest news. You’ll meet people passionate about public health and health equity.

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    Croakey Health Media
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    2020 - 2022
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