“My space, your space, our space: exploring the future of adolescent health together”

With shifts in the equilibrium of the global environment, the redefinition of social contexts, the construction of virtual realities, and the power of new technologies, the future continues to offer new ways of:

• Belonging, participating, connecting and communicating
• Researching, analysing, integrating and synthesizing
• Assessing, screening, monitoring and treating
• Learning, creating, experiencing and expressing

This conference will focus on examining new knowledge and understandings around young people, and how we work towards improving their health and wellbeing.

Whether it’s medical imaging, social networking or online learning, its time to share knowledge and experience across professions, disciplines and sectors.

Who Should Attend

The conference program and pre conference forum is aimed at people who are working in, but not limited to the health, education, community, welfare and youth sectors. Most delegates will be practitioners such as teachers, doctors, nurses, counsellors, and others involved in youth advocacy, health promotion and community development, policy development and research.

Program

The following program is correct as of 01 Oct 2008, but is subject to change if required by the Organising Committee.

Themes:
Belonging, participating, connecting & communicating
Researching, analysing, integration & synthesizing
Assessing, screening, monitoring & treating
Learning, creating, experiencing & expressing

Thursday 6 November
	Plenary Room
9.00	Welcome
9.05	Michael Rich, Center on Media and Child Health and Video Intervention/Prevention Assessment
	Title to be comfirmed
10.05	Conference Launch Welcome to Country
10.50	Morning Tea
11.10	ARAB Presentation
11.20	ARAB Performance
	Breakout 1		Breakout 2		Breakout 3	Breakout 4
	SE-01 - Title to be Confirmed		SE-02 - Title to be Confirmed		SE-03 - Title to be Confirmed	SE-04 - Title to be Confirmed
11.40	Adam Smith, Foundation for Young Australilans & Youth Panel		Christos Pantelis		Jonathon Nicholas, Inspire Foundation	David Healy, Transport Accident Commission
	Title to be Confirmed		New technology helps us to understand the adolescent brain		On-line opportunities for young people	Making Young People Safe on our Roads - The Role of Communications
12.20	Lunch
	Breakout 1	Breakout 2	Breakout 3		Breakout 4
	SE-05 - Title to be Confirmed	SE-06 - Title to be Confirmed	SE-07- Showcasing Websites Online		SE-08 - Title to be Confirmed
1.35	Ian Frazer, The University of Queensland Diamanatina Institute New Recipes for new vaccines	Todd Herrenkohl, University of Washington Title to be Confirmed	Talia Hoskin, Quit SA, Cancer Council SA Sally Hounslow, Quit SA, Cancer Council SA Social Networking Sites and Tobacco-Free Education - Do they mix?		George Patton Youth suicide: a historical perspective
2.05	Marketing Person, CSL Title to be Confirmed		Jane Maher, Distance Education Centre Victoria Malcolm McIver, Distance Education Centre Victoria A Virtual Schoolyard - An Online Social Networking Space For Secondary Aged Students Doing School By Distance Education
		Ariel Couchman, Young People's Legal Rights Centre (Youthlaw) Young people as victims of crime	Hilary Davis, Melbourne University "Learning to Dance in the Rain" Using Emerging Technologies to Combat Social Isolation in Young Adults Living with Cancer		Chris Hall, Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement, McCulloch House, Monash Medical Centre Young people and celebrity suicide
2.35			Assunta Caruso, Northern Sydney Central Coast Health Kathryn Culgan, Northern Sydney Central Coast Health When Life Has No Undo Button: The Development of a Pilot, Web Based Youth Mental Health Service
