Program Overview

With over 360 national and international oral, poster and Invited Speaker presentations, trade displays, breakfast sessions, networking dinners with speakers, a Symposium on Disaster response and recovery, a social program and Keynote Presentation by Reverend Tim Costello, the Health in Transition conference promises a full 3 days of innovation and entertainment.


The program will explore transitions relating to:


  • Community Healthcare Interventions and Evaluation
  • Health and Illness Across the Lifespan
  • Chronic Condition Care and Experience
  • Transitional Care
  • Migration of People and Practitioners
  • Healthcare Policy and Practice
  • Impact of Cultural and Socioeconomic Forces
  • IT and Communication Systems
  • Management and Funding Models
  • Education of Healthcare Practitioners and Skill Mix
  • Communicable Diseases
  • Community Transition following Disaster
  • Research methodologies and Translation of Research into Practice

Click here for the updated poster program (13/7/09)

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Click here to download the Program & Registration Brochure (updated 26 June 09).

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Disaster - Now What?

Wednesday 19th August, 2.30 - 4.45pm

How do disasters work and what factors contribute to the impact of disasters on communities? What are the health effects of disaster and how can we prepare and respond effectively? What are the current trends in disaster management? These questions and more will be the basis of discussions in this Symposium. A key panel of health professionals will discuss future disaster health research priorities for the community health sector:

  • How does disaster work? - Professor Paul Arbon, Flinders University
  • The health aspects of disasters - Associate Professor Peter Aitken, James Cook University
  • Getting ready & responding to a disaster - Professor Kristine Gebbie, Columbia University School of Nursing
  • Trends and issues in disaster - Dr David Templeman, Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia

Available to conference delegates who register for the entire conference, those who register for Wednesday 19th August only, which includes concurrent sessions on disaster topics ($375), and is also available as a stand-alone session ($95).


Breakfast Sessions

Start your day with a breafast session - $20 includes buffet breakfast and presentation from:

  • Dr Antonia van Loon - Approaches to working with vulnerable people - Tuesday 18th August
  • Professor Sally Kendall - Self-efficacy in health research: theory, measurement and application - Tuesday 18th August
  • Ms Angela Littleford - What is driving innovation in the care of older people and people with chronic conditions? - Tuesday 18th August
  • Associate Professor Debbie Kralik - Get published! - Wednesday 19th August
  • Mr Craig Lockwood - Systematic reviews: are methodologists killing or contribution to methods? - Wednesday 19th August

Dinner with an Invited Speaker

An exclusive invitation to dine and network with one of five invited speakers and experience dining in some of Adelaide's finest restaurants - $87.50pp includes 3 course meal and beverages.

  • Professor Claire Goodman - Monday 17th August, Red Ochre Restaurant, North Adelaide
  • Professor Paul Arbon - Monday 17th August, The Treasury Hotel, Adelaide
  • Professor Sally Thorne - Tuesday 18th August, Jolley's Boathouse, Adelaide
  • Professor Sophie Mogotlane - Tuesday 18th August, Scampi's on the Beach, Glenelg