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2024 HNELHD Falls Forum: "Better Balance for Healthy Ageing" and "Let's Get Up (to speed)"
Presented 3 April
	Vanessa Fellows Acting Director of Nursing and Midwifery - Lower Hunter Sector

*Executive Welcome*
	Elizabeth Grist Executive Director – Clinical Services Nursing and Midwifery
	Fall Prevention in NSW White Paper 2023
	Falls Injury Prevention

*Sarcopenia and falls injuries: Almost but not quite the whole story*
	Dr John Ward Geriatrician
	Clemson L, Swann M. Stepping on: building confidence and reducing falls, a community-based program for older people. Third ed.. University of Sydney, NSW: Sydney University Press; 2019.

*Clinical Excellence Commission Falls State update*
	Lorraine Lovitt Senior Improvement Lead Ingrid Hutchinson and Maree Connolly Improvement Leads
	Mrs Dean’s story
	Older Persons' Patient Safety Program
	ANZ Fall Prevention Guidelines
	NSW Fall Prevention and Healthy Ageing Network Annual Forum 2024
	NSW Fall Prevention and Healthy Ageing Network Annual Forum 2023
	Active and Healthy
	Get Healthy Service
	Montero-Odasso M, et al. World guidelines for falls prevention and management for older adults: a global initiative. Age Ageing. 2022 Sep 2; 51(9): afac205. Erratum in: Age Ageing. 2023 Sep 1; 52(9): Erratum in: Age Ageing. 2023 Oct 2; 52(10) PMID: 36178003

*Falls prevention in the community: What are the needs of our ageing population?*
	Cara O’Riordan Community Physiotherapist
	Safe Exercise at Home
	Welcome to the Upside of Ageing
	Short-Term Restorative Care (STRC) Programme
	Werner C, et al. Validity and reliability of the Apple Health app on iPhone for measuring gait parameters in children, adults, and seniors. Sci Rep. 2023 Apr 1; 13(1): 5350. PMID: 37005465

*Mental Health – Standing Tall, Preventing the Fall*
	Katryna Harman Clinical Nurse Consultant – Older Person’s Mental Health Service Lauren Cleggett Senior OT - Older Person’s Mental Health Service
	Mental Health Patient Safety Program
	Carpels A, et al. Falls among psychiatric inpatients: a systematic review of literature. Alpha Psychiatry. 2022 Sep 1; 23(5): 217-222. PMID: 36426266
	Talbot LA, et al. Falls in young, middle-aged and older community dwelling adults: perceived cause, environmental factors and injury. BMC Public Health. 2005 Aug 18; 5: 86. PMID: 16109159

*Falls education for patients in hospital – implementation, communication and teamwork*
	Professor Anne-Marie Hill Senior Principal Research Fellow - School of Allied Health, WA Centre for Health & Ageing, University of WA
	Why introductions are important to patients
	Hill AM, et al. “You just struggle on your own:” Exploring older consumers’ perspectives about falls prevention education in hospitals. medRxiv 2023.11.16.23298542; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.11.16.23298542.
	Francis-Coad J, et al. Revising and evaluating falls prevention education for older adults in hospital. Health Educ. J. 2023; 82(8): 878-891.
	Dolan H, Slebodnik M, Taylor-Piliae R. Older adults' perceptions of their fall risk in the hospital: an integrative review. J Clin Nurs. 2022 Sep; 31(17-18): 2418-2436. PMID: 34786777
	Dabkowski E, et al. Adult inpatients' perceptions of their fall risk: a scoping review. Healthcare (Basel). 2022 May 27; 10(6): 995. PMID: 35742046
	Morris ME, et al. Interventions to reduce falls in hospitals: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Age Ageing. 2022 May 1; 51(5): afac077. PMID: 35524748
	Visvanathan R, et al. Effectiveness of the wearable sensor-based Ambient Intelligent Geriatric Management (AmbIGeM) system in preventing falls in older people in hospitals. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2022 Jan 7; 77(1): 155-163. PMID: 34153102
	Heng H, et al. Hospital falls prevention with patient education: a scoping review. BMC Geriatr. 2020 Apr 15; 20(1): 140. PMID: 32293298
	Hill AM, et al. In-hospital sequelae of injurious falls in 24 medical/surgical units in four hospitals in the United States. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2019 Feb; 45(2): 91-97. PMID: 30269964
	Michie S, van Stralen MM, West R. The behaviour change wheel: a new method for characterising and designing behaviour change interventions. Implement Sci. 2011 Apr 23; 6: 42. PMID: 21513547

