STaY 2K: A Life Course Model of SEWB from Birth and Beyond
Tracks
Ian McLachlan Room East
| Monday, October 24, 2022 |
| 11:05 AM - 11:25 AM |
Overview
Sylvia McGregor, Judith Cooze, Clowry Kennell - Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service
Speaker
Judith Cooze
Indigenous Health
STaY 2K: A Life Course Model of SEWB from Birth and Beyond
Abstract
DDHHS Indigenous Health Division is currently leading two innovative programs, in Cherbourg, which are aimed at addressing the overall social emotional wellbeing of the community through targeted health sectors: STaY (suicide prevention and wellbeing), and 1st 2K (early child health – First 2000 days). It is the operational assumption, of Indigenous Health, that addressing longitudinal indicators of disadvantage and low community wellbeing must begin with supporting those currently at risk and concurrently promoting wellness in the foundational first 2000 days of life for infants, in Cherbourg. The theory of change being: if an equitable and effective model of care exists to support those currently at risk, and sufficient investment is made to acknowledge and address the lingering effects of intergenerational and systemic trauma; by developing models of care based on the fit and need of a specific place (Cherbourg); then you would expect to see reductions in deaths by suicide and chronic illness, improved education and employment outcomes along with other social and health determinants.
Put simply, the Darling Downs HHS Division of Indigenous Health currently services Cherbourg with two efficacious health programs that share an intrinsic link when thinking about social and emotional wellbeing outcomes from a life-course perspective. In line with SEWB and health literature, specifically relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, it’s incumbent upon services to consider the negative and adverse life-events that are disproportionately experienced by Indigenous Australian people; how these inform health and wellbeing presentations in care settings.
Put simply, the Darling Downs HHS Division of Indigenous Health currently services Cherbourg with two efficacious health programs that share an intrinsic link when thinking about social and emotional wellbeing outcomes from a life-course perspective. In line with SEWB and health literature, specifically relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, it’s incumbent upon services to consider the negative and adverse life-events that are disproportionately experienced by Indigenous Australian people; how these inform health and wellbeing presentations in care settings.
Biography
Judith Cooze (JudyAnn) is an ADOMN for the 1st 2K days project in the Darling Downs region, Queensland:
Ko Whakaangi te maungg
Ko Tokerau te Moana
Ko Mamaru te Waka
Ko Ngati Kahu te Iwi
Ko Ngai Takiora te Hapu
JudyAnn is a strong voice for keeping families together through advocacy and early intervention to support parents to parent; supporting and empowering pregnant women experiencing family violence and intergenerational trauma through early engagement, social and emotional well-being, connection to culture and country, and incorporating traditional practices as an integral part of the restorative, healing process. She has used her strategic position. knowledge and experience to advocate and advance the needs of First Nations Peoples in the Darling Downs. JudyAnn is an experienced Māori Midwife with a history of working in both hospital and the community in New Zealand and Australia – amongst indigenous women in both countries
Mr Clowry Kennell
Health Project Officer Stay
Indigenous Health Queensland Health
STaY 2K: A Life Course Model of SEWB from Birth and Beyond
Abstract
DDHHS Indigenous Health Division is currently leading two innovative programs, in Cherbourg, which are aimed at addressing the overall social emotional wellbeing of the community through targeted health sectors: STaY (suicide prevention and wellbeing), and 1st 2K (early child health – First 2000 days). It is the operational assumption, of Indigenous Health, that addressing longitudinal indicators of disadvantage and low community wellbeing must begin with supporting those currently at risk and concurrently promoting wellness in the foundational first 2000 days of life for infants, in Cherbourg. The theory of change being: if an equitable and effective model of care exists to support those currently at risk, and sufficient investment is made to acknowledge and address the lingering effects of intergenerational and systemic trauma; by developing models of care based on the fit and need of a specific place (Cherbourg); then you would expect to see reductions in deaths by suicide and chronic illness, improved education and employment outcomes along with other social and health determinants.
