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The 2012 Melbourne Drug & Health Alliance Conference: What's the harm?Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 9:00 AM (GMT+1000)Melbourne, Victoria |
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The 2012 Melbourne Drug & Health Alliance Conference:
What's the harm?
You are cordially invited to the first annual Melbourne Drug and Health Alliance Conference.
9am – 4.30pm
29th of March, 2012
The Village Roadshow Theatrette
State Library of Victoria
This annual conference presents an opportunity for professionals that work with people using drugs and alcohol and students studying in a relevant field, to gain access to some of Australia's finest thinkers on drug and alcohol clinical practice, workforce development and public policy.
‘What’s the harm?’ will showcase innovative and successful strategies undertaken interstate and internationally to reduce injecting drug related harms and deaths. Providing an opportunity for attendees to place themselves at the centre of the discussion, What’s the harm?, seeks to promote exploration of and discussion and debate about why and how we should embrace new strategies that reduce drug and alcohol related harms in the community.
With relevant, compelling presentations and an innovative interview style and Q&A, this one day event will feature:
Facilitator: Julia Medew, Health Editor, The Age Newspaper
· Professor Simon Lenton, Deputy Director, National Drug Research Institute
Wider availability of Naloxone to prevent opioid overdose deaths: evidence, opportunities and developments.
· Dr Ingrid Van Beek, Director, Kirketon Road Centre
The primary healthcare model: A foundation for evidence-based alcohol and other drug practice.
· Dr James Rowe, Lecturer and Researcher, RMIT University
Political Expediency VS Harm Minimisation.
· Dr Marianne Jauncey, Medical Director, Sydney's Medically Supervised Injecting Centre
Sydney's Medically Supervised Injecting Centre: The pointy end of harm minimisation.
· Senator Richard Di Natale, Greens Senator for Victoria
Further Q&A panellists will be announced closer to the event.
To secure your place, register via this link: http://mdhaconference.eventbrite.com.au
Note: You will be asked to make a donation. The amount you wish to donate is at your discretion. There will be a credit card and processing fee added to your donation and only one attendee can be registered per order.
Your donation will partly fund the event and aid the continuation of the Melbourne Drug and Health Alliance’s work in providing opportunities for current and future alcohol and other drug professionals.
For more information on the Melbourne Drug and Health Alliance please contact Luke O'Connor at lukeo@mdha.org.au
When & Where
The Village Roadshow Theatrette
State Library of Victoria
Lonsdale Street,
Melbourne,
Victoria 3000
Australia
Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 9:00 AM (GMT+1000)
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The Melbourne Drug and Health Alliance
The Melbourne Drug and Health Alliance is committed to building the capacity of those who work with people using drugs and alcohol.
The Melbourne Drug and Health Alliance seeks to provide learning and networking opportunities for professionals to better identify and respond to the health and social needs of their local community within Melbourne.
The Melbourne Drug and Health Alliance is funded by the Department of Health to facilitate improved linkages between agencies across Melbourne. Raising awareness and increasing community understanding of drug and alcohol related issues, and providing a forum for professionals to exchange ideas and build strong working partnerships, is a key objective of the Melbourne Drug and Health Alliance.
The Melbourne Drug and Health Alliance aims to:
- Enhance and compliment existing primary health services and needle and syringe programs (NSP).
- Improve access to alcohol and other drug treatment services.
- Improve access to mental health services.
- Support the transition to dual diagnosis competency
- Facilitate greater service collaboration
- Advocate on behalf of the industry and communities serviced
- Provide innovative new ways of improving professional practice
For information about the MDHA contact Luke O'Connor, Sector Development and Collaboration Officer, Youth Projects on lukeo@youthprojects.org.au or on 0425 779 749.
For industry news, furture MDHA event details and prior presentations go to www.mdha.org.au