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Agenda
Keynote
sessions
| Tuesday
January 17, 2006 : 9:00a.m. |
| Keynote
"Ontario's Maternity-Care Expert Panel: Recommendations
and Next Steps" by Wendy
Katherine |
| Ontario's
Maternity-Care Expert Panel (OMCEP) was established in
2004 by the Ontario Women's Health Council to bring together
leaders in the field to address equitable access to essential
maternity care. In their work, OMCEP has explored education
and training, human resources, monitoring and evaluation
of maternity services, funding; and access. The panel
is expected to present recommendations for a provincial
strategy for the provision of essential childbirth services,
including appropriate reporting on maternity care indicators
in the late fall of 2005. In the keynote, Wendy will outline
the key recommendations made by the OMCEP and discuss
next steps and the future of maternity care in Ontario. |
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| Tuesday
January 17, 2006 : 1:30p.m. |
| Keynote
"Social Paediatrics: Moving the Paediatrician from
the Hospital into the Community" by Gilles
Julien |
| Social
paediatrics is a movement that embraces the notion "It
takes a village to raise a child". This whole-family
and whole-community approach to child health is attention
around the world. Dr Julien will talk about what makes
social paediatrics unique and the impact it has made in
areas around Montreal, particularly with respect to child
development and the reduction of abuse and neglect. |
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| Wednesday
January 18, 2006 : 8:30a.m. |
| Keynote
"The Progress of Canada's Children " by Louise
Hanvey |
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Canadian Council on Social Development has been monitoring
the well-being of children and youth in Canada for 10
years. The Progress of Canada's Children is a magazine-style
report that provides a wealth of information about children's
health, safety and well-being and has become a key resource
for practitioners and policymakers. Louise will highlight
what to expect in the 2006 edition of The Progress of
Canada's Children in her keynote. |
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| Wednesday
January 18, 2006 : 8:30a.m. |
| Keynote
"Mothering Under Duress: Pregnancy, Motherhood and
Substance Use in Canada " by Lorraine
Greaves |
| Dr. Greaves will
discuss current and emerging issues and attitudes regarding
substance use during pregnancy and during early mothering
in Canada. She will draw on research from the BC Centre
of Excellence on attitudes and practices surrounding mothering
while using substances and on community and clinical interventions
with substance using pregnant women and post partum mothers.
She will suggest some women centred approaches to inform
better practice and policy. |
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Concurrent
sessions
| Monday
January 16, 2006 : 9:00 - 12:30 p.m. |
Concurrent
session - A1: "Making Advertising Work for You"
Beverley Else, Cancer
Care Ontario |
| Advertising
is an evolving tool that can help you promote health changes
in maternal child health. This session will help you choose
from the variety of advertising available today and provide
pointers to developing strategic design and content. You
will have the opportunity to discuss a range of successful
advertising campaigns and to learn about the reasons for
their success. It will also provide you with an understanding
of the media and how you can leverage additional media
coverage with the same advertising dollars. |
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| Monday
January 16, 2006 : 9:00 - 12:30 p.m. |
| Concurrent
session - A2: "Showcasing Public Health - In the
Spotlight" |
| Come
and learn from what other health units have accomplished.
This session will showcase programs and resources developed
by health units from across the province. The morning
session will emphasize initiatives related to prenatal
health while the afternoon session will focus on early
child development. |
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| Tuesday
January 17, 2006 : 10:30 & 2:30 p.m. |
Concurrent
session - B1: "Health Promotion in Action: Early
Learning and Child Care Settings"
Sue Westrate and Mario Corbeil,
The Best Start Resource Centre |
| This
session will highlight reasons and ways to put health
promotion into action in community programs which support
young children and families. Examples of early learning
and child care settings which incorporate health promotion
will be explored. Participants will consider how they
might integrate or adapt these ideas to their own context,
including both the possibilities and challenges. |
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| Tuesday
January 17, 2006 : 10:30 & 2:30 p.m. |
Concurrent
session - B2: "Assessing for Psychosocial Risks During
Pregnancy (advanced session)"
Deana Midmer, University
of Toronto |
| This
session will help participants develop skills in antenatal
assessment of psychosocial health. Participants will be
able to state the importance of assessing for psychosocial
health in pregnancy, demonstrate ability at assessing
antenatal psychosocial using the ALPHA form and identify
interventions if psychosocial risk factors are identified
using the ALPHA form This workshop will highlight the
ALPHA (Antenatal Psychosocial Health. Assessment) Form,
developed to assess for psychosocial issues in pregnancy.
Role-plays highlighting different psychosocial issues
will be conducted using the ALPHA form. |
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| Tuesday
January 17, 2006 : 10:30 & 2:30 p.m. |
Concurrent
session - B3: "Childproofing for Environmental Health"
Kathleen Cooper,
Canadian Environmental Law Association |
| This
session offers practical advice and information sharing
for service providers to incorporate environmental health
into their educational work with prospective and new parents.