*Maintaining Balance: guidelines to successfully improve balance and prevent falls*
	Michelle Lynch & Jillian Loux Physiotherapists - Kurri Kurri Hospital
	Safe Toileting Strategy and Safety Huddles

*Keeping Bubs Safe and Sound: falls prevention in maternity*
	Louise Hitchcock Clinical Midwife Consultant – WHAM Network
	Maternity and Neonatal Safety Program

*Applying the Falls Health Check in reducing falls*
	Remia Bruce Clinical Nurse Consultant – Aged Care & Rehabilitation
	Falls Health Check

*Final Summation & Close*
	Elizabeth Grist Executive Director – Clinical Services Nursing and Midwifery

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21 March 2024

Closing the gap forum

01 March 2024

Deaf engagement forum

Multidisciplinary Trauma Forum

Single Digital Patient Record

04 September 2023

Women's Health Week 2023

01 September 2023

WHaM Forum: Change Through Innovation

03 August 2023

AI blackboxes, hallucinations and misinformation

30 June 2023

Stroke of change

16 March 2023

Closing the gap

09 February 2023

Darwin's theories... APSAD 2022 Feedback Forum

Mater Nursing Friday Forum

Moments that matter

Together we can CONNECT
17 May	Presented by Medical and Interventional Services
	*Welcome to country/Connection with Country* Kayla Potter – CNE, Orientation and Aboriginal Cultural Support Connection and empathy Michelle Drinkwater – Acting Deputy Director Pastoral care services Sister Mary *Connection and wellbeing* Jeanette Lacey – End of Life Care Nurse Practitioner	Screencast
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Together we can TAKE NOTICE
24 May	Presented by Medical and Interventional Services
	*Good human factory* Cooper Chapman	Screencast
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	Good human factory

Together we can KEEP LEARNING
31 May	Presented by Maternity and Gynaecology
	*The power of positive thought, mindfulness and stress busters* Lisa van Koeverden - Switched on for life Director Teacher Brain Gym® Consultant Educational Kinesiologist	Screencast
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	Brain Gym®
	Jackson SE, Smith L, Firth J, Grabovac I, Soysal P, Koyanagi A, et al. Is there a relationship between chocolate consumption and symptoms of depression? A cross-sectional survey of 13,626 US adults. Depress Anxiety. 2019 Oct;36(10):987-95. PubMed PMID: 31356717. Epub 2019/07/30. eng.

Closing the gap forum
Presented 21 March 2024
	Whole forum recording

*Welcome, introductions, Acknowledgement of Country*
	Thomas Croft - Aboriginal HEO

*Introduction*
	Cherie Johnson - Master of Ceremonies Tracey McCosker - Chief Executive
	HNE Closing the Gap / Strategic Framework to Improve Aboriginal Health and wellbeing in HNELHD
	Australian Human Rights Commission. Racism. It stops with me
	Reconcilliation Australia. Share our pride

*Message from Executive Director Aboriginal Health*
	Raylene Gordon - Executive Director Aboriginal Health, HNELHD
	Marriot R, Reibel T, Nelson D. Ngangk Waangening. Chicago, UNITED STATES: Fremantle Press; 2021.

*Keynote Speaker*
	Michael O'Loughlin Co-Founder, Go Foundation Board Director, Sydney Swans Football Club Owner and Managing Director, ARA Indigenous Services

*Aboriginal Engagement - Infrastructue, Planning and Sustainability*
	Dr Ramsey Awad - Executive Director, Infrastructure, Planning and Sustainability Sheryn Barrack - Aboriginal Engagement Manager, Infrastructure, Planning and Sustainability Karen Height - Facility Planner, Infrastructure, Planning and Sustainability

*Conclusion and thanks + Winanga-y Dreaming Dancers*
	Winanga-y Dreaming Dancers Cherie Johnson - Master of Ceremonies

Deaf engagement
Presented 1 March by HNE Multicultural Health Service & the JHH Quality Team
	Anne Sheppard - Sessional Interpreter, HNE Multicultural Health Service Jay Jones - Multicultural Health Liaison Officer, Multicultural Health Office
	Health Care Interpreter Service
	Deaf patient experience videos by Anne Sheppard