			Michelle Blanchard, The University of Melbourne Examining organisational readiness and capacity to undertake ICT based mental health promotion with young people
3.05	Afternoon Tea
	Breakout 1	Breakout 2	Breakout 3	Breakout 4	Breakout 5	Breakout 6
	SE-09 - Capacity-building through education	SE-10 - New Ways of Researching	SE-11 - Critical involvement - the voice of young people	SE-12 - Sexual Health Space	SE-13 - Health Promotion Strategies	W-01 - Workshop
3.25	Sharon Scherrer David Bennett, NSW Centre for the Advancement of Adolescent Health	Ian Williams, Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Amy Basile, Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, The University of Melbourne	Kirsty Leong, Department of Planning and Community Development	Judy Gold, Burnet Institute	Bianca Crosling, Quit Victoria	Brenda Hosking-Brown, Labs 'n Life Incorporated
	Running youth health forum beyond our space	Understanding Web-based Research: Is the Mouse Mightier than the Sword?	eParticipation: new ways of getting diverse young people's voice into government	Evaluation of the Victorian 'You never know who you'll meet' youth STI awareness campaign	The Critics' Choice: delivering effective tobacco education in schools	Effective (canine) communication
3.45	Paul Badcock, Centre for Adolescent Health	Lauren Durkin, The University of Sydney Jane Burns, University of Melbourne & Inspire Foundation	Carla Frost, Orygen Youth Health Nicole Donker, Orygen Youth Health	Catherine Waetford, ADHB Workforce	Kathy Martin, Sony Ericsson WTA Tour
	Making a difference through postgraduate education	Challenges of Evaluating Online Mental Health Services: Using Reach Out as a Case Study	"Platform": Orygen Youth Health's Commitment to Consumer Participation	The knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of young Maori women in relation to sexual health: A descriptive qualitative study	An e-learning Tool to Enhance Safety and well-Being on the WTA Tour
4.05	Lena Sanci, University of Melbourne David Bennett, NSW Centre for the Advancement of Adolescent Health	Sylvia Kauer, The University of Melbourne and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Sarah Shiell, headspace Emily Woolnough, headspace	Judy Gold, Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health	Beth Callander, Knox Community Health Service
	Updating the GP Resource Kit – a timely opportunity to promote adolescent health through culturally sensitive General Practice	Emotional Self-Awareness: A Qualitative Exploration of the Mechanism Underlying a Mobile Phone Self-Monitoring Program (mobiletype).	Staying Connected – Giving Young People a Voice	Sex and Sport: Testing Young People for Chlamydia at Rural Sporting Clubs	RAGE: An innovative SMS text messaging harm minimisation project
4.25	Patricia Crogan, Manukau District Health Board Maria Kekus, Healthwest PHO Sue Wilson, WDHB	Sophie Reid, Centre for Adolescent Health	Andre Renzaho, Royal Children's Hospital	Shelley Walker, Knox Community Health Service	Jennifer Makin, The Cancer Council Victoria Kate Francis, The Cancer Council Victoria
	Youth Health Nursing - Standards for Effective Practice.	Delivering mental healthcare via mobile phones: A clinical trial of the mobiletype program and website interface for detection and management of adolescent mental health.	Engaging African young people in research: Community guidance provided by the African Migrant Capacity Building and Performance Appraisal framework	Youth KISS: Sexual Health Conversations with Young People to inform the development of a Sexual Health Strategy	"Wearing a Legionnaire's Hat is Social Suicide": Revising the SunSmart Program for the Secondary School Setting.
4.45	Welcome drinks - 4.45pm - 6.45pm

