2024 First 2000 Days symposium presentations

Session 1: Welcome and update on the First 2000 Days

 
Welcome to 2024 symposium - Tish Bruce, Executive Director, NSW Ministry of Health
 
Keynote address – Associate Professor Elisabeth Murphy, Medical advisor, Brighter Beginnings, NSW Ministry of Health
 
Brighter Beginnings - Jessamin Clissold, A/ Executive Director, A/Executive Director Early Childhood Strategy and Partnerships

Session 2: Aboriginal programs

 
Maari Ma, Broken Hill – Tameka O’Donnell and Lavinia Henderson
 
Ngala Nanga Mai pARenT Program, La Perouse
 
Cross-agency collaborative approach for parenting with local communities - Sharnee Townsend, Senior Policy Officer, NSW Ministry of Health - Cassandra Kanitz, Senior Program Officer, Department of Communities and Justice

Session 3: Minister for Health address and consumer experience

 
Secretary's address - Susan Pearce AM
 
Minister for Health and Minister for Regional Health address - Hon. Ryan Park MP
 
Consumer Experience, Hyperemesis Gravidarum – Consumer, Naomi
 
Customer Experience Pilot, Health and Development checks in Child and Family Health Services - Clare Placek, Clinical Nurse Consultant
 
Session 3 Q and A

Session 4: First 2000 Days related research projects

 
First 2000 Days Hub - Professor Sue Woolfenden, Director of Community Paediatrics at SLHD and Professor of Community Paediatrics at University of Sydney – Michael Hodgins, Senior Research Associate, UNSW Medicine and Health
 
Watch Me Grow – Professor Valsamma Eapen, Stream Director Early Life Determinants of Health (ELDOH), Maridulu Budyari Gumal
 
Healthy Beginnings for HNE Kids – Associate Professor Rachel Sutherland, Hunter New England Local Health District
 
Session 4 Q and A

Session 5: Panel session, championing resilience

 
Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences Framework (HOPE) framework - Professor Rebekah Grace, Director of the Research Centre for Transforming early Education and Child Health (TeEACH), Western Sydney University
 
Growing Resilience- evidence from Growing Up in New Zealand Susan Morton - Professor Susan Morton, Research Institute for Innovative Solutions for well-being and Health Director (INSIGHT), UTS
 
Panel discussion and Q and A
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