FIRST NATIONS: Sleep health of First Nations peoples: Initiatives to empower community members and service providers
Tracks
Track 1
| Saturday, October 11, 2025 |
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
Details
Community-led, co-designed initiatives are critical to advancing sleep health equity and improving sleep health outcomes for First Nations peoples. This symposium will share findings from the Let’s Yarn About Sleep program and insights on culturally responsive sleep health care. Speakers in this session will cover best practices for community engagement and leadership in sleep research, share insights into community understandings of sleep health and its impact on daily life, examine clinician-identified factors impacting culturally safe sleep healthcare, and showcase a screening tool to improve service delivery for First Nations peoples. Attendees will gain insights into community and clinicians' perspectives and practical approaches to improve sleep health care for First Nations peoples.
Speaker
Simon Smith
Chair and Introduction
Biography
Wayne Williams
Best practices for community engagement
11:05 AM - 11:25 AMBiography
Roslyn Von Senden
Best practices for community engagement
11:05 AM - 11:25 AMBiography
Prof Yaqoot Fatima
Professor of Sleep Health
University of the Sunshine Coast
OSA in First Nations communities
11:25 AM - 11:45 AMBiography
Ms Markesh Fanti
Community Research Assistant
University Of Sunshine Coast
OSA in First Nations communities
11:25 AM - 11:45 AMBiography
Bushra Nasir
Culturally responsive OSA service delivery for First Nations peoples
11:45 AM - 12:05 PMBiography
Lacoata Major
Culturally responsive OSA service delivery for First Nations peoples
11:45 AM - 12:05 PMBiography
Subash Heraganahally
OSA screening in primary care
12:05 PM - 12:25 PMBiography
Dr Timothy Howarth
Post-doctoral Researcher
Darwin Respiratory and Sleep Health
OSA screening in primary care
12:05 PM - 12:25 PMBiography
