Irish Society of Community and Public Health Medicine www.iscphm.com Programme Honorary Officers 2013/2014 President:: In- Vice Pres: Out Vice Pres: Hon Secretary: Hon Treasurer: Dr Brett Lynam Dr Darina Fahey Dr Darina Healy Dr Brídín Cannon Dr Kathryn Chambers Annual Scientific Meeting, 23th and 24th October 2014. Westbury Hotel, Dublin. Thursday 23th October 2014 Registration and coffee: 9.00-9.30 Welcome: 9.30-9.40 Dr Darina Fahey, Incoming president ISCPHM Opening address: 9.40 !0.00-10.40: Supporting parents manage children’s emotional and behavioural problems-a guide for community and public health practitioners. Dr John Sharry, Founding director of Parents Plus, Principal Social Worker, Mater Hospital CAMHS. 10.40-11.20: STIs in young people. Dr Fionnuala Cooney, Specialist in Public Health, Dr Steeven’s Hospital. 11.20-11.30 short break 11.30-12.20: Childhood Obesity - The Pandemic. Dr Sinead Murphy, Director of Paediatric Education, UCD School of Medicine, Children's University Hospital, Temple St, Dublin 1 12.20-13.00 Patterns of Breastfeeding in Ireland: Evidence from the Growing Up in Ireland Cohort Study. Professor Richard Layte , ESRI and Professor of Sociology, TCD. Lunch 14.00-14.20 Attended poster presentation 14.20-15.05 Medical Anthropology: what can it offer? Dr Beth Ann Roche, Consultant in Public Health, Kilkenny 15.05-15.50 Dilemmas and Decisions for our own Healthcare Dr Andrée Rochfort, Director of ICGP Doctor’s Health Programme AGM: 16.00 Friday 24th October Registration and Coffee: 8.30-9.00 9.00-9.45 Addressing the Irish TB epidemic Professor Joseph Keane, St James’s Hospital and TCD 9.45-10.30 Description and Control of a Prolonged Outbreak of Invasive Meningococcal Disease in an Extended Irish Traveller Family Dr Lois O Connor, Specialist Registrar in Public Health, HSE East. 10.30-10.45 break and coffee 10.45-11.30 Stroke Prevention/Atrial Fibrillation: ‘Feel the beat…Prevent a Stroke’ Dr Breda Smyth, Consultant in Public Health Medicine 11.30-13.00 Developmental issues in light of “Progressing Disability’ title tbc Dr Louise Gibson, Developmental paediatrician and Senior lecturer in Paediatrics, University College Cork. Lunch and Close