Friday 7 November
	Plenary Room
9.00	Michael Furdyk, Technology for TakingITGlobal.org
	Digital Kids are Changing the World
10.00	Festival for Health Living - Presentation
10.10	Festival for Health Living - Performance
10.30	Morning Tea
10.50	Lydia Shrier, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School
	Title to be Confirmed
11.50	Room change
	Breakout 1	Breakout 2	Breakout 3	Breakout 4	Breakout 5	Breakout 6
	SE-14 - Creative Spaces	SE-15 - Bullying in Cyberspace	SE-16 - School Space	SE-17 - Ethical Space	SE-18 - Weight Space	W-02 - Workshop
12.00	Adam Staples, The Australian Catholic University	Michelle Tollit, Centre for Adolescent Health Rachel Smith, Centre for Adolescent Health	Joanne Williams, Centre for Adolescent Health	Mary Rillstone, Centre for Health and Society, Melbourne University	Andrew Wallis, The Children's Hospital	Tom Ballard
	Identity, cross-cultural understanding and learning: visual explorations by students in art and digital design	Longitudinal predictors of cyberbullying perpetration and victimisation in Victorian students	The Healthy Neighbourhoods Study: variation in the psychosocial and physical health of Australian adolescents	A Meeting of the Ancient Ethical World with the Cyber Worlds of Adolescence	Five-years of family based treatment for anorexia nervosa: The Maudsley Model at The Children's Hospital at Westmead	Getting familiar: an informal workshop on social networking for those shy of the technology
12.20	Laurie Fodero, Nillumbik Community Health Service	Louise Marsh, University of Otago	Ruby Walter, The Centre for Adolescent Health	Rony Duncan, Centre for Adolescent Health	Ronalda Hoffman, The Children's Hospital at Westmead Helen Bibby, The Children's Hospital at Westmead
	From Harm to Calm - Using Creative Arts Therapy to help young people express themselves safely	Text and traditional bullying among New Zealand secondary school students	Critical friends: Finding shared space to integrate research and practice, school improvement and health promotion	Ethics and Adolescent Consent: Challenging the Myth of Vulnerability	Mining for Inspiration: Using Psychosocial Data to Inform Adolescent Weight Management Practice
12.40	Marline Zaibak, Project Coordinator, A.R.A.B		Stacey Waters, Edith Cowan University	Sharon Gilroy, Children's Court Clinic	Lauren Prosser, The University of Melbourne
	The ARAB Story – Engaging young people from different cultural backgrounds in an artistically innovative performing arts project.		Examining a school's ecology and its relationship to adolescent connectedness to school.	The Role of Masculinity in Violent Offending	Effective Interventions for Obesity Prevention in Adolescence: Where to from here?
					Andrew Kennedy, Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
					Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa: Aiming To Improve Outcomes
1.00	Lunch
	Breakout 1	Breakout 2	Breakout 3	Breakout 4	Breakout 5	Breakout 6
	SE-19 - Technology Health	SE-20 - School-based Programs & Policy	SE-21 - Vulnerable Spaces	SE-22 - New Models of Care for Chronic Illness	SE-23 - Spiritual Spaces	SE-24 - Integrated Space
2.00	Pam Ivanics, Drug Education Network Lynsey Goulding, Drug Education Network	Tracy Evans-Whipp, Centre for Adolescent Health	Sheryl Hemphill, Centre for Adolescent Health	Meg Plaster, WA Cancer & Palliative Care Network	Ian Williams, Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, The University of Melbourne	Chris Tanti, headspace
	Showcase Presentation - Tune In Not Out	Youth alcohol use and the impact of school policies. A study of schools and students in Victoria, Australia and Washington State, USA	Inclusion of all students in schools: Will punitive, exclusionary discipline approaches become extinct?	New Understanding of Old Knowledge - Emerging Models of Caring for Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer	"But my mp3 player is my best friend": Promoting adolescent wellbeing through contact with nature	What's in your headspace? Providing mental health services in youth friendly settings.
2.20	Marianne Webb, Inspire Foundation	Elizabeth Williams, Dep't Education & Early Childhood Development	Aaron Cunningham, Adolescent Forensic Health Service	Rachael Meade, Royal Children's Hospital	Kim Jewel Elliott, University of Auckland	Chungui Qiao, Ministry of Social Development
