Equally Well: Action and collaboration for hope and health

Equally Well Australia will be hosting the second Equally Well Symposium at the Gold Coast campus of Griffith University.

Experts from the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia have been invited to share innovative practice and developments aimed to improve the physical health and wellbeing of people living with mental illness.

With the generous support of our sponsors this two day event is free for all attendees.

When

12-13 April 2022

Location

Griffith University, Gold Coast

 

Experts from Australia and internationally are being invited to share innovative practice and developments aimed to improve the physical health and wellbeing of people living with mental illness.

The event will showcase the impact being made across the Equally Well movement as we work collaboratively to achieve the goals of the Equally Well National Consensus Statement and include a special celebration of the milestones achieved in the first 5 years of the project.

With the generous support of our sponsors, this three-day event is free for all attendees.  This sponsorship also provides support for consumers and carers to attend the event.  These bursaries cover travel, accommodation and other expenses.

Abstracts will be streamed into the following categories in the symposium program;

  • Social and clinical prevention
  • Working in partnerships
  • Converting policy into practice
  • Consumer and carer partnerships
  • Practical project reports
  • Integrated care
  • First Nations social and emotional wellbeing

The themes covered in the program will include presentations from research, policy development and practice across topics such as:

  • Peer workforce
  • Young people
  • Smoking
  • Lifestyle
  • Substance use
  • Older people
  • Training and development
  • Carers
  • Improving access
  • LGBTI
  • Human rights
  • Informed consent and informed consumers
  • Comprehensive care
  • Shared Care coordination
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
  • Services and systems
  • Translating research into practice
  • Exercise
  • Nutrition
  • Engagement and connection
  • Chronic disease
  • Lived Experience
  • Peer navigators
  • Medication