Bush Foods and Kidney Health

You're invited to participate in a Bush Foods and Kidney Health Workshop along with a Yarning & Listening Circle to help inform digital health promotion for First Nations people.

Using a strengths-based approach, this workshop will be informative, interactive and facilitated in a two-way sharing style. This workshop focusses on preventing and managing chronic kidney disease (CKD). Information shared will lean into the needs of the group, and touch on topics such as dietary strategies for maintaining kidney health, managing risk factors, and potentially slowing disease progression. We believe in utilising deep listening to support food choices that promote health and wellbeing and discuss concepts such as planning balanced meals, how specific nutrients may fit into a healthful way of eating and how to integrate ancestral ways of eating and living in modern times. 

During and following the workshop, you will be invited to share your stories and have a yarn about your thoughts on eating for kidney problems, and how health promotion can help you and your family and the opportunities, risks and preferences within digital health tools.

The workshop will be led by Tracy Hardy, APD from Wattleseed Nutrition with Dr Jaimon Kelly, Kidney Dietitian from University of Queensland Centre for Online Health. The yarning and listening circle will be led by Marc Harbrow of Harbrow Mentoring with Tara Diversi of Sophus Digital Health.

The workshop and yarning circle will be followed by a delicious lunch with connections.

About the Facilitator

Tracy is a Gamilaroi woman, Nutritionist, Dietitian and Founder of Wattleseed Nutrition, Health and Wellbeing, a 100% Aboriginal owned. Adopting a personalised, holistic, culturally centred and trauma informed approach to foods, food systems and environments, health and wellbeing, Tracy applies a strengths-based and cultural lens, focussing on sustainable and healing connections, conversations and actions. She truly believes in the strength and healing power of understanding the impacts of trauma and revitalizing and sustaining connections to traditional foods, lands, and practices. Tracy believes through two-way sharing of knowledge we foster understanding and grow stronger in self, mind, body, and spirit wellbeing.

Agenda

Invitation Criteria

This workshop and yarning/listening circle is open to people who:

1. Identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander

2. Are interested in kidney health, are at risk of chronic kidney disease, or are living with chronic kidney disease.

3. Are 16 years and over

4. Are willing to participoate in a conversation about their beleifs and views around healthy eating and preferences when it comes to health promotion materials.

In addition, acknowledging that the workshop is consumer focussed the following people are also invited to the workshop and yarning/listening circle

1. A limited number of tickets are available for First Nations people who are also health workers or health professionals looking to improve their knowledge for their personal or family interest and willing to participate in the conversation or answer questions following the workshop.

2. A small number of tickets are available for health practitioners and professionals (First Nations allies) who work directly in Chronic Kidney Disease and are willing to participate in the conversation or answer questions following the workshop.

Research Ethics

This workshop is part of the research project: Project Title: Exploring healthful nutrition and co-design culturally appropriate digital materials to prevent and manage chronic kidney disease AIATSIS Research Ethics Committee Approval Reference Number: REC-0430 and UQ HREA no. 2024/HE002557). The research project is a joint project through partners CRCNA, UQ Centre for Online Health, Gurriny Yealamucka Health Service and Sophus Digital Health.