Australia's health 2008 conference presentations

Tuesday 24 June 2008, Conference, National Convention Centre, 27-31 Constitution Avenue, Canberra

Opening

Welcome to country (5.5MB MP3)
Matilda House, Ngambri-Ngunnawal Elder

Welcome and day's proceedings (4.6MB MP3)
Dr Penny Allbon, AIHW Director

Address to the AIHW conference (opening keynote) (55KB PDF; 29.5MB MP3), and responses to the keynote address (15MB MP3)
Dr Neal Blewett, former Minister for Health

Launch of Australia's health 2008 publication (18MB MP3)
The Hon. Nicola Roxon - Minister for Health and Ageing

Biggest Burdens (stream 1)

Cancer survival and prevalence in Australia (first parallel session)

Cancer survival and prevalence in Australia (152KB PDF)
Mr John Harding, AIHW

Cancer in Australia (269KB PDF)
Professor David Currow, Chief Executive Officer, Cancer Australia

Oral health priority areas (second parallel session)

Oral health priority areas (197KB PDF)
Professor John Spencer, AIHW

Dental care in Australia - the opportunity to do better (0.99MB PDF)
Professor Eli Schwarz, Dean Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Sydney

Mental health (third Parallel session)

Australia's mental health: a snapshot (442KB PDF)
Mr Gary Hanson, AIHW

Mental health (121KB PDF)
Mr David Crosbie, CEO, Mental Health Council of Australia

Co-morbidities between CVD, chronic kidney disease, diabetes and obesity (fourth parallel session)

Comorbidities: cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic kidney disease (196KB PDF)
Ms Lynelle Moon, AIHW

Comorbidities: CKD, CVD, diabetes and obesity (623KB PDF)
Dr Tim Mathew, National Medical Director, Kidney Health Australia

Whose health - focus on inequalities (stream 2)

Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (first parallel session) (37.5MB MP3)

The health of Indigenous Australians. Are we making progress? How do we know if we are? (207KB PDF)
Joint presentation by Dr Fadwa Al-Yaman, AIHW; and Assoc. Professor Ted Wilkes, Professorial Fellow in Aboriginal Health

Rural health (second parallel session) (35.5MB MP3)

Rural health: are we getting the best yield? (487KB PDF)
Ms Sally Bullock, AIHW

Following the evidence: how people in rural and remote Australia might have 'equal health' by the year 2019 (416KB PDF)
Mr Gordon Gregory, Executive Officer, National Rural Health Alliance

Socioeconomic status (third parallel session) (37.8MB MP3)

Socioeconomic status (182KB PDF)
Ms Sarah Tennant , AIHW

(To be confirmed)
Mr Richard Eckersley, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, ANU

Waiting for care (fourth parallel session) (39.7MB MP3)

Waiting for care (176KB PDF)
Ms Jenny Hargreaves, AIHW

Elective surgery waiting times (296KB PDF)
Dr Stephen Duckett, Executive Director, Reform and Development Division, Queensland Health

Prevention, treatment and performance (stream 3)

Information needs of the future (first parallel session)

A review and evaluation of Australian information about general practice (246KB PDF)
Ms Susan Killion, AIHW

Australia's national cancer screening programs (second parallel session)

Australia's national cancer screening programs (218KB PDF)
Ms Christine Sturrock, AIHW; and Ms Melissa Goodwin, AIHW

Australia's national cancer screening programs (not available)
Dr Helen Zorbas, Director, National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (NBOCC)

Risk and prevention (third parallel session)

Risks and prevention: a sketch from Australia's health 2008 (747KB PDF)
Mr Mark Cooper-Stanbury, AIHW

Risks and prevention - next steps (697KB PDF)
Professor Mike Daube, Health Policy in the Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University

Expenditure and projections (fourth parallel session)

Projection of disease and health care expenditure in Australia, 2003 to 2033 (215KB PDF)
Mr John Goss, AIHW

Projections and expenditure (121KB PDF)
Professor Stephen Leeder, Public Health and Community Medicine, The University of Sydney

Reform or refuge? (debate) (38.2MB MP3)

The so-called reform of the health system is a distraction from the real aim of improving the health of Australians.

Reform is a distraction team: Stephen Leeder (captain), Kate Carnell and Peter Collignon

Pro-reform team: Stephen Duckett (captain), Mark Metherell and Katherine McGrath

Facilitator: Dr Norman Swan

It's my health: the challenge of the future (panel session) (53.1MB MP3)

Panellists: Kiarna Adams, Nadia Docrat, Shane Lenson and Claire Seiffert

Facilitator: Dr Norman Swan