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The 10th Nordic Public Health Conference Turku, Finland 24-26.8.2011

Solin Pia — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 09:56:25 GMT

The 10th Nordic Public Health Conference Turku, Finland 24-26.8.2011. We are pleased to invite you to the 10th Nordic Public Health Conference (NFHK2011) to be held in Turku, Finland on 24-26 August 2011 and would appreciate if you could pass on this invitation to your colleagues or networks in the health sector. Submissions of abstracts on various areas of public health are welcome. The main theme of the conference is 'Health promotion at a system level - How does the Nordic welfare model cope with today's challenges?'. The NFHK2011 Conference looks ahead to better implementation and intersectoral action on health promotion. For further information, please see the conference website: http://www.thl.fi/en_US/web/en/whats_new/events/nordic_public_health_conference_2011. Abstracts should be submitted via the website http://www.thl.fi/en_US/web/en/whatsnew/events/nordicpublichealthconference/abstracts. The deadline for abstract submission is 1 March 2011. With best regards, NFHK2011 organisers.

Culture, Health and Well-being -conference 21.-24.9.2011 in Turku, Finland

Solin Pia — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 09:46:39 GMT

The International Congress on Culture, Health and Well-being (CultWell) is to be held in Turku, Finland, on 21-24 September 2011. The congress aims to explore the link between culture, health and well-being, to identify methodological possibilities of the field, to consider what constitutes well-being, healthy life, and happiness, to share best practices involving culture and health to improve well-being and to promote artists` health and well-being. The International Congress on Culture, Health and Well-being (CultWell) is to be held in Turku, Finland, on 21-24 September 2011. The congress aims to explore the link between culture, health and well-being, to identify methodological possibilities of the field, to consider what constitutes well-being, healthy life, and happiness, to share best practices involving culture and health to improve well-being and to promote artists` health and well-being.

Mental Health in Workplace Settings

Tilia Bousios — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:29:00 GMT

A thematic conference on Mental Health in Workplace Settings will be organised on 03-04 March 2011 in Berlin

10th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion,

Tilia Bousios — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:27:00 GMT

Safety 2010 is a major world conference bringing together stakeholders in the prevention of unintentional injuries and violence from around the world to debate, discuss and exchange information and experiences. The key theme of the conference is Safe and Equitable Communities. This theme has been chosen to reflect the disproportionate burden from almost all types of injuries that falls on poorer communities. Such differences are apparent both within countries, between countries and even between global regions.

Safety 2010 is a major world conference bringing together stakeholders in the prevention of unintentional injuries and violence from around the world to debate, discuss and exchange information and experiences.
The key theme of the conference is Safe and Equitable Communities. This theme has been chosen to reflect the disproportionate burden from almost all types of injuries that falls on poorer communities. Such differences are apparent both within countries, between countries and even between global regions.

Mental Health of Older People

Tilia Bousios — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:28:40 GMT

The Commission and the Spanish Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs under the auspices of the Spanish Presidency in cooperation with the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions will organise a thematic conference Mental Health in Older People. This event will take place on 21-22 April 2010 in Madrid.

7th International Conference on Workplace Bullying & Harassment "Transforming Research: Evidence and Practice"

Evi Kostakou — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:48:00 GMT

A great deal of uncertainty and ambivalence exists in many contemporary organisations and indeed in society more generally.......

A great deal of uncertainty and ambivalence exists in many contemporary organisations and indeed in society more generally.

Partly this uncertainty may be attributed to the current economic climate; globalisation and its consequences; rapid technological change; to acts, or threats of acts of terrorism; shifting patterns of work and work relationships; and economic mismanagement and unethical behaviours in some corporations.

We have seen an increase in reported stories of bullying, harassment, pressured workplaces, violence at work and deviant behaviours in the workplace currently and in the last decade or so. We have also seen increased employee anxiety; a change to concepts such as loyalty, commitment and service; and a growing mistrust of management and colleagues and their motives. Behaviours associated with bullying have been reported at all levels in organisations; from managers to staff, staff to managers; staff to staff, and customers or suppliers to staff.

In many cases, government bodies have made serious attempts to address the problem by supporting research activity. More work, however, remains to be done and this conference presents an opportunity to share what has been done so far and to discuss where we might need to go in the future.

