Healthy Development Adelaide

Please join us for this Healthy Development Adelaide (HDA) forum held in conjunction with our partner organisation Flinders University on Hear us, See us: children and families living in temporary accommodation/homelessness to be presented by our international guest speaker Professor Monica Lakhanpaul from the University College London, UK.

Wednesday 12 March, 5.30-7.30pm

Napier 102 lecture theatre, Napier building, First floor, University of Adelaide, North Terrace

One in 5 Australian children under the age of 5 years spends time with their families in homelessness. Homelessness is often defined as the lack of adequate, fixed and regular night-time residence. Temporary Accommodation in Australia often refers to families staying in motel rooms, couch surfing, caravans and sleeping in cars. Temporary accommodation is often crowded and does not meet the needs of infant and child development. In the UK, 64% of households living in Temporary Accommodation (TA) are families. The first 5 years of a child’s development is imperative for lifelong; cognitive development, health, social connection and educational attainment.

OUR SPEAKER

Monica Lakhanpaul is Professor of Integrated Child Health at University College London (UCL), Consultant Paediatrician and NIHR National Strategic Specialty Co-lead (Children). She works at the intersections of health, education and environment, supported by citizen science and the creative arts, to co-develop solutions with the most underserved families in society with the aim of improving their children’s health and wellbeing. She leads the CHAMPIONS project exploring the impact on children living in temporary accommodation and advocating for action and change. She is recognised for being the first appointed Clinical Director leading the development of National guidelines for children in the UK for the National Institute of Care and Clinical Excellence (NICE), receiving the Asian Women of Achievement award in 2012 and BAME groundbreaking researcher award 2024. She has most recently been awarded a prestigious Churchill fellowship, and Honorary Doctorate in Science by De Montfort University in Leicester.

OUR CHAIR

A/Professor Yvonne Parry, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Caring Futures Institute, Flinders University

This is a public forum and also open to the community, everyone is welcome to attend. Please share with your colleagues, friends and networks.

For full event information and to register go here:  https://events.humanitix.com/hear-us-see-us-children-and-families-living-in-temporary-accommodation-homelessness