Multidisciplinary Trauma Forum
February 9, 2024.
	Presented, by Zsolt Balogh, Director Of Trauma .	MP4

Womens Health Week
Presented, 4-8 September 2023
	Monday 4, September. Check me out: Your guide to women’s health checks - Women’s health checks, cervical screening, self-collection, heart health checks, vulval self-checks.	Day One
	Tuesday 5, September Pain Drain: Pain conditions and how to cope - Endometriosis, persistent pelvic pain, period pain, painful sex, joint pain, chronic pain and how to cope.	Day Two
	Wednesday 6, September Hello hormones: From PMS to perimenopause and beyond - Perimenopause, menopause, PCOS, PMS, PMDD, hormone myths, MHT, bioidentical hormones	Day Three
	Thursday 7, September. Making it work: Tackling women’s health in the workplace - Women’s health issues in their place of work – menopause, fertility treatment, period pain, the mental load VIDEO TO COME.	Day Four
	Friday 8, September. Food for thought: Healthy eating and exercise for better living - Nutrition tips for women, healthy eating, gut health, protein, calcium, magnesium, vitamin D, exercise and weight loss	Day Five

WHaM Forum: Change Through Innovation
Presented, September 1st
	Session One Aunty Sandra Griffin and Perry Fuller Welcome to Country and didgeridoo performance Elizabeth Grist Welcome from Director of Nursing and Midwifery Jacqui Cross Key Note Address Michelle Foster Network/Stream Dr Ailsa Borbolla Foster and Jennifer Haxton IMAP implementation and expansion Morning panel discussion	Session One
	Session Two Anne Mellon Cervical Cancer Elimination Strategy- Innovation Cervical screening self- collection Heidi Cairney Breaking down barriers to Menopause Courtney Dut Hyperemesis Gravidarum Consumer Story Rachel Upton Hyperemesis Gravidarum pilot project Mid session panel discussion	Session Two
	Session Three Dr Emily Roman and Rebecca Donovan Facilitating change in operating theatre-Maternal assisted caesarean section Janaya Lewis and Tian Blacklock Changing continuity of care for Aboriginal families: Birthing on country Dr Andy Woods I am Human Afternoon panel discussion Michelle Foster Evaluation and Close	Session Three

