EPH Conference, 8-11 November 2023 in Dublin, Ireland

The EPH Conference is fast approaching. Hope to see many of you soon in Dublin!

Join us for the Special Health Workforce satellite event at EPH Conference in Dublin, Wednesday, 8. November, 18.00-20.00, RCSI campus, St Stephens Green. Organised by Dr Niamh Humphries and hosted by the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI; https://www.rcsi.com/dublin/) and EUPHA-HWR section, the event will involve expert presentations from Tomas Zapata (WHO Europe), Ellen Kuhlmann (EUPHA-HWR) and Niamh Humphries (RCSI). It will give us an opportunity to discuss some of the healthcare workforce challenges we face and will provide some time and space for networking and collaboration. Everybody welcome! Please register, free of charge; https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/rcsigsm-health-workforce-seminar-and-networking-event-tickets-635293699557!

EPH Conference, Workshops organised/ co-organised by EUPHA-HWR

• Healthcare workforce crisis: moving the Bucharest Declaration forward, bridging evidence and policy. Organiser: EUPHA-HWR, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, WHO Europe, 11 November 2023, 40-12.40h; 10N
• Violence against healthcare workers: why it is a policy issue and how to respond effectively? Organiser: EUPHA-HWR, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, WHO Europe. 10 November, 9.00-10.00; 5N
• Legal determinants of health – what do (global) public health professionals need to know? Organiser: EUPHA-LAW, EUPHA-GH, EUPHA-HWR, EUPHAnxt, 10 November 2023, 15.10h-16.10h; 7H
• Circular migration of the health and care workforce: how can we design sustainable policies? Organiser: Department of Public Health, Babeș-Bolyai University and EUPHA-HWR, 10 November 2023, 40-17-40; 8N
• EUPHA-HWR Join-the-Network session, 10 November 2023, 50-13.50, Liffey Meeting Room. Everybody welcome! Don’t miss the opportunity to learn what is going on in the healthcare workforce network and make contacts as well as sharing your own research and ideas.
• Health workforce issues will also be addressed in many individual presentations at oral, pitch and poster sessions.

EUPHA-HWR Midterm Conference, 11-12 April 2024, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Under the theme ‘Investing in healthcare workforce governance: strengthen equity, inclusion and mental health & well-being’, this midterm conference is organised in collaboration with the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and the Department of Public Health at Babeș-Bolyai University, hosted by Marius Ungureanu and Monica Brinzac (EUPHAnxt Coordinator). A Call for Papers and further information is available at the conference website; https://hwrconference.publichealth.ro/.

• Deadline for abstract submission is 27 November 2023.
• There will no participation fee, thanks to funding from a EUPHA Operating Grant.
• Participants need to cover for their own travel and accommodation costs; Cluj- Napoca is well-connected with European airports and accommodation is affordable.

Notices

EUPHA-HWR election of a new president in November 2023. The regular term of the current EUPHA-HWR steering group ends and a new president and steering group will be elected in November 2023, taking office during/after the EPH Conference. The election will follow EUPHA guidelines and is organised by the EUPHA Office; please watch out for an email from the EUPHA Office in October, prior to the EPH Conference.

Special Issue of International Journal of Health Planning and Management/ Wiley ‘The workforce crisis in healthcare: moving the debate to bridge evidence and policy, edited by Ellen Kuhlmann, Gabriela Lotta and Tiago Correia. This was a two-step selection process and the deadline is now closed. A record number of more than 220 (!) abstracts received by the deadline exceeds by far even our most optimistic expectations. It gives proof of the growing relevance and rapid expansion of the field of healthcare workforce research. Publication of the Special Issue is preliminarily scheduled for spring 2024.

Publications

Brînzac M, et al. Defining medical deserts – an international consensus-building exercise. Eur J Public Health, 2023; https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad107

Burau V, Kuhlmann E and Lotta G. Comparative health policy goes qualitative: refocusing research after COVID-19. Int J Health Plann Mgmt, 2023; https://doi. org/10.1002/hpm.3686

Burau V, et al. Varieties of governance versatility and institutions: comparing the governance of primary care performance in six jurisdictions, Public Policy and Administration, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1177/09520767231183506

Czabanowska K, et al. Professionalization of the public health workforce: scoping review and call to action. Eur J Public Health, 2023; forthcoming

Kuhlmann E, Ungureanu M-I, et al. Migrant healthcare workers during COVID-19: bringing an intersectional health system-related approach into pandemic protection. A German case study. Front Public Health, 2023, 11:1152862; doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1152862

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Please forward this Newsletter to colleagues and friends who are interested in health workforce research; sign up for the EUPHA-HWR section; https://eupha.org/health-workforce-research.

Ellen Kuhlmann

EUPHA-HWR President

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