	Promoting Young People's Mental Health Using the Internet and Game-based Technology	African Girls & Boys discuss Womens Health Rights in Melbourne Schools	Diverting Young People from the Criminal Justice System: The Diversion Worker Program	Increasing young people's capacity for successful transition from health to school settings.	Hauora: Spiritual well-being in a secular health curriculum	How well have the Youth Transition Services worked in New Zealand?
2.40	Karalee Evans, headspace	Ilena Young, Upper Hume Community Health Service	Julia Tresidder, Australian Institute of Criminology	Lif O'Connor, The Greater Metropolitan Clinical Taskforce	Lisa Lynn, Queensland University of Techonology	Sherri Bruinhout, Frontyard Youth services
	Youth Mental Health; Creating eConversations	Caring for Kids : An Education Based Program Meeting Multiple Needs for Rural Young Parents	Reporting on outcomes for vulnerable young people: a framework for the justice system	One campus - two worlds: How one adult facility is responding to the needs of young people with chronic illness/disabilities.	Resilience in Young Adolescents Predicted by Religiosity and Spirituality	Joined up Approaches- A new idea? Bringing joined-up theory into direct service reality.
3.00	Fiona Robards, NSW Centre for the Advancement of Adolescent Health	Chungui Qiao, Ministry of Social Development Julie Moore, Foundation for Youth Development	Tim Fry, Adolescent Forensic Health Service Emma Dunstan, Adolescent Forensic Health Service	Sarah Drew, Centre for Adolescent Health	Tim Kanoa, The Foundation for Young Australians	Paul Riviere, Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service
	The debate about the influences of new media on young people: Is there common ground?	Project K: Working for adolescents in New Zealand?	Demystifying Adolescent Forensic Health	Teenagers and chronic condition self-management: Much more than medical aspects of self-care	Digital Stories Help to Preserve Indigenous Culture	Youth Booth: taking primary health care to young people
						Julia Thomson, St George Youth Services
						Promoting youth health and access using a partnership approach within a community based youth service in Sydney.
3.20	Afternoon Tea
	Breakout 1	Breakout 2	Breakout 3		Breakout 4	Breakout 5
	SE-25 - Musical Spaces	SE-26 - Risky Spaces	SE-27 - Chronic Illness Connections		SE-28 - Drug Space	W-03 - Workshop
3.40	Meagan Hunt, Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children’s Hospital.	Megan Lim, Burnet Institute	Shawn Ashkanasy, The University of Melbourne		John Howard, University of New South Wales	Rosalie Hastwell, Royal Childrens Hospital Helen Bulter, Australian Catholic University
	A Combined Approach: Group Music Therapy and More for Inpatients with an Eating Disorder.	Sex, Drugs and Rock'n'Roll: Behavioural Surveillance at a Music Festival	Support at First Byte? Addressing Conflict in Online Peer Support for Young Adults with Cancer		Spaced Out: cannabis, young people and residential treatment	My story, your story, our story: creative approaches to young people's mental health and wellbeing
3.55	Katrina McFerran, The University of Melbourne	Lena Sanci, The University of Melbourne	Kylie Johnson, Starlight Children's Foundation		Heather Dowd, Adolescent Forensic Health Service
	Music participation: An opportunity for connecting and expressing	Addressing risky drinking and road safety in young people. The potential of general practice – a pilot study	Livewire: An Online Community Keeping Young People Living With a Serious Illness, Chronic Condition or Disability Connected.		'To Pharmacotherapy and Beyond '- Opiate Replacement Therapy for Youth Justice Clients
4.10		Holly Wilson, Centre for Adolescent Health	Francesca Pinzone, CanTeen		Nat Joyce, Youth Substance Abuse Service Pty. Ltd.
		Adolescent predictors of sexual risk taking A population based prospective study into young adulthood	Addressing the needs of young people living with cancer through the development of an online service.		Nurses: A Pivotal Link In The Provision Of Health Care To Disadvantaged Youth
4.25		Hennie Williams, The Melbourne School of Population Health, University of Melbourne and Melbourne Sexual Health Centre	Sarah Drew, Centre for Adolescent Health		Etty Matalon, University New South Wales
		Making It Real: Sexual Health Communication For Young People Living With Disadvantage	'I-witnessing': A visual storytelling technique for researching self, health and chronic condition self-management in adolescents		ACCU: The Adolescent Cannabis Check-up
4.40	Wrap up/Closing
5.00	Close

