Commission on Social Determinants of Health - International Symposium on Indigenous Health - Australia 2007

This international symposium was hosted by the CRCAH as one of the main activities of the Social determinants of Health Program for 2007. It was convened by our partner organisation Flinders University and led by Professor Fran Baum as one of the twenty Commissioners on the World Health Organisation-endorsed Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH). A series of case studies on the social determinants of health from around the world were used as the basis for the meeting, including five Australian case studies.

About 70 key researchers, policy makers and industry met to discuss and inform the preparation of a report and key recommendations for policy and action on the social determinants of Indigenous health that was presented to the CSDH at their 8th meeting on 7-9 June 2007 in Vancouver . This report will be of value to governments who wish to understand what actions on the social determinants of Indigenous health would mitigate risk conditions and improve health outcomes for Indigenous people.

The five Australian case studies presented at the symposium were:

1. Social determinants of health from a social justice perspective – Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission.
2. Rumbalara Aboriginal Cooperative and their home ownership program.
3. Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service prison health progam.
4. Central Australian Aboriginal Congress (CAAC).
5. Water costs as a social determinant of health in a remote community.

The program, background overview document, case studies, final report and photographs from the symposium are available at:

http://som.flinders.edu.au/FUSA/SACHRU/Symposium/

Other links that may also be of interest are the report from the meeting of the CSDH in Vancouver at which the report from the international symposium was presented:

http://www.who.int/social_determinants/links/events/8th_meeting_csdh_report.pdf

 and the link to the CSDH site:

http://www.who.int/social_determinants/strategy/meetings/2007/geneva/en/index.html

Program

Sunday 29th April 2007

8.15 am
Registration

Session 1 Ballrooms 4-5. Chair: Mick Gooda CEO, Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health

8.45 – 8.50 am
Welcome to Symposium from Mick Gooda

8.50 – 9.10 am
Kaurna Welcome to Country

9.10 – 9.20 am
Opening by South Australian Minister for Health – Hon John Hill

9.20 – 9.45 am
Overview of Commission and Symposium – Commissioners Baum and Ndiaye

9.45 – 10.00 am
Process of symposium – Tanya Hosch (Symposium Facilitator)

10.00 – 10.15 am
1 Australia
Social determinants and the health of Indigenous peoples in Australia – a human rights based
approach - Darren Dick, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, on behalf of Mr Tom Calma, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner

10.15 – 10.30 am
2 Canada
Social Determinants of Health: First Nations, Inuit and Métis Perspectives Overview- Bernice Downey, First Nations & Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada

10.30 – 11.00 am
Tea Break

Session 2 Ballrooms 4-5. Chair: Minister David Chartrand

11.00 – 11.15 am
3 New Zealand
The Health of Maori Men - Clive Aspin, Nga Pae o te Maramatanga - The National Institute of Research Excellence for Maori Development and Advancement

11.15 – 11.30 am
4 Latin America
Overview

11.30 – 11.45 am
5 China
Malaria Control Progress in a community of Wa Ethnic Minority and its Implication for Policy: a case study from China-Myanmar Border Area - XU Jianwei, Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Simao, Yunnan

11.45 am – 12.15 pm
Discussion

12.15 – 1.15 pm Lunch

Session 3 Ballrooms 4-5. Chair: Clive Aspin Colley Room. Chair: Gail Turner

1.15 – 1.30 pm
Canada
First Nations Wholistic Policy & Planning Model - Kathleen McHugh, Assembly of First Nations

Australia
The multiple determinants of Aboriginal health and their implications for policy: a case study from Central Australia - Steph Bell and John Boffa, Central Australian Aboriginal Congress

1.30 – 1.45 pm
Australia
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations address the multiple determinants of Aboriginal health through housing: a case study from an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation in North Eastern Victoria, Rumbalara Aboriginal Co-operative - Petah Atkinson and Felicia Dean, Rumbalara Aboriginal Co-operative

New Zealand
The multiple determinants of Maori health and their implications for policy: a case study about primary health care and its ability to address social determinants of health Heather Gifford, Whakauae Research Services

1.45 – 2.00 pm
Canada
Métis concepts of health: Placing health within a social-cultural context. Social, Economic and Environmental (Ecological) Determinants of Métis Health Minister David Chartrand, Métis National
Council

Australia
The Social Determinants of Aboriginal Prison Health and the Cycle of Incarceration and their Implications for Policy: An Australian Capital Territory Case-Study - Julie Tongs, Nerelle Poroch, Harold Chatfield, Peter Sharp Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service

2.00 – 2.15 pm
Phillipines
Integrated Determinants of Health in the B’laan Community of Landan: A Case Study from Polomolok, South Cotabato, Philippines Matiniano Magdalot, Mahintana Foundation Incorporated

Canada
The Social Determinants of Inuit Health: A discussion of research, actions and recommendations
Anna Fowler, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

2.15 – 2.30 pm
Australia
The social determinants of health: poverty and water sustainability policy at Nepabunna Eileen Willis and Kelvin Johnson, Flinders University and Nepabunna Community Belize The Multiple Determinants of Garifuna Health and their Implications for Policy: A Case Study from Belize,

Central America
Lucia Ellis, National Garifuna Council

2.30 – 3.00 pm
Discussions Discussions

3.00 – 3.30 pm
Tea Break

Session 4 Ballrooms 4-5. Chair: Ndioro Ndiaye

3.30 – 4.15 pm
Feedback from parallel sessions by Rapporteurs: Ian Anderson (Australia) and Glorian Yakiwchuk (Canada)

4.15 – 5.00 pm
General discussion on case studies

5.00 pm Close of Day 1

Monday 30th April 2007

8.30 – 9.00 am
Arrival Tea and Coffee

Session 5 Chair: Shane Houston

9.00 – 9.30 am
Rapporteurs report back from Day 1
(Ballroom 3)

9.30 – 10.30 am
Delegates work in small groups to refine key themes from case studies and background document
(Ballroom 3 and Horizons Room)

10.30 – 10.45 am
Official Symposium Photo

10.45 – 11.15 am
Tea Break

Session 6 Chair: Steph Bell and Tanya Hosch

11.15 am – 12.30 pm
Report back from groups and discussion of five key themes to shape symposium report
(Ballroom 3)

12.30 – 1.30 pm
Lunch

Session 7 Chair: Heather Gifford and Tanya Hosch

1.30 – 1.40 pm
Plenary briefing on Facilitators’ synthesis on key themes
(Ballroom 3)

1.40 – 3.00 pm
Working session in groups to develop action areas to recommend to the CSDH on key themes of the social determinants of Indigenous health
(Ballroom 3 and Horizons Room)

3.00 – 3.30 pm
Tea Break

Session 8 Chair: Mick Gooda

3.30 – 4.30 pm
Summary and next steps: Day 2 Rapporteurs, Commissioners, Vancouver Reporters (Ballroom 3)

4.30 – 5.00 pm
Official Closing

Day 2 Rapporteurs: Clive Aspin (New Zealand), Frances Chartrand (Canada) and Kerry Arabena (Australia)