National Cancer Screening Hui and Workshops 2016
Working towards achieving equity - 23-24 August 2016
The National Screening Unit (NSU) is pleased to be hosting this event in Wellington. The meeting will focus on breast and cervical screening for Māori, Pacific and Asian women. The aim of the hui is to provide a platform to discuss a shared direction and actions to help achieve equity in the NSU’s current cancer screening programmes.
When: Tuesday 23 August and Wednesday 24 August
Where: University of Otago, Wellington, Mein Street, Newtown (by Wellington Hospital)
Cost: Free
The hui is open to all working to support and increase Māori, Pacific and Asian women’s participation in the breast and cervical screening programmes.
The two-day hui will:
- Provide up-to-date information on new developments in the NSU
- Build a shared understanding of successes and challenges in achieving equity
- Inform programme development
- Provide an opportunity for networking between providers
- Provide a forum to discuss ways to increase participation and improve women’s screening experiences.
Registration and wait list - now closed
Call for abstracts
We invite your abstracts for presentations and posters.
View the guidelines for submitting an abstract:
Abstracts are due by 25 July.
Programme
Day 1 - Tuesday 23 August | |
9.30 – 9.40am | Mihi Whakatau |
9.40 – 10.00am | Welcome and opening addresses |
Sharlaine Chee – Facilitator | |
Dr Jane O’Hallahan and Astrid Koornneef, National Screening Unit | |
Dr Deb Rowe, Chair, Māori Monitoring and Equity Group | |
Matafanua Hilda Fa’aselele – Chief Advisor Pacific Health, Ministry of Health | |
10.00 – 11.00am | One team: Where are we headed? |
People powered - what do consumers think about us? | |
Closer to home - self sampling for HPV- how could this change the face of cervical screening? | |
Value and high performance - what does results based accountability mean for Screening Support Services? Should we be celebrating the success of the breast screening programme? | |
Smart system - mining the data and turning it into gold | |
11.00 – 11.20am | Morning tea |
11.20am – 12.30pm | Proffered papers: Session 1 |
12.30 – 1.30pm | Lunch |
1.30 – 2.30pm | Proffered papers: Session 2 (parallel sessions) |
2.30 – 2.50pm | Afternoon tea |
2.50 – 4.00pm | Key note presentations: Consumer perspectives |
Dr Chris Walsh – Director, Partners in Care, Health Quality & Safety Commission | |
Paulina Rixon - Consumer |
Day 2 - Wednesday 24 August | |
8.00 – 9.00am | Māori caucus and Pacific caucus |
9.10 – 9.15am | Welcome |
9.15 – 10.00am | Key note presentation: Breast Cancer pathways for Māori and Pacific women |
Dr Charis Brown – Senior Research Fellow, Waikato University | |
Dr Madeleine Wall – Radiologist, BreastScreen Central | |
10.00 – 10.30am | Proffered papers: Session 3 |
10.30 – 10.40am | Address – Alison Thom, Māori Leadership, Ministry of Health |
10.40 – 11.00am | Morning tea |
11.00am- 12.10pm | Proffered papers: Session 4 |
12.10 – 1.00pm | Lunch |
1.00 – 1.30pm | Group workshop: Unconscious bias |
Dr Bryn Jones - Deputy Chief Strategy & Policy Officer (acting), Ministry of Health | |
1.30 – 2.40pm | Group workshop: Social marketing |
Fiona Cassidy – Facilitator | |
Riripeti Haretuku – Māori Advisor, FCB | |
Josephine Samuelu – Pacific Advisor, FCB | |
2.40 – 3.00pm | Afternoon tea |
3.00 – 3.50pm | Panel discussion: Where do we want to be five years from now? |
Panel members: Matafanua Hilda Fa’asalele, Dr Deb Rowe, Sue Lim, Kathy Pritchard, Dr Jane O’Hallahan | |
The panel members will reflect on the hui for five minutes each, then the discussion will open to the floor | |
3.50pm-4pm | Closing |
Contact
For any enquiries regarding the hui please email: [email protected]