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AI blackboxes, hallucinations and misinformation: What does it mean for communicating health evidence in 2023?
Presented 3 Aug 2023 as part of Library and Information Week
	Professor Adam Dunn (Biomedical Informatics) Biomedical Informatics & Digital Health School of Medical Sciences Faculty of Medicine and Health University of Sydney	mp4
	Dunn AG, Leask J, Zhou X, Mandl KD, Coiera E. Associations Between Exposure to and Expression of Negative Opinions About Human Papillomavirus Vaccines on Social Media: An Observational Study. J Med Internet Res. 2015 Jun 10;17(6):e144. PubMed PMID: 26063290. PMCID: PMC4526932. Epub 20150610. eng.
	Surian D, Nguyen DQ, Kennedy G, Johnson M, Coiera E, Dunn AG. Characterizing Twitter Discussions About HPV Vaccines Using Topic Modeling and Community Detection. J Med Internet Res. 2016 Aug 29;18(8):e232. PubMed PMID: 27573910. PMCID: PMC5020315. Epub 20160829. eng.
	Dunn AG, Surian D, Leask J, Dey A, Mandl KD, Coiera E. Mapping information exposure on social media to explain differences in HPV vaccine coverage in the United States. Vaccine. 2017 May 25;35(23):3033-40. PubMed PMID: 28461067. Epub 20170429. eng.
	Dunn AG, Surian D, Dalmazzo J, Rezazadegan D, Steffens M, Dyda A, et al. Limited Role of Bots in Spreading Vaccine-Critical Information Among Active Twitter Users in the United States: 2017-2019. Am J Public Health. 2020 Oct;110(S3):S319-s25. PubMed PMID: 33001719. PMCID: PMC7532316. eng.
	Broniatowski DA, Jamison AM, Qi S, AlKulaib L, Chen T, Benton A, et al. Weaponized Health Communication: Twitter Bots and Russian Trolls Amplify the Vaccine Debate. Am J Public Health. 2018 Oct;108(10):1378-84. PubMed PMID: 30138075. PMCID: PMC6137759. Epub 20180823. eng.
	Steffens MS, Dunn AG, Marques MD, Danchin M, Witteman HO, Leask J. Addressing Myths and Vaccine Hesitancy: A Randomized Trial. Pediatrics. 2021 Nov;148(5). PubMed PMID: 34635584. Epub 20211011. eng.
	Nguyen V, Testa L, Smith AL, Ellis LA, Dunn AG, Braithwaite J, et al. Unravelling the truth: Examining the evidence for health-related claims made by naturopathic influencers on social media - a retrospective analysis. Health Promot Perspect. 2022;12(4):372-80. PubMed PMID: 36852198. PMCID: PMC9958238. Epub 20221231. eng.
	Julie A, Olivia M, Kirsten M, Brad RM, Mingyi L, Yi S, et al. New frontiers in health literacy: Using ChatGPT to simplify health information for people in the community. medRxiv. 2023:2023.07.24.23292591.
	Dunn AG, Purnat TD, Ishizumi A, Nguyen T, Briand S. Measuring the burden of infodemics with a research toolkit for connecting information exposure, trust, and health behaviours. Arch Public Health. 2023 Jun 5;81(1):102. doi: 10.1186/s13690-023-01101-7. PMID: 37277857; PMCID: PMC10240452.
	Lim HM, Ng CJ, Abdullah A, Dalmazzo J, Lim WX, Lee KH, Dunn AG. Utility and usability evaluation of an information diary tool to measure health information access and exposure among patients with high cardiovascular risk. Front Public Health. 2023 May 9;11:1132397. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1132397. PMID: 37228723; PMCID: PMC10203480.
	Wilhelm E, Ballalai I, Belanger ME, Benjamin P, Bertrand-Ferrandis C, Bezbaruah S, et al. Measuring the Burden of Infodemics: Summary of the Methods and Results of the Fifth WHO Infodemic Management Conference. JMIR Infodemiology. 2023;3:e44207. doi: 10.2196/44207. PMID: 37012998; PMCID: PMC9989916.
	Ramjee D, Pollack CC, Charpignon ML, Gupta S, Rivera JM, El Hayek G, Dunn AG, Desai AN, Majumder MS. Evolving Face Mask Guidance During a Pandemic and Potential Harm to Public Perception: Infodemiology Study of Sentiment and Emotion on Twitter. J Med Internet Res. 2023 Feb 27;25:e40706. doi: 10.2196/40706. PMID: 36763687; PMCID: PMC9973548.
	Nguyen V, Testa L, Smith AL, Ellis LA, Dunn AG, Braithwaite J, Sarkies M. Unravelling the truth: Examining the evidence for health-related claims made by naturopathic influencers on social media - a retrospective analysis. Health Promot Perspect. 2022 Dec 31;12(4):372-380. doi: 10.34172/hpp.2022.49. PMID: 36852198; PMCID: PMC9958238.
	Lim HM, Dunn AG, Lim JR, Abdullah A, Ng CJ. Association between online health information-seeking and medication adherence: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Digit Health. 2022 May 13;8:20552076221097784. doi: 10.1177/20552076221097784. PMID: 35586836; PMCID: PMC9109497.
	Calleja N, AbdAllah A, Abad N, Ahmed N, Albarracin D, Altieri E, et al. A Public Health Research Agenda for Managing Infodemics: Methods and Results of the First WHO Infodemiology Conference. JMIR Infodemiology. 2021;1(1):e30979.
	Dunn AG, Steffens M, Dyda A, Mandl KD. Knowing when to act: A call for an open misinformation library to guide actionable surveillance. Big Data & Society. 2021;8(1):20539517211018788.
	Steffens MS, Dunn AG, Leask J, Wiley KE. Using social media for vaccination promotion: Practices and challenges. Digit Health. 2020 Nov 3;6:2055207620970785. doi: 10.1177/2055207620970785. PMID: 35173976; PMCID: PMC8842369.
	Dyda A, King C, Dey A, Leask J, Dunn AG. A systematic review of studies that measure parental vaccine attitudes and beliefs in childhood vaccination. BMC Public Health. 2020 Aug 17;20(1):1253. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09327-8. PMID: 32807124; PMCID: PMC7433363.
	Klein C, Clutton P, Dunn AG. Pathways to conspiracy: The social and linguistic precursors of involvement in Reddit's conspiracy theory forum. PLoS One. 2019 Nov 18;14(11):e0225098. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225098. PMID: 31738787; PMCID: PMC6860422.
	Zhang H, Wheldon C, Dunn AG, Tao C, Huo J, Zhang R, Prosperi M, Guo Y, Bian J. Mining Twitter to assess the determinants of health behavior toward human papillomavirus vaccination in the United States. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2020 Feb 1;27(2):225-235. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocz191. PMID: 31711186; PMCID: PMC7025367.
	Shah Z, Surian D, Dyda A, Coiera E, Mandl K, Dunn A Automatically Appraising the Credibility of Vaccine-Related Web Pages Shared on Social Media: A Twitter Surveillance Study. J Med Internet Res 2019;21(11):e14007 URL: https://www.jmir.org/2019/11/e14007 DOI: 10.2196/14007
	Steffens MS, Dunn AG, Wiley KE, Leask J. How organisations promoting vaccination respond to misinformation on social media: a qualitative investigation. BMC Public Health. 2019 Oct 23;19(1):1348. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7659-3. PMID: 31640660; PMCID: PMC6806569.
	Dyda A, Shah Z, Surian D, Martin P, Coiera E, Dey A, Leask J, Dunn AG. HPV vaccine coverage in Australia and associations with HPV vaccine information exposure among Australian Twitter users. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2019;15(7-8):1488-1495. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2019.1596712. Epub 2019 Apr 12. PMID: 30978147; PMCID: PMC6746515.
	Shah Z, Martin P, Coiera E, Mandl KD, Dunn AG. Modeling Spatiotemporal Factors Associated With Sentiment on Twitter: Synthesis and Suggestions for Improving the Identification of Localized Deviations. J Med Internet Res. 2019 May 8;21(5):e12881. doi: 10.2196/12881. PMID: 31344669; PMCID: PMC6682275.
	Dunn AG, Mandl KD, Coiera E. Social media interventions for precision public health: promises and risks. NPJ Digit Med. 2018;1:47. doi: 10.1038/s41746-018-0054-0. Epub 2018 Sep 19. PMID: 30854472; PMCID: PMC6402501.

