EUPHA Section - Injury prevention and safety promotion Newsletter

Published: 30 August 2021

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to our section events to be held during the 14th European Public Health Conference between 10-12 November 2021. Our workshops will attempt to highlight the opportunities, challenges and risks arising from the pandemic and will facilitate conversations on addressing the gaps in injury prevention and safety promotion. We encourage young researchers, community workers, policy makers, academics, and public health practitioners to register and join the discussions.

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Pre-conference: Safety challenges and altered injury patterns in Europe during COVID-19 and beyond

Wednesday 10 November 2021, Time: 09:00 - 12:40 CET, Room: P12

Organiser: EUPHA Injury Prevention & Safety Promotion section (EUPHA INJ)

The aim of the workshop is to discuss intentional and unintentional injury risks and safety promotion issues during the global COVID-19 pandemic. It starts with the discussion of perceived risk and risk communication and their relationship with the adoption of proper preventive behaviours in the times of pandemic. Safety at home and during leisure time, violence and suicide prevention, occupational safety, injuries in vulnerable target groups (children and elderly) remain in the focus of this workshop, as well as prevention and safety strategies.

Speakers:

Tatiana Alves, School of Health, Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, Portugal & National Institute of Health Dr Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
Robert Bauer, Department of Sports and Leisure Safety, KfV/Austrian Road Safety Board, Austria
Christos Lionis, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece
Anne Lounamaa, National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Finland
Maria Papadakaki, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Greece
Lodewijk Pas, University of Leuven, Belgium, and European Family Justice Centers Association
Birute Strukcinskiene, Klaipeda University, Lithuania

More info: HERE

Registration fee: € 50 (inclusive of VAT)

REGISTER HERE

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Workshop: Injury epidemiology, treatment, costs and legislation during the COVID-19 pandemic

Friday 12 November 2021, Time: 11:30-12:30 CET, Room L

Organisers:

EUPHA Injury Prevention & Safety Promotion
EUPHA Public Health Monitoring & Reporting
EUPHA Public Health Epidemiology
EUPHA Public Health Economics

The workshop aims to discuss the effect of COVID-19 lockdown on the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of injuries, as well as the barriers of maintaining (or even improving) data quality during the different phases of the pandemic. The w orkshop will further discuss hospital demand and will identify the challenges for the health systems in handling the complex needs of vulnerable patients under serious restrictions. The workshop will also highlight the legal and regulatory measures taken and their level of efficacy in promoting free movement of workers within EU but also the right to work guaranteed under ECHR and ILO Conventions and Declaration. The high human and societal costs as well as inequalities of injury mortality and burden will be highlighted based on comparisons with long-term trends. The workshop will contribute to the identification of evidence-informed strategies and will promote effective planning and optimization of health services response for future pandemics.

Speakers:

Tatiana Alves, National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
Johan Lund, National Institute of Public Health, Norway
Maria Papadakaki, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Greece
Birgitte Blatter and Inge M. Krul, European Association for Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion (EUROSAFE), Netherlands
Mathilde Sengoelge & Lucie Laflamme, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Juanita Haagsma, Department of Public Health, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Netherlands
Dimitra Lingri, European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Network (EHFCN), Belgium; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Elena Petelos, University of Crete, Greece

REGISTER HERE

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Workshop: New working environments, occupational risks and socioeconomic inequalities during covid-19 pandemic

Wednesday 10 November 2021, Time: 16:10-17:10 CET, Room: K

Organisers:

EUPHA Injury Prevention & Safety Promotion
EUPHA Social Security, Work and Health

The workshop will attempt to map the work patterns that emerged during the covid-19 pandemic and to highlight the opportunities, challenges and risks arising from the new working environments. Health, economic and social impacts of new employment arrangements will be discussed with emphasis on systemic and structural factors increasing inequalities. Social protection gaps will be highlighted in line with human rights and international labour standards. The workshop will further discuss how to take advantage of the extensive potential of innovative tools and forms of work with regard to employee health and safety. Public policies, legislative initiatives and innovative ways of responding to the challenges will be presented. The workshop will conclude with policy recommendations taking into account the future of work that will be shaped due to COVID-19.

Speakers:

Barbara Gerstenberger, Unit Working Life, Eurofound
Nico Dragano, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Germany
Elke Schneider, Prevention and Research Unit, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)

REGISTER HERE

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Interesting news

Road safety: preliminary figures from 18 Member states: 4 000 fewer people lost their lives on EU roads in 2020 as death rate falls to all time low (April, 2021). More information: HERE
Eurostat is launching a new web section dedicated to European Occupational Diseases Statistics (EODS). (April, 2021). More information: HERE
EU strategic framework on health and safety at work 2021-2027 Occupational safety and health in a changing world of work (June, 2021). More information: HERE
European Parliament: More robust measures on road safety, such as, 30 km/h speed limit and zero-tolerance for drink-driving (June, 2021). More information: HERE
New website with international travel info for motorists with special needs (June, 2021). More information: HERE
Guideline on provision of day-care and basic swimming and water safety skills training to prevent drowning. More information: HERE
European regional status report on preventing violence against children. More information: HERE