One of the aims for this conference is to bring interested parties in organisations and government; researchers; policy makers; intervention specialists such as mediators, trainers, practitioners, therapists and counsellors together in a unified and synergistic conference format where ideas may be shared and exchanged in the spirit of collegiality and co-operation. In this way, we will enhance knowledge exchange and the dissemination of knowledge relating to workplace bullying and harassment.

The conference will enable researchers and practitioners to discuss and debate appropriate research and practicalities into matters affecting them at work to create new understanding; and to use that understanding to put in place positive strategies and interventions to create more meaningful, productive, and positive workplaces.

8th European Conference on Health Economics: Connecting Health and Economics

Evi Kostakou — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:43:00 GMT

The biennial European conference has been designed by the European Conference Committee of the International Health Economics Association (iHEA) to rotate among the European countries and falls between iHEA’s related world congresses. The 2010 conference will be hosted by the Finnish Society for Health Economics in Helsinki, Finland. Together with the world congresses, ECHE2010 offers the principal platform for leading researchers with an interest in health economics. This facilitates sharing of results, policy debate and knowledge exchange and also contributes to the foundation of networks in addition to improving the quality of research on health economics. The theme of the 2010 conference is Connecting Health and Economics.

Together with the world congresses, ECHE2010 offers the principal platform for leading researchers with an interest in health economics. This facilitates sharing of results, policy debate and knowledge exchange and also contributes to the foundation of networks in addition to improving the quality of research on health economics. The theme of the 2010 conference is Connecting Health and Economics.

20th IUHPE World Conference on Heath Promotion

Evi Kostakou — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:10:00 GMT

The 20th IUHPE World Conferences on Health Promotion – Geneva 2010 – is a triennial event organized by the International Union for Health Promotion and Education and Health Promotion Switzerland.

The 20th IUHPE World Conferences on Health Promotion – Geneva 2010 – is a triennial event organized by the International Union for Health Promotion and Education and Health Promotion Switzerland.

In a globalized world, the dynamics of modernisation and urbanisation pose major challenges to both health promotion and societal development. Therefore, the focus of the Geneva 2010 conference is on building bridges between health promotion and sustainable development by:

presenting and discussing state-of-the-art knowledge and cross-cutting issues in health promotion and sustainable development,
showcasing and challenging best practice in health promotion, with focus on sustainability, and
initiating strong alliances and partnerships for promoting sound policies and practices that positively impact the health of people, societies and the planet.

Adressing Imbalances: Promoting Equity in Mental Health

Tilia Bousios — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:08:00 GMT

The Sixth World Conference on the Promotion of Mental Health and Prevention of Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Risks and Opportunities: Mental Health and the Internet Conference

Evi Kostakou — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:33:00 GMT

This conference will explore the relationships and connections between mental health and the online world. The conference will address the ways in which the internet can affect mental heath and how e-health and online strategies can support people with mental health problems to recovery.

This conference will explore the relationships and connections between mental health and the online world.

The conference will address the ways in which the internet can affect mental heath and how e-health and online strategies can support people with mental health problems to recovery.

For more information go to: www.sdcmh.ork.uk

ProMenPol Conference 2009 - Promotion of Mental Health – Improving Practice and Policy

Tilia Bousios — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:56:00 GMT

The 2009 ProMenPol Conference will take place in Berlin on October 8th and 9th 2009.

The third ProMenPol conference took place in Berlin on October 8th and 9th 2009. At this conference the ProMenPol project was very pleased to be cooperating with the European Network for Workplace Health Promotion (ENWHP) to launch the new ENWHP Campaign with the slogan work. in tune with life. move europe. The main objective of this campaign is to increase awareness among enterprises, stakeholders and the general public of the need for, and the benefits of, mental health promotion at the workplace. Additionally, an essential element will be the identification of useful and practical measures and models on the promotion and preservation of mental health amongst the enterprises participating in the campaign.

At this joint conference, the thematic focus was laid on lessons learned from practice and its perception in the sphere of policy, practice and research. In addition to the launch of the new campaign, ProMenPol presented results from conducting Mental Health Promotion Field Trials and good-practice example for each of the ProMenPol settings (education, workplace and older people’s residences). The presentations formed the basis for discussing advantageous and disadvantageous aspects of evidence-based and good-practice results during the panel discussion as well as during the interactive workshops.

Furthermore, the Project presented latest developments concerning its classification system for mental health promotion tools and the newly launched ProMenPol toolkit. Both enhance the ProMenPol database which compiles hundreds of existing tools, manages information on the implementation process and thereby supports practitioners in addressing mental health promotion in their organisations.

