People with diabetes have an increased risk of morbidity and mortality if they get COVID-19. Does everyone with diabetes have the same level of risk? What are the conversations around COVID-19 that health professionals can be having with people who have diabetes. Register for this session here
Register now to join Dr. Nicole Hall (General Practitioner), Dr. Nicole Highet (Psychologist), Nia Ellis (Mother with lived experience), Rosemarie Vary (Enhanced Maternal Child Health Nurse) for a facilitated discussion of a case study, facilitated by Prof. Stephen Trumble (General Practitioner). Attend to hear the panel of experts explore how health professionals can better identify symptoms of perinatal anxiety and depression and provide enhanced care for women at risk. Depression and anxiety in the perinatal period is a significant problem for many Australian mothers, but how easy are these symptoms to identify in practice? Early identification and intervention from health...
A group for peri and post natal mothers to meet and connect with others who are navigating the early days of babyhood. Suitable for women in the late stages of pregnancy and with babies between 0-6 months. Come along and meet some new faces and make connections! When: Monday mornings from 9.00am-11.00am Where: Hedland Well Women's Centre, 2B Leake Street, South Hedland. Cost: Free More information HERE
Now meeting at Roebourne TAFE every Monday at 10am Food, yarning, friendly faces and information. This is a chance for the men of Roebourne to stand up and support each other, to lean on each other and learn from each other.
Presented by Dr Hussam Tayeb - Cardiologist This session will explore the link between macrovascular disease and diabetes, with a focus on blood glucose levels, hypertension and dyslipidaemia and how they impact on heart health. Register for this session here.
You are invited to join WACOSS and representatives from the Community Legal sector for a workshop on the Family and Domestic Violence Legal Health Check and Referral Pathways. Learn how you can use the Legal Health Check to help women experiencing family and domestic violence access legal assistance when they need it most. The workshop is free for anyone to join and will be held online on Tuesday 17 May, 1.00pm-2.30pm. Please email socialpolicy@wacoss.org.au to RSVP
A short webinar providing evidence-based knowledge and interventions that focus on repairing the parent-child relationship. About this event Becoming a parent is a stressful developmental phase and can be made significantly harder in the context of domestic and family violence trauma. Women’s agency and confidence as a mother may be directly undermined by her partner through tactics of coercive control, impacting her experience of motherhood and the quality of mother–child relationships. Children’s mental health, wellbeing and the relationships that they depend upon for their development are all impacted by domestic and family violence. Family separations after domestic and family violence...
Advance Care Planning is making plans that cover our care, lifestyle, health and finances for the last part of our lives. By working out what we want, we get to have a say about our end of life as well as making things easier on those around us. We have six free online Advance Care Planning workshops scheduled for the coming months. Each will cover information on what's involved in Advance Care Planning, how to get started, and how to talk with your loved ones about your end-of-life wishes. These workshops are suitable for any community members regardless of age, health or background. You don’t need any prior knowledge of...
With a focus on self-harm and suicide in adolescence, this program will assist clinicians to manage youth in distress, self-harm and suicidality. The program has been designed to build on the current level of skills of participants and to further develop confidence in undertaking risk assessment and safety planning for youth in distress. This format has been designed so that modules 2, 3 and 4 can be completed in one day. Module 1 will need to be completed prior to the commencement of module 2. CPD certificates will be given after completion of all 4 modules in their entirety. Times:...
Register now for this professional development webinar to enhance how you support those who experience psychological injury to continue to participate in "good work" that supports their mental health and wellbeing. The expert panel will outline "good work" and its benefits, as well as cover assessing functional capacity for work and providing advice on modifications to support continued work participation. See all the learning outcomes. The panel: Dr Dielle Felman (Psychiatrist) Dr Steven Kaye (GP) Suzanne Gibson (Clinical psychologist). GP Professor Stephen Trumble will facilitate the session. Question? Email us or call the help desk on 1800 209 031.
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