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Upcoming Conferences and Events

XXII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work, 2023 September 2021— Canada. More information: HERE
IASR/AFSP International Summit on Suicide Research, October 24-27, 2021 • Virtual Conference. More information: HERE
EU Falls Festival- Falls prevention: Getting things done in practice, April 4-5 2022, Leuven, Belgium. Deadline for abstract submission: 15 September, 2021. More information: HERE
21st European Congress of Trauma and Emergency Surgery (ECTES), April 24-26, 2022, Oslo, Norway. Deadline for abstract submission: 10 October, 2021. More information: HERE
20th ESSKA Congress, European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy, 27-29 April 2022, Paris, France. Deadline for abstract submission: 15 September 2021. More information: HERE
European Mobility Week. Applications for the EU Urban Road Safety Award are now open. Application deadline: 31 October 2021. More information: HERE
8th RSS 2022 International Conference, 08-10 June 2022, Athens, Greece. Abstract submission closed. More information: HERE
10th European Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion (EU-Safety 2022), 23-24 June 2022, Vienna, Austria. Deadline for abstract submission: 1 December 2021. More information: HERE
Velo-city 2022. 14-17 June 2022, Ljubljana, Slovenia. More information: HERE
23rd EFORT Congress, 22-24 June 2022, Lisbon, Portugal. Abstract submission will open on Monday 15 September 2021. More information: HERE
Fourth International Conference on Paediatric Acquired Brain Injury, September 21-24, 2022, New York City. Abstract submission closed. More information: HERE
14th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, 27–30 November 2022, Adelaide, Australia. Abstract submission will open soon. More information: HERE
14th Biennial World Congress on Brain Injury, March 29-April 1, 2023, Dublin, Ireland. Abstract submission will open soon. More information: HERE
SVRI FORUM 2022, 19-23 September 2022, CANCUN MEXICO. Abstract submission will open mid September 2021. More information: HERE

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Interesting studies

NISCI - A multicenter European clinical trial. Enhancing regeneration and functional recovery after acute spinal cord injury. Access: HERE
Social inequalities and hospital admission for unintentional injury in young children in Scotland: A nationwide linked cohort study. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, Volume 6, July 2021.Access: HERE
Analysing the variation in volume and nature of trauma presentations during COVID-19 lockdown in Ireland. Bone Joint Open 2020;1-6:261– 266. Access: HERE
Severely injured patients do not disappear in a pandemic: Incidence and characteristics of severe injuries during COVID-19 lockdown in Finland. Acta Orthopaedica 2021; 92 (3): 249–253. Access: HERE
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the treatment of injuries during lockdown in Norway. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 1–8. Access: HERE
Trends in accident-related admissions to pediatric intensive care units during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Germany. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.06.21261728; Access: HERE
Intimate partner violence during the COVID-19 pandemic in Western and Southern European countries. European Journal of Public Health, 1-6. Access: HERE
Inverse correlates of COVID-19 mortality across European countries during the first versus subsequent waves. BMJ Global Health 2021;6:e006422. Access: HERE
The complex picture of self-harm during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. Volume 6, July 2021. Access: HERE
Violence prevention in vulnerable groups: the case of children and gender-based violence. European Journal of Public Health, Volume 30, Issue Supplement_5, September 2020, ckaa165.134. Access: HERE

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Funding opportunities

Assessing and improving labour conditions and health and safety at work in farming. Programme ID: HORIZON-CL6-2022-COMMUNITIES-01-02. Type: HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions. Opening date: 28 October 2021. Deadline date 15 February 2022. More information: HERE
Domestic and sexual violence are prevented and combated. Programme ID: HORIZON-CL3-2021-FCT-01-06. Type of action: HORIZON Innovation Actions. Opening date: 30 June 2021. Deadline date: 23 November 2021. More information: HERE
Prevention of child sexual exploitation. Programme ID: HORIZON-CL3-2021-FCT-01-11. Type of action: HORIZON Innovation Actions. Opening date: 30 June 2021. Deadline date: 23 November 2021. More information: HERE
Effective fight against trafficking in human beings. Programme ID: HORIZON-CL3-2022-FCT-01-07. Type of action: HORIZON Innovation Actions. Opening date: 30 June 2021. Deadline date: 23 November 2021. More information: HERE
Radical improvement of road safety in low and medium income countries in Africa. Programme ID: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D6-01-11. Type of action: HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions. Opening date: 24 June 2021. Deadline date: 19 October 2021. More information: HERE
European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST). OPEN CALL FOR PROPOSALS – COLLECTION OC-2021-1. Deadline date 29 October 2021. More information: HERE