Stroke of change: An update in stroke care
Presented 30 Jun		Whole forum
	Introduction Sally Ormond	Introduction
	Acute stroke care - What do we offer? Carlos Garcia Esperon	Acute stroke care
	Introduction to anatomy in stroke - Or how to localize the lesion Professor Neil Spratt	Anatomy in stroke
	Hyperacute stroke management Professor Mark Parsons	Hyperacute stroke
	Challenges in rural stroke management Rachel Peake - Stroke Care Coordinator, Peel and Mehi	Rural management
	Yarning up after stroke - Ensuring culturally safe care Dr Heidi Jansen & Simone Owen	Yarning up
	Inpatient stroke care - Past the hyperacute phase Dr Raka Datta	Inpatient care
	Stroke care in hospital - Nursing perspective Sally Ormond	Nursing perspective
	A stroke of luck Rachel Margery - Stroke survivor	Stroke survivor
	Furlan AJ. Endovascular therapy for stroke--it's about time. N Engl J Med. 2015 Jun 11;372(24):2347-9. PubMed PMID: 25882509. Epub 20150417. eng.
	Berkhemer OA, Fransen PS, Beumer D, van den Berg LA, Lingsma HF, Yoo AJ, et al. A randomized trial of intraarterial treatment for acute ischemic stroke. N Engl J Med. 2015 Jan 1;372(1):11-20. PubMed PMID: 25517348. Epub 20141217. eng.
	Saver JL, Goyal M, Bonafe A, Diener HC, Levy EI, Pereira VM, et al. Stent-retriever thrombectomy after intravenous t-PA vs. t-PA alone in stroke. N Engl J Med. 2015 Jun 11;372(24):2285-95. PubMed PMID: 25882376. Epub 20150417. eng.
	Goyal M, Demchuk AM, Menon BK, Eesa M, Rempel JL, Thornton J, et al. Randomized assessment of rapid endovascular treatment of ischemic stroke. N Engl J Med. 2015 Mar 12;372(11):1019-30. PubMed PMID: 25671798. Epub 20150211. eng.
	Campbell BC, Mitchell PJ, Kleinig TJ, Dewey HM, Churilov L, Yassi N, et al. Endovascular therapy for ischemic stroke with perfusion-imaging selection. N Engl J Med. 2015 Mar 12;372(11):1009-18. PubMed PMID: 25671797. Epub 20150211. eng.
	Jovin TG, Chamorro A, Cobo E, de Miquel MA, Molina CA, Rovira A, et al. Thrombectomy within 8 hours after symptom onset in ischemic stroke. N Engl J Med. 2015 Jun 11;372(24):2296-306. PubMed PMID: 25882510. Epub 20150417. eng.
	Goyal M, Menon BK, van Zwam WH, Dippel DW, Mitchell PJ, Demchuk AM, et al. Endovascular thrombectomy after large-vessel ischaemic stroke: a meta-analysis of individual patient data from five randomised trials. Lancet. 2016 Apr 23;387(10029):1723-31. PubMed PMID: 26898852. Epub 20160218. eng.
	Davies L, Delcourt C. Current approach to acute stroke management. Intern Med J. 2021 Apr;51(4):481-7. PubMed PMID: 33890368. eng.
	Donnan GA, Baron JC, Ma H, Davis SM. Penumbral selection of patients for trials of acute stroke therapy. Lancet Neurol. 2009 Mar;8(3):261-9. PubMed PMID: 19233036. eng.
	Campbell BC, Mitchell PJ, Kleinig TJ, Dewey HM, Churilov L, Yassi N, et al. Endovascular therapy for ischemic stroke with perfusion-imaging selection. N Engl J Med. 2015 Mar 12;372(11):1009-18. PubMed PMID: 25671797. Epub 20150211. eng.
	Goyal M, Menon BK, van Zwam WH, Dippel DW, Mitchell PJ, Demchuk AM, et al. Endovascular thrombectomy after large-vessel ischaemic stroke: a meta-analysis of individual patient data from five randomised trials. Lancet. 2016 Apr 23;387(10029):1723-31. PubMed PMID: 26898852. Epub 20160218. eng.
	Moulin S, Leys D. Stroke mimics and chameleons. Curr Opin Neurol. 2019 Feb;32(1):54-9. PubMed PMID: 30239360. eng.
	Diener HC, Sacco RL, Easton JD, Granger CB, Bernstein RA, Uchiyama S, et al. Dabigatran for Prevention of Stroke after Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source. N Engl J Med. 2019 May 16;380(20):1906-17. PubMed PMID: 31091372. eng.
	Hart RG, Sharma M, Mundl H, Kasner SE, Bangdiwala SI, Berkowitz SD, et al. Rivaroxaban for Stroke Prevention after Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source. N Engl J Med. 2018 Jun 7;378(23):2191-201. PubMed PMID: 29766772. Epub 20180516. eng.
	Powers WJ, Rabinstein AA, Ackerson T, Adeoye OM, Bambakidis NC, Becker K, et al. Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: 2019 Update to the 2018 Guidelines for the Early Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Stroke. 2019 Dec;50(12):e344-e418. PubMed PMID: 31662037. Epub 20191030. eng.
	Clinical Guideline. Emergency Department Acute Stroke and Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA) Pathway HNELHD CG 22_07

