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Society. Health. Welfare.

9th International Multidisciplinary Research Conference
29–31 March 2023                        at Rīga Stradiņš University & online

Main Topics

Public Health

  • Behaviour models in health communication
  • Health promotion
  • Primary, secondary and tertiary disease prevention
  • Social determinants of health
  • Risk factors and epidemiology of diseases
  • COVID-19

Health Systems Research

  • Governance and financing of health systems
  • Person-centered health services
  • Measuring and improving quality
  • Digital health

Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

  • Human biomonitoring as re-evaluation and sentinel tool for health risks
  • Pandemic of occupational psychoemotional risks
  • Inclusive approach to ergonomic risks
  • Indoor air quality – re-evaluated

Psychological Care

  • Innovative approaches to health and clinical psychology
  • Supporting technology in psychological therapies and interventions

Social Welfare

  • An eco-social perspective and community social work
  • Change management, innovations and leadership in social work
  • Culturally competent social work with refugees and asylum seekers
  • Digitalisation in social work education and practice

Nursing and Midwifery

  • Leadership and management
  • Working environment, including technology solutions
  • Effective coverage of services
  • Multisectoral collaboration in health system

Programme at a Glance

29 March
Session: Public Health
9:15–9:30Opening
9:30–10:00Keynote - Susan Michie
10:00–10:30Abstarct-driven presentations
10:30–11:00Break
11:00–12:00Abstarct-driven presentations
12:00–12:30Panel discussion
12:30–13:30Break
Session: Occupational and Environmental Health
13:30–14:00Keynote - Marike Kolossa-Gehring
14:00–15:00Abstarct-driven presentations
15:00–15:30Break
15:30–16:15Abstarct-driven presentations
16:15–17:00Panel discussion
30 March
Session: Social Welfare
9:00–9:10Opening
9:10–9:40Keynote - Aila-Leena Matthies
9:40–10:00Keynote - Zoe Kessler
10:00–10:30Abstarct-driven presentations
10:30–11:00Break
11:00–11:20Round table discussion 1
11:20–12:00Round table discussion 2
12:00–12:30Round table discussion 3
Session: Psychology
13:30–14:10Keynote - Angelos Kassianos
14:10–15:00Abstarct-driven presentations
15:00–15:30Break
15:30–16:15Abstarct-driven presentations
16:15–17:00Panel discussion
31 March
Session: Health Systems Research
9:00–9:30Keynote - Steffen Flessa
9:30–10:30Abstarct-driven presentations
10:30–11:00Break
11:00–11:45Abstarct-driven presentations
11:45–12:30Panel discussion
12:30–13:30Break
Session: Nursing and Midwifery
13:30–14:00Keynote 1 - Margrieta Langins
14:00–14:30Keynote 2 - Alba Llop Girones
14:30–15:00Panel discussion
Side event (28 March)

Seminar "The Use of Evidence-Based Interventions for Health Behaviour Change"

Venue: RSU Anatomy Museum at 9 Kronvalda bulvāris, Rīga

During RSU Research week 2023, RSU in cooperation with the leading world-renowned Centre for Behaviour Change (CBC) located at London’s Global University (UCL) invites you to become acquainted with the newest approaches in planning and executing interventions for health behaviour change and communication of health behaviour.

Programme

14:00Tour of the RSU Anatomy museum (for those interested)
15:00–15:05The development of interventions for health behaviour change – one of the directions of development for RSU Institute of Public Health
Anda Ķīvīte-Urtāne, Director of RSU Institute of Public Health
15:05–15:15RSU experience with the development of a strategy for communication of health behaviour change
Vita Savicka, Head of the Health Communication Master’s Study Programme, RSU
15:15–16:15The integration of scientific achievements in health behaviour change within the development of interventions for health behaviour change. Stereotypes about aspects influencing health behaviour. Case analysis
Prof. Robert West, London’s Global University, Centre for Bahaviour Change
16:15–17:00Questions and answers. Exchanging experiences
R. West, V. Savicka and A. Ķīvīte-Urtāne
  • Working language: Latvian (interpreter will be provided)
  • Admission is free of charge (limited number of participants)
  • Apply for the tour and seminar or only the seminar by e-mail to alise[pnkts]curksteatrsu[pnkts]lv until Monday, 20 March

