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  • Karratha workshop for parents of children and adults with disability & advocating with service providers and in schools

    Welcome Lotteries House 7 Morse Court, Karratha, WA, Australia

    Presented to you by specialist advocates Maxine Drake and Leticia Grant. If you go to meetings or appointments to stand up for your child, friend or relative with a disability and feel intimidated, anxious, outnumbered, powerless or not heard by professionals, then there are some simple strategies you can use to achieve good outcomes. If you would like to feel comfortable and confident going to meeting and know that you're going to be heard and that there will be fair outcomes, then this session is for you! We will explore the attitudes and strategies we need to stand up for...

  • Cancer Council WA | Melanoma Update 2021 (online via zoom webinar)

    WA, Australia

    Join us virtually for the biennial Melanoma Update: A collaboration between Cancer Council WA and WA Kirkbride Melanoma Advisory Service. Topics include, who and how to examine a suspicious skin lesion, current and new treatment options, and melanoma biobanking.  For more information or to register please visit the website. About this event Virtual attendance is also available - please select the 'online' ticket option when registering. 6.00pm - Registrations and light meal 6.30pm - Welcome & introductions 6.35pm - Presentations WAKMAS, who are we? Why are we here? Introduction to the New clinic format | Dr Mark Hanikeri, Clinical Associate Professor and Specialist...

  • ‘Valuable Conversations’: for reducing the impact of alcohol use during child-bearing years

    Tom Price WA, Australia

    Presented by the Mental Health Commission and Workforce Development & Community Support and Development programs. The Valuable Conversations training covers the following: • Reflective practice to identify areas of practice that require development for improved client engagement and outcomes. • Trauma Informed Care and Practise to consider the broader context in which alcohol use (during pregnancy) may occur. • Motivational Interviewing to empathically explore client behaviour aound alcohol use (including during pregnancy). • Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) prevention in the context of the National Strategic Action Plan and a holistic prevention framework. • Brief Interventions to combine course content...

  • Mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic – Karratha

    Ibis Styles Karratha 35/45 Searipple Rd, Karratha, WA, Australia

    The COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine will be available to anyone aged 12 years and over who want to roll up to protect their community. Monday 4th - Sunday 10th October at Gratwick Hall, Port Hedland Civic Centre. Walk-ins also welcome! Fill out your consent form ahead of time: bit.ly/2Wk7Ify

  • Injury Matters | An appetite for change: Preventing falls in older adults (Perth and online)

    WA, Australia

    Join Injury Matters this National Nutrition Week for the “An appetite for change: Preventing falls in older adults” lunch and learn seminar. Guest presenter Dr Marc Sim, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Edith Cowan University, will discuss recent evidence around nutrition and falls risk among older adults and will explore: • The relationship between dietary intake and falls risk. • Which nutrients should older adults be incorporating into their diet? • Dietary knowledge among the older adult population • Screening for nutritional deficiencies in older adults • Nutrition-based strategies following diagnosis of sarcopenia

  • Body image concerns in young children

    Webinar Event WA, Australia

    As children grow up, their bodies can and do rapidly change. Could you identify the red flags of body image concerns in children, and if you could, how might you support a culture of positive body image amongst children and their families? Register now to join our upcoming webinar ‘Body image concerns in young children’ on Thursday 14 October 2021 at 7.15PM (AEDT) to gain practical tips and techniques to better support children who are experiencing body image concerns, and their families. This webinar will support practitioners to develop an understanding of red flags for body image issues amongst children;...

  • Obstetric Emergencies (OBS) – Port Hedland

    Port Hedland Western Australia, Australia

    REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN This workshop teaches participants how to effectively manage obstetric cases and emergencies and how to make appropriate decisions. Eligibility: GP obstetricians, medical practitioners and midwives. Priority is given to those working in the local region. Length: One day Cost: $40.00 The cost of this workshop is subsidised by WA Country Health Service through the Better Medical Care Initiative Accreditation: This workshop has accreditation with The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) for continuing professional development points/hours and is approved for the Rural Procedural Grants Program, Obstetrics Grant component.  We do ask...

  • Anti-poverty week #APW2021

    WA, Australia

    Anti-Poverty Week WA would this year like to acknowledge the WA Government's commitment to build at least 3,300 more social houses - a welcome investment that will go some of the way towards relieving the pressures on WA's social housing system. While we know that these issues in the housing system will not be solved over night, it is clear from this announcement and the ambitious timeline in spite of WA's construction shortages that the WA Government is taking seriously this issue impacting so many low-income West Australians, with interim measures to update and convert existing social housing stock until new stock can...

  • Pilbara Women in Business – Women Returning to the Workforce

    Karratha International Hotel Corner of Hillview and Millstream Roads, Karratha, WA, Australia

    Please join us for our next Pilbara Women in Business event - Women returning to the workforce Presenters:  Success Coach - Hayley Maree  When: Monday 29th of November 2021 Where: Karratha International Hotel Time: 5:30 until 7:30pm This is a fantastic opportunity to network and make new connections. All are welcome, RSVP’s are essential.

  • Diabetes & Liver Disease

    WA, Australia

    Diabetes WA LIVE – Health Professionals is a series of educational webinars and upskilling sessions for health professionals, run by Credentialed Diabetes Educators. They offer support and training to health professionals who would like the latest diabetes management advice. This session is presented by Catherine Properzi and will look at the development of Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), risk factors associated with NAFLD, strategies and management of NAFLD.