Darwin's Theories... APSAD 2022 - Feedback Forum
Presented 9 February 2023 by Drug and Alcohol Clinical Services (DACS)
Chairperson: Craig Sadler
Session 1 - Alcohol		mp4
	Minimum Unit Pricing Jason Scott - ADU CMN Alcohol Mandatory Treatment - NT Sharn Cummings - DACS Med Managed Alcohol Programs Josie Byrne - CPS OTP / MERIT Women and alcohol Hayley Wicks - ACM
	APSAD 2022 Conference, 9–12 October 2022, Darwin, Australia. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2022 Oct; 41 Suppl 1: S3-S154 (Abstracts only). PubMed PMID: 36176067
	Stockwell T, et al. How many alcohol-attributable deaths and hospital admissions could be prevented by alternative pricing and taxation policies? Modelling impacts on alcohol consumption, revenues and related harms in Canada. Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 2020 Jun; 40(5-6): 153-164. PubMed PMID: 32529975
	Taylor N, et al. The impact of a minimum unit price on wholesale alcohol supply trends in the Northern Territory, Australia. Aust N Z J Public Health. 2021 Feb; 45(1): 26-33. PubMed PMID: 33559964
	Experiences with mandatory AOD treatment in the Northern Territory
	Pauly B, et al. "There is a Place": impacts of managed alcohol programs for people experiencing severe alcohol dependence and homelessness. Harm Reduct J. 2019 Dec 16; 16(1): 70. PubMed PMID: 31842903
	A ripple effect: supporting women to reduce their drinking
	Evaluation of the ‘Ripple’ intervention: results of a randomised controlled trial among middle-aged women in the ACT