Additional information

  • Prof. Robert West – Emeritus Professor at London’s Global University (UCL), researcher of behaviour change, specialized in addiction mitigation questions. Editor-in-Chief of the journal “Addiction”, consultant of British governmental institutions, participated in the development of addiction mitigation strategy. Author of the book “The SmokeFree Formula (Orion)”, that provides recommendations for interventions to limit smoking and has been translated in Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Norwegian, Rumanian, Turkish, French, Italian and German languages. One of the developers of COM – B model for behaviour Change and Behaviour Change Wheel (BCW)
  • Assoc. Prof. Anda Ķīvīte-Urtāne – director of RSU Institute of Public Health, participated in research dedicated to health behaviour changes
  • Asst. Prof. Vita Savicka – Head of the Health Communication master’s programme at RSU, studied the COM-B and BWC methods at the Centre for Behaviour Change, London’s Global University, participates in research about factors influencing behaviour change and develops strategy for behaviour change

International Scientific Committee

Committee chair: Assoc. Prof. Anda Ķīvīte-Urtāne, Director, Institute of Public Health, RSU / Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, RSU, Latvia

  • Prof. Ģirts Briģis – Head of the Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, RSU, Latvia
  • Prof. Anita Villeruša – Chair, Scientific Council, Institute of Public Health, RSU / Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, RSU / Director of Public Health Study Programme, RSU, Latvia
  • Assoc. Prof. Ivars Vanadziņš – Director, Institute for Occupational Safety and Environmental Health, RSU / Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, RSU, Latvia
  • Asst. Prof. Daiga Behmane – Director of Health Management Study Programme, RSU / Lead researcher, Institute of Publice Health, RSU, Latvia
  • Assoc. Prof. Lolita Vilka – Head of the Department of Welfare and Social Work, RSU / Director of Social Work Study Programme, RSU, Latvia
  • Prof. Kristīne Mārtinsone – Head of the Department of Health Psychology and Paedagogy, RSU, Latvia
  • Prof. Inga Millere – Dean, Faculty of Public Health and Social Welfare, RSU / Department of Nursing and Midwifery, RSU / Chair of Board, Clinic of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, RSU, Latvia
  • Assoc. Prof. Inese Gobiņa – Member of Scientific Council, Institute of Public Health, RSU / Faculty of Public Health and Social Welfare, RSU, Latvia
  • Vita Savicka – Faculty of Communication, RSU / Director of Health Communication Study Programme, RSU / Health Management Lecturer Group, RSU, Latvia
  • Asst. Prof. Jeļena Reste – Lead researcher, Institute of Occupational Safety and Environmental Health, RSU / Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, RSU, Latvia
  • Inese Mārtiņsone – Lead researcher and Head of the Laboratory of Hygiene and Occupational Diseases, RSU, Latvia
  • Asst. Prof. Toms Pulmanis – Vice-Dean, Faculty of Public Health and Social Welfare, RSU / Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Latvia
  • Prof. Mindaugas Štelemėkas, Ph.D.; Head and Senior Scientist, Health Research Institute, WHO Collaborating Centre for the Prevention & Control of NCDs; Prof., Department of Preventive Medicine; Faculty of Public Health, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (Lithuania)
  • Doc. Dr. psych. Jeļena Koļesņikova, Director of Health Psychology Study Programme, RSU/ Manager, Psychology Laboratory, RSU, Latvia
  • Prof. Olav Götz, PhD. Professor of General Business Administration and Health Care Consulting, Health Care Consultant, The APOLLON University of Applied Sciences (Germany)
  • Assoc. prof. Marketa Rusnakova, Vice-Rector for Foreign Relations and Mobility, Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work (PhD.); Catholic University in Ružomberok (Slovakia)
  • Angelos Kassianos BSc, MSc, PGCert, PhD, MBPSs, HCPC Reg., FHEA; Department of Nursing, Cyprus University of Technology; Departments of Psychology and Computer Science, University of Cyprus, Department of Applied Health Research University College London (United Kingdom)
  • Asst. Prof. Daniel Markovič, Catholic University in Ruzomberok, Head of the Department of Social Work (Slovakia)
  • Assoc. prof. Nina Koliadenko, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Medical Psychology, PJSC “PHEI “Interregional Academy of Personnel Management” (Ukraine)
  • PhD, RN Baiba Zarins, Program Manager, Nipissing University BScN Scholar Practitioner Program, The Michener Institute of Education at UHN (Canada)
  • Prof. Irena Žemaitaityte, Institue of Educational Science and Social Work, Mykolas Romeris University (Lithuania)
  • Assoc. Prof. Manuel Ferreira, University Institute of Lisbon (Portugal)
  • PhD, PHN Arja Liinamo, Principal Lecturer, Department of Health Promotion, Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (Finland)
  • Dr. Sandra Dudareva, MSSc, MSAE, Co-Lead of viral hepatitis team, Head of WHO Collaborating Centre for viral hepatitis and HIV, Unit for HIV/AIDS, STI and Blood-borne Infections, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute (Germany)
  • Dr. Antons Mozaļevskis, Technical Officer, Key Populations, Global HIV, Hepatitis and STI Programmes, World Health Organization (Switzerland)

Keynote Speakers

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