Posters

Poster Title	Presenting Author
The impact of prematurity, low birth weight, and obstetric complications on adolescent depression and antisocial behaviour	Aneta Kotevski	Centre for Adolescent Health, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Real-time Measurement of Young People's Distress Management Strategies	Angela Khor	Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Implementing and evaluating a transition program for adolescents with a complex chronic condition.	Susan Towns	Childrens Hospital at Westmead, NSW, Australia
Over Exposed Under Prepared or Empowered	Cheryl Kane	Melbourne University, VIC, Australia
Kings Cross Youth at Risk Project - Successful partnerships	Cindi Petersen	SESIH, NSW, Australia
Young people in custody: Current health issues	Claudio Villella	Adolescent Forensic Health Service, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Young People and Complexity - an integrated model of care.	David Murray	The Youth Substance Abuse Service, Melbourne, Australia
Social, Emotional and Behavioural Skills Development - Breaking Down the Barriers	Debra Downie	Kirwan State High School/ QLD Health, KIrwan, Townsville/QLD, Australia
A descriptive report of sexual abuse in boys and girls in Victoria, Australia: From childhood to adolescence to young adulthood	Elya Moore	Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Interpreting DXA Measurements in Adolescent Girls with Anorexia Nervosa	Emily Dirksen	Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Alternate Educational Programs for Youth At Risk Youth At Promise: What are the Essentials	Fiona Dimas-Herd	Northern Sydney Institute TAFE Hornsby campus, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Young Women's Talking Newsletter	Fiona Read	Women's Health East, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia
Evidence – Informed Youth Health Policy: Something We Build On, Not Add On.	Fiona Robards	NSW Centre for the Advancement of Adolescent Health, NSW, Australia
'Knock, knock?' 'Who's there?' A model supporting connection, belonging and participation at school for children and young people with chronic health conditions.	Frances Burns	RCH Education Institute, Victoria, Australia
Schools as Core Social Centres: Building communities in which young people really belong, participate, connect and communicate.	Helen Butler	Australian Catholic University, Victoria, Australia
Creating Networks and Connections : Supporting Wellbeing for Young Parents in Rural Australia via Active Multi-Sector Partnerships	Ilena Young	Upper Hume Community Health Service, Wodonga, Australia
Psychological Hardiness Among Adolescents In Relation To Family Climate	Jagpreet Kaur	Punjabi University, Patiala(Punjab), India
Standing Tall-A Community and school working together to support young people in a school based mentoring program	Jeanette Pritchard	RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
SEX: Telling it like it is – a parent and teen insight	Narelle Cobbing	Marie Stopes International, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
It's The Brain–A New Approach to Adolescent Sex Offender Treatment	John Bergman	AWARE, Melbourne, Australia
SMS 4 Health Promotion: Building the Evidence Base	Judy Gold	Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia
From Harm to Calm- Understanding and Responding to Deliberate Self-harm. Resource Booklets for Young People, Parents/Carers and Professionals.	Kevin Gregg-Rowan	Nillumbik Community Health Service, Eltham, Victoria, Australia
I'll bet you wear nylon knickers: Embodying sexual health research	Kim Jewel Elliott	University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Walking the talk: bringing social policy alive for youth work and social work students	Kim Jewel Elliott	University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
I'm Bored - Identification of boredom and the development of an information brochure for adolescents on an inpatient unit.	Linda Campbell	Orygen Youth Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
'Making the Connections'- Raising the profile of adolescent health in NSW Divisions of General Practice	Linda Ramsbottom	NSW Centre for the Advancement of Adolescent Health, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia
School Matters - Health and Education Working Together in WA	Liz Hughes David Payne	Hospital School Services, Department of Education and Training, Perth WA, Australia
At The Coalface: A Service Model For Providing Health Care To Disadvantaged Youth	Lynn Exton	YSAS P/L, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
Family attachment matters: Using Photovoice to explore adolescent wellbeing	Lyn O'Grady	Victoria University, Footscray Park, Australia
Trends in Chlamydia Testing and Risk Factors in Young People: Findings from the Sentinel Surveillance Network	Megan Lim	Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia
The development of a Quality of Life questionnaire for adolescents with cerebral palsy	Melanie Davern	University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
S.E.E.D (Students Engaging Exploring Doing): A Student-led Community Action Initiative	Michelle Wright	Whitehorse School Focused Youth Service, City of Whitehorse, Victoria, Australia
Harmful risk behavior in adolescents of New Delhi	Mridula Rai	MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE, NEW DELHI, DELHI, India
Dyslexia: A National Health Hazard	Nola Firth	Centre for Adolescent Health, Parkville, Australia
Camp Queer	Regina Nagy	Traxside Youth Health Service, Campbelltown, NSW, Australia
Barriers to Access Minimised	Rochelle Hamilton	Jigsaw/Barwon Health, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
What do we know about the Health and Wellness of GenY/Millennial Tertiary Students?	Rose McConchie	CPIT (Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology), Christchurch, New Zealand
SMS Appointment Reminders: Continuing Engagement In Your Space	Sam Stott	University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
School Space - Health Space?	Sarah Mckay	Collaborative, Christchurch, New Zealand
The role of peers in adolescent wellbeing	Sharlene Chadwick	Peer Support Australia, Brookvale NSW, Australia
A success story of transferring a youth initiative from your space -Sydney metro to our space - rural NSW	Sharon Scherrer	Greater Western Area Health Service, Dubbo, NSW, Australia
Police/Young People Engagement – Coordinated Intervention	Vicki Ogilvie	Queensland Police Service, Australia
Different Blood in My Veins	Vikky Schwager	Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Melbourne, VIC/ Northern Metropolitan, Australia