Concurrent Session 2A - Symposium
Tracks
A
Friday, October 11, 2019 |
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
Golden Ballroom |
Details
Theme: Thinking about the needs of ATSI parents and children
Speaker
Jayne Kotz
Senior Researcher
Ngangk Yira, Murdoch University
A bold innovation to assessing and supporting social and emotional wellbeing for Indigenous parents-to-be
1:30 PM - 2:00 PMBiography
Jayne is an endorsed Nurse Practitioner, a midwife, child health nurse and researcher. Her work in primary health care has taken her throughout remote and rural Australia across the NT, Western Australia and Victoria; in Tanzania and Vanuatu, and in corrective services.
She is committed to social justice, equity of access and community development principles in health care delivery. Among other community participatory action health research projects she co-coordinated the development and validation of the Kimberley Mums Mood Scale as an alternative to the EPDS for use in the Kimberley.
Jayne is currently the project lead for the ‘Baby Coming - You Ready’ rubric and is currently working completing her PHD candidacy.
Jenna Singleton-Bray
Postgraduate Researcher
James Cook University
Protective Factors and Barriers for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Parents
2:00 PM - 2:30 PMBiography
Jenna Singleton-Bray is a postgraduate researcher in Psychology at James Cook University. Her research interests include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and well-being, and parenting. Her current research explores the factors that impact upon the positive parenting practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents.
Jane Leung
Project Officer
St John Of God Raphael Services
Session Chair
Leanda Verrier
State Coordinator, Perinatal And Infant Mental Health
Women and Newborn Health Service
