HMNS Seminar Series 2018: 'Introducing the SIMPLE approach to managing malnutrition in hospitals' and 'Follow-up of a Pacific Island Women's Village Volleyball Program'

Event Details

Date:

Friday, 01 June 2018

Time:

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Room:

Room 127, Building 26B

UQ Location:

Human Movement Studies Building (St Lucia)

Event category(s):

Full Description:: Dr Jack Bell will introduce the Systematised, Interdisciplinary Malnutrition Program for impLementation and Evaluation (SIMPLE), that has recently been implemented and evaluated into 5 Queensland hospitals. This presentation will highlight how to make positive changes in complex clinical environments, taking into account individual, local and broad healthcare environmental factors, across the healthcare continuum.

A/Prof Stephanie Hanrahan will present the findings of an 8-week Volley4Change program that was implemented in villages in Fiji and Vanuatu with the aim of teaching nutrition and getting women physically active, followed up approximately one year after the program had finished.