Workshop will focus on reducing and/or avoiding chemical
and other toxic exposures in the indoor and outdoor environment
with a particular focus on the vulnerability of the developing
fetus. |
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| Tuesday
January 17, 2006 : 10:30 & 2:30 p.m. |
Concurrent
session - B4: "The influence of culture on the development
and detection of postpartum depression (advanced session)"
Cindy-Lee Dennis,
University of Toronto |
| While
approximately 13% of women from diverse cultures experience
postpartum depression, research suggests prevalence rates
for immigrant mothers may be higher. The reasons for this
are unknown and may represent an interplay between acculturation,
acculturative stress, levels of social support, and the
ability to practice traditional postpartum rituals. This
session will explore why immigrant women may be at higher
risk to develop postpartum depression. The role of traditional
postpartum practices will be examined and issues in detecting
depressive symptomatology among non-English speaking mothers
or those who speak English as a second language will be
presented. |
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| Tuesday
January 17, 2006 : 10:30 & 2:30 p.m. |
Concurrent
session - B5: "Supporting Inclusion Through Value
Based Practice"
Leslie McDiarmid, Ottawa Better Beginnings, Better
Futures |
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Are
there specific working values and principles that support
the inclusion of families and children? This workshop
highlights the experience of the Ottawa Better Beginnings
Better Futures site and is designed to provide the impetus
for discussion around questions including:
 What
are the values and principles that have supported
the high participation rates at the site. What is
the impact on processes, structures, relationships
and models of service delivery?
Is
a client-centered approach the best and can a client-centered
approach truly build on strengths?
What
are the characteristics of a strength based approach
in a service delivery model?
How
does our language create barriers to participation?
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| Wednesday
January 18, 2006 : 10:00 - 12:00 p.m. |
Concurrent
session - C1: "The Current Status of Adolescent Sexual
and Reproductive Health in Canada: Implications for Education
and Counselling"
Alex McKay, Sex Information
and Education Council of Canada |
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The
presentation will begin with a review of trends and
current data on adolescent pregnancy, sexually transmitted
infection, and sexual behaviour among Canadian youth.
This information will be used to identify key priorities
for adolescent sexual health education and counselling.
The presentation will conclude with a facilitated discussion
of the relevant information and skills based messages
that educators and counsellors can use to effectively
promote the sexual health of their adolescent students
and clients.
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| Wednesday
January 18, 2006 : 10:00 - 12:00 p.m. |
Concurrent
session - C2: "Better Practices in Tobacco Cessation
with Pregnant and Postpartum Women"
Lorraine Greaves,
BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health |
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The
British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health
has reviewed smoking cessation interventions and programs
for pregnant and postpartum women and girls to determine
effective strategies for reduction and cessation. Many
factors affecting cessation, maintenance and relapse
need to be addressed within interventions; including
social, economic, biological and cultural issues. The
review identifies the key components of the successful
interventions and identifies the most successful programs.
In addition, several new approaches are recommended
which may be applied directly to interventions with
pregnant smokers or integrated into future research.
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| Wednesday
January 18, 2006 : 10:00 - 12:00 p.m. |
Concurrent
session - C3: "Physical Activity and the Early Years"
Christa Costas-Bradstreet,
City of Hamilton Public Health and Community Services
Department
Sue Weststrate, Best Start
Resource Centre |
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This
lively interactive session will provide Early Years
Professionals with information and knowledge about the
importance of physical activity for young children,
including facts and stats, resources, and great, practical
ideas to get moving!
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| Wednesday
January 18, 2006 : 10:00 - 12:00 p.m. |
Concurrent
session - C4: "Women Abuse in the Perinatal Period.
How Can Healthcare Providers Make a Difference? (advanced
session)"
Debra Alyward, Perinatal
Partnership of Eastern and Southeastern Otario |
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Woman
abuse is a significant health issue for women and their
unborn children. The focus of this session will be to
provide practical information to health care providers
as they address the issue of woman abuse in their practice.
This session will address screening and development
of policies, procedures and practices based on best
practice guidelines.
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| Wednesday
January 18, 2006 : 10:00 - 12:00 p.m. |
Concurrent
session - C5: "Dealing with Challenging Behaviour"
Lois Saunders, Affiliated
Services for Children and Youth
Jean Clinton, McMaster
University |
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Workshop
participants will gain an understanding of the factors
that contribute to challenging behaviour in young children
and learn how strategic planning can reduce the frequency
and intensity of incidents while promoting pro-social
skill development. An overview of one approach that
combines training along with a system to guide educators
in developing action plans to address challenging behaviour
and enhance interactions with children, parents and
team-mates will be presented.
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