Session 2 - Miscellaneous Research
	Patients with IVDU related infections and discharge against advice Sarah Allen - ADU CMN Lisdexamfetamine for acute methamphetamine withdrawal Rachael Brooker - MERIT Psilocybin assisted psycho rx for methamphetamine use Julie Humphreys - STP Gambling in Australia during COVID-19 Julie Carnell - DACS MNC Vaping Stephen Weston - ACM Performance and image enhancing drugs Fiona McDonald - STP / CC Neuroimaging in addiction neuromodulation research Amanda Brown - Research Team Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) Marcia Nunes-Sequeira - DACS Med
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	Acheson LS, et al. One-third of people who inject drugs are at risk of incomplete treatment for staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: a retrospective medical record review. Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Nov; 112: 63-65. PubMed PMID: 34520844
	Acheson LS, et al. Lisdexamfetamine for the treatment of acute methamphetamine withdrawal: a pilot feasibility and safety trial. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022 Dec 1; 241: 109692. PubMed PMID: 36399936
	Psilocybin-facilitated treatment for methamphetamine use disorder: a pilot study (Psi-MA)
	Re-scheduling of psilocybin and MDMA in the Poisons Standard: questions and answers
	Gambling in Australia during COVID-19
	Bonevski B, et al. QuitNic: a pilot randomized controlled trial comparing nicotine vaping products with nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation following residential detoxification. Nicotine Tob Res. 2021 Feb 16; 23(3): 462-470. PubMed PMID: 32770246
	GP guide to harm minimisation for patients using non-prescribed anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) and other performance and image enhancing drugs (PIEDs)

Session 3 - People, Policy and Problems
	Contingency based tobacco treatment for pregnant women Mel Jackson - Research Team Drug Policy Reform April Trappel - DACS Telehealth Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) Raka Tierney - Lakeview / JHH Beyond debriefing - importance of reflective practice Brent Harvey - DACS Northern Recruitment, retention and wellbeing in the D&A sector Hayden Mason-Powell - Drug Court Workers with lived experience Jo Hindson - DACS P-S Services	Screencast
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	Jackson MA, et al. Using mixed methods to establish tobacco treatment acceptability from the perspective of clients and clinicians of antenatal substance use services. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2022 Oct 4; 17(1): 56. PubMed PMID: 36195932
	Jackson MA, et al. Smoking cessation interventions for pregnant women attending treatment for substance use disorders: a systematic review. Addiction. 2022 Apr; 117(4): 847-860. PubMed PMID: 34374145
	It’s time to LEAD
	LEAD - resources
	Worker Wellbeing resources
	National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre - resources
	Chapman J, et al. Lived experience: characteristics of workers in alcohol and other drug nongovernment organizations. Contemp Drug Probl. 2019; 47(1): 63-77.

Session 4 - Opioids
	COVID Addiction Response Team (CART) Charlotte Ismay - DACS Southern Patients' experience with depot buprenorphine Natalie Moore - CPS OTP HARMONY Study Emma Austin - Research Team Microdosing Trial Bettina Sweetman - Research / JHH Buvidal - APSAD Poster Prize overview Stacey Weedon - DACS Med	Screencast
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	Depot decisions: New study on patients’ experiences with depot buprenorphine
	HARMONY: Harm reduction for Opiates, Nicotine and You
	Micro-dosing with buprenorphine to transfer from methadone to buprenorphine – a prospective non-randomised open label clinical trial

‘TEN-der care of YCS patients – TEN years on’. LisTENing to and paying atTENtion to the needs of these TENacious paTiENts
15 July 2022	Mater Nursing Friday Forum presented by Youth Cancer Service
	Lyndal Moore, CNC – Youth Cancer Service	Screencast
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	National service delivery framework for adolescents and young adults with cancer
	Australian Youth Cancer Framework for Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer
	Cancer in adolescents and young adults in Australia (2018)
	Patterson P, et al. The clinical utility of the Adolescent and Young Adult Psycho-Oncology Screening Tool (AYA-POST): perspectives of AYA cancer patients and healthcare professionals. Front Psychol. 2022 May 6; 13: 872830. PubMed PMID: 35602702
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