Put simply, the Darling Downs HHS Division of Indigenous Health currently services Cherbourg with two efficacious health programs that share an intrinsic link when thinking about social and emotional wellbeing outcomes from a life-course perspective. In line with SEWB and health literature, specifically relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, it’s incumbent upon services to consider the negative and adverse life-events that are disproportionately experienced by Indigenous Australian people; how these inform health and wellbeing presentations in care settings.
Put simply, the Darling Downs HHS Division of Indigenous Health currently services Cherbourg with two efficacious health programs that share an intrinsic link when thinking about social and emotional wellbeing outcomes from a life-course perspective. In line with SEWB and health literature, specifically relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, it’s incumbent upon services to consider the negative and adverse life-events that are disproportionately experienced by Indigenous Australian people; how these inform health and wellbeing presentations in care settings.
Biography
My name is Clowry Kennell I am a 5th generation Torres Strait Islander, I am Ugar-Umlar –'Man from Ugar’ (Stephen Island), Clowry lives with his wife Elizabeth.
Clowry was first in his family to graduate from Year 12, after repeating years 10/11 to achieve the appropriate stream for year 12. After graduation, he attended the Qld Police Academy and became the first sworn Torres Strait islander Qld Police Officer (1987). This was Clowry’s first experience of FDV and Suicide. Clowry attended Qld University and worked exclusively within ATSI agencies within Brisbane. Clowry joined the Federal and Qld Public service and has travelled extensively and worked with indigenous Communities throughout Australia. As a victim of FDV and suicide survivor, Suicide Prevention is a very real passion and commitment. Clowry now works with the S.T.a.Y, (Sit Talk and Yarn) project in Cherbourg.
Sylvia McGregor
Indigenous Health
STaY 2K: A Life Course Model of SEWB from Birth and Beyond
Abstract
DDHHS Indigenous Health Division is currently leading two innovative programs, in Cherbourg, which are aimed at addressing the overall social emotional wellbeing of the community through targeted health sectors: STaY (suicide prevention and wellbeing), and 1st 2K (early child health – First 2000 days). It is the operational assumption, of Indigenous Health, that addressing longitudinal indicators of disadvantage and low community wellbeing must begin with supporting those currently at risk and concurrently promoting wellness in the foundational first 2000 days of life for infants, in Cherbourg. The theory of change being: if an equitable and effective model of care exists to support those currently at risk, and sufficient investment is made to acknowledge and address the lingering effects of intergenerational and systemic trauma; by developing models of care based on the fit and need of a specific place (Cherbourg); then you would expect to see reductions in deaths by suicide and chronic illness, improved education and employment outcomes along with other social and health determinants.
Put simply, the Darling Downs HHS Division of Indigenous Health currently services Cherbourg with two efficacious health programs that share an intrinsic link when thinking about social and emotional wellbeing outcomes from a life-course perspective. In line with SEWB and health literature, specifically relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, it’s incumbent upon services to consider the negative and adverse life-events that are disproportionately experienced by Indigenous Australian people; how these inform health and wellbeing presentations in care settings.
Put simply, the Darling Downs HHS Division of Indigenous Health currently services Cherbourg with two efficacious health programs that share an intrinsic link when thinking about social and emotional wellbeing outcomes from a life-course perspective. In line with SEWB and health literature, specifically relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, it’s incumbent upon services to consider the negative and adverse life-events that are disproportionately experienced by Indigenous Australian people; how these inform health and wellbeing presentations in care settings.
Biography
Sylvia McGregor is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioner born and raised in Cherbourg, Queensland.
Sylvia’s mob is Kungarri, Piriya of Western Qld.
Sylvia is committed to understanding community’s needs and being a part of their self-determination by using cultural insight. Sylvia is passionate about all First Nations parents and children knowing their connection to culture and country and learning traditional ways of being as a restorative process to overcome the generational ramifications of dispossession and living under the Act. It is Sylvia’s enduring vision that community, utilise their resilience and strengths to raise community up as a people to thrive for generations to come. Sylvia is the Cultural Lead for the 1st 2K project in the Darling Downs and brings her years of expertise working in community and government departments, throughout Qld to support and advocate for First Nations peoples in the Darling Downs region
