Caring for Country Kids Conference, April 2016, Alice Springs, Australia – CALL FOR PAPERS
Children’s Healthcare Australasia (CHA) and the National Rural Health Alliance (NRHA) are joining forces to host a national Conference on quality healthcare for children and young people living in rural, regional and remote communities across Australia.
This unique Conference will showcase innovations, models, programs and activities that enhance the health and wellbeing of infants, children and young people in rural and remote Australia.
The two-day event, will offer learning and networking opportunities to a wide cross-section of public and private sector healthcare providers, consumers, policy makers and researchers involved with the health and wellbeing of children in rural
and remote areas.
The call for abstracts is now open and submitting an abstract is the first step to take in order to be on the program
The Alice Springs Conference will focus on:
- placing children and their families at the centre of care
- keeping rural and remote kids healthy
- enhancing the patient journey from primary through secondary to tertiary care – and back again
- improving access to the right care, in the right place, at the right time
- building the capacity of rural, regional and remote health workforce teams to care for children locally
- improving healthcare outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people
- caring for kids from rural and remote areas who have chronic and/or complex health needs
- providing emergency care to rural and remote kids
- mental health care for children in rural and remote communities
- care of rural and remote children and adolescents with traumatic physical or mental injury
Abstracts should be submitted online via the Conference website at
www.countrykids.org.au where you will be redirected to the abstract submission portal.
Authors who are not able to submit their abstract online are asked to contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Questions about the abstract process may be directed to Kellie Sydlarczuk by email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
or by phone on 02 6285 4660.