All conference presentations plus the minutes from the workshops can be downloaded by clicking on the respective contribution on the right of this page.

EU Policy Forum - Monitoring Positive Mental Health Environments

Tilia Bousios — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:00:00 GMT

Within this final conference of the project, the Policy Forum for Monitoring Positive Mental Health Environments, the results of the entire project will be presented and a policy agenda proposed to implement the recommendations and the wide use of the elaborated template in all the European regions.

The EU-Project Monitoring Mental Health Environments aimed to collect, process, analyse and evaluate objective, reliable and comparable available information and data in 17 European regions, to effectively formulate and monitor appropriate strategies, policies and tools on the field of promoting mental health at the community level. Information at national level was requested also. The information and data were collected by using an already tested and agreed set of structural indicators of social and environmental factors that have approved impact in positive mental health. It is intended that the Policy Forum audience will be a combination of stakeholders and practitioners in public health, mental health and health promotion: - policy leads and decision-makers in community, regional and national positions - consultants, project-managers, researchers, implementation and evaluation experts. Please register till 15th August 2009, registration form (accommodation included) available via Dr. Arnhold: arnhold@bruecke.org. A block-booking of rooms has been made. Price per night / full board 80,00 Euro/person. If you have problems or questions with your registration please contact Dr. Arnhold.

2009 World Congress of the World Federation for Mental Health

Tilia Bousios — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:30:00 GMT

The 2009 Congress theme, "Working Together for Mental Health", reflects WFMH’s call to action to "Make Mental Health a Global Priority" and recognizes the crucial role of informed, concerted, and coordinated advocacy across the entire mental health movement – consumers and service users, family members and carers, professionals, citizen advocates, and the informed public – if mental health and mental illnesses are to gain the attention and priority needed. The 2009 World Congress will provide numerous opportunities for participants to gain new information and skills, to strengthen current networks and build new ones, to share their own knowledge and experiences and to become actively engaged in the global mental health movement.

The 2009 Congress theme, "Working Together for Mental Health", reflects WFMH’s call to action to "Make Mental Health a Global Priority" and recognizes the crucial role of informed, concerted, and coordinated advocacy across the entire mental health movement – consumers and service users, family members and carers, professionals, citizen advocates, and the informed public – if mental health and mental illnesses are to gain the attention and priority needed. The 2009 World Congress will provide numerous opportunities for participants to gain new information and skills, to strengthen current networks and build new ones, to share their own knowledge and experiences and to become actively engaged in the global mental health movement.

Highlights of the Congress Program include a Congress Forum to review the impact of The Lancet Series on Global Mental Health, the biennial WFMH Margaret Mead, George Albee, and Mary Hemingway-Rees memorial lectures and the first WFMH Mental Health Consumers Lecture, a host of special issue symposia, and a special plenary session to introduce the 2009 World Mental Health Day global awareness campaign.

Conference on "Quality of Life in Child and Adolescent Mental Health" (ESCAP)

Tilia Bousios — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:54:00 GMT

The International Conference is sponsored by the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (ESCAP) and organised jointly together with the Hungarian Association for Child Neurology and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. The Conference will take place in Budapest, Hungary between 22-26 August 2009. The main theme of the conference will be the improvement of the quality of life for children. Psychiatric disorders are those that – besides the sociocultural conditions and effects of organic diseases – can influence the quality of life for children and young people in the most negative way. The human rights of children and young people with mental illness and/or learning disabilities must be taken seriously.

Youth and Health Conference

Tilia Bousios — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:38:00 GMT

This event will be organised by the European Commission in cooperation with the European Youth Forum and other youth organisations. Young people from across Europe are expected to attend, as well as representatives from youth organisations, health professionals and institutions. The conference aims to listen to young people and involve them in decision making processes regarding their health, as well as to generate commitment from stakeholders to improve the health of youth. Further information is available at: http://ec.europa.eu/health-eu/youth/index_en.htm

This event will be organised by the European Commission in cooperation with the European Youth Forum and other youth organisations. Young people from across Europe are expected to attend, as
well as representatives from youth organisations, health professionals and institutions. The conference aims to listen to young people and involve them in decision making processes regarding
their health, as well as to generate commitment from stakeholders to improve the health of youth. Further information is available at: http://ec.europa.eu/health-eu/youth/index_en.htm