Congratulations Ora

Congratulations to our PhD student Orathai Suebkinorn for her wonderful presentation as part of her confirmation of candidature on 14 March 2023 on the 'Cardiac Rehabilitation for Women (CREW) Project' and for winning the poster prize at the ACNC Cardiac Nursing Symposium in Sydney on the weekend (see presentations below). You did an fantastic job and we are all so proud.

Vote on our Cardiac Rehab videos

As part of the SOLVE CHD competition, we have submitted two cardiac rehabilitation (CR) videos that can be viewed here. Please show your support and vote for our videos before 30 April. Your vote counts and will play a crucial role in deciding the recipient of this award. 
Video entry #3 - Prof Robyn Clark, Prof Jeroen Hendriks and Dr Marie Ludlow from Heart Foundation on behalf of the CFI cardiac research group.
Video entry #4 - Prof Robyn Clark and team in conjunction with the amazing SA CR providers and consumers on behalf of CHAP.

Data, Data, Data

To assist with our outcomes publications, cleaning of the second CATCH data extract from 1 July 2021 to 31 December 2022 (the period that CATCH web was used) has been completed. The next data extract including 6 month follow up data is due early April 2023 (including data on emergency dept visits, causes of death and hospital admissions).

CATCH web - being updated for women

As part of our CREW project, more co-design workshops will be held with women early to mid June on the design of CATCH website that is being updated specifically for women. Watch this space for dates and locations.

CPD Session Recordings Available Online

The recordings from our monthly Continuing Professional Development (CPD) sessions from June 2000 to December 2022 are available to watch or listen to on YouTube here.

CR Outcomes Workshop | 23 February 2023 | Adelaide

If you missed the 'Solutions for evaluation of quality outcomes of CR in SA' Workshop that was attended by approximately 50 clinicians (both face to face and online) at the end of February, you can now watch the recording online here.

ACNC Cardiac Nursing Symposium | 31 March - 1 April 2023 | Sydney

Thanks to Ora Suebkinorn and Katie Nesbitt, our two PhD students, we were able to present two posters at the Australian Cardiovascular Nursing College (ACNC) Symposium on 'What do Australian women in rural and remote areas need from a web-based cardiac rehabilitation program?: the Cardiac Rehabilitation Especially for Women (CREW) project' and 'Cardiovascular disease patient reported experiences with a web-based, interactive, clinically integrated cardiac rehabilitation program'. Click on images for full version of poster.

2023 ACRA | 31 July - 2 Aug 2023 | Perth

Our team have submitted a number of abstracts with the aim of participating in the 2023 Australian Cardiovascular Health & Research Association (ACRA) Annual Scientific Meeting at the end of July.

CSANZ 2023 | 3 - 6 August 2023 | Adelaide

We have also submitted a number of abstracts for the Cardiac Society of Australia & New Zealand (CSANZ) Annual Scientific Meeting that will be held early August.

Katie Nesbitt, Alline Beleigoli, Stephanie Champion, Lemlem G Gebremichael, Norma Bulamu, Huiyun Du, Rosy Tirimacco, Robyn A Clark, On behalf of the NHMRC Country Heart Attack Prevention (CHAP) Project Team, Development and evaluation of a co-designed website for delivering interactive self-directed cardiac rehabilitation, European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 2023, zvad026, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvad026

Hila Ariela Dafny, Stephanie Champion, Lemlem G Gebremichael, Vincent Pearson, Jeroen M Hendriks, Robyn A Clark, Maria Alejandra Pinero de Plaza, Aarti Gulyani, Sonia Hines, Alline Beleigoli, Cardiac rehabilitation, physical activity, and the effectiveness of activity monitoring devices on cardiovascular patients: an umbrella review of systematic reviews, European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, 2023, qcad005, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjqcco/qcad005

EHRA 2023 | 16 - 18 April 2023 | Barcelona, Spain

Prof Jeroen Hendriks will be providing an e-poster presentation on our systematic review 'Effectiveness of nurse-led interventions to manage hypertension and lifestyle behaviour effectively: a systematic review and meta-analysis' at the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) Congress.

ICCPR Webinar | 26 April 2023 | Online

Dr Joyce Ramos and Ora Suebkinorn will be presenting as part of the 'Improving CR Quality: Engaging Women in our Programs' webinar being delivered by the International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (ICCPR). Click here to join the wait list.

ACSM 2023 Congress | 30 May - 3 June 23 | Denver, Colorado

Dr Joyce Ramos will be providing a poster presentation at the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Congress on 'A Preliminary-analysis Investigating The Web-based Cardiac Rehabilitation Needs And Preferences Of Women In Rural Australia'. 

CHAP Final Showcase | 20 June 2023 | SAHMRI Auditorium & Online

You can register your interest to be part of CHAP's final showcase here where you will hear from the CHAP team who will be sharing our final project achievements and outcomes. We look forward to seeing you there.

ACNAP 2023 | 23-24 June | Edinburgh, UK

Prof Robyn Clark will be presenting at the Annual Congress of the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professionals (ACNAP) Congress on the following topics on behalf of Dr Alline Beleigoli and Ms Katie Nesbitt  'Completion of cardiac rehabilitation leads to improved clinical outcomes in 10,954 patients within 365 days following an acute coronary syndrome or revascularization procedure admission' and 'Cardiovascular disease patient reported experiences with a web-based, interactive, clinically integrated cardiac rehabilitation program'.

SARHRE Conference | 24-25 June 2023 | Novotel Barossa

The team have four abstracts accepted for the inaugural SA Rural Health Research and Education (SARHRE) Conference including:
-'An Innovative Business model using established Medicare items for delivery of cardiac rehabilitation – a value proposition for primary care'
-'What speaks to the heart of women with cardiovascular diseases in cardiac rehabilitation?'
-'Telehealth is associated with higher cardiac rehabilitation completion rates among patients with cardiovascular diseases living in rural and remote areas'
-'Missed opportunity: Evidence-Based Pharmacotherapy prescription in patients with acute coronary syndrome who attended secondary prevention/cardiac rehabilitation programs'.

World NCD Congress 2022 | 25-30 June 2023 | Toronto, Canada

Dr Alline Beleigoli and team have been successful in having their abstract accepted on 'Telehealth,  reduction of waiting time and primary care support are key to cardiac rehabilitation participation in people with low socio-economic status in rural Australia' for the World Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) Congress 2023.