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Published: 31 March 2023

Dear colleagues,

This year EUPHA offers a place for discussion on emerging public health issues through various events. The EPH 2023 conference and the European Public Health Week 2023 are premier events that bring together researchers, academicians, public health specialists, healthcare practitioners, policymakers from all over Europe to present their research and new ideas in all fields of public health. Our section is planning to organize workshops and hold various events in collaboration with other EUPHA sections. We are interested in hearing your ideas and hosting your events, individual abstracts, round table discussions and workshops on INJURY PREVENTION & SAFETY PROMOTION. We invite you to submit your ideas HERE or Contact us HERE to offer you various ways of engagement in our section events.


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EPH 2023 conference HERE  
16th European Public Health Conference 2023
Theme: Our Food, Our Health, Our Earth: A Sustainable Future for Humanity

Place: Convention Centre Dublin, Ireland
Dates: 8-11 November 2023
Abstract submission: HERE 
Deadline for abstract submission: May 1st, 2023 at 18.00 CET.

• Abstracts are considered for oral and poster presentations. 
• Workshop proposals are considered for 60-minutes sessions.
• If your abstract is accepted and you present it at the 16th EPH Conference, it will be published in the Abstract Supplement of the European Journal of Public Health (Impact Factor: 4.424).

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European Public Health Week 2023 HERE
'Public health: Global issues, local actions'

Whether you are an institution, a health professional or an ordinary citizen interested in one of this year's five EUPHW themes, we'd like to invite you to organise your own online event(s) on one of the days of the week.  There are various ways to get involved. 

Dates: 22-26 May 2023
Website for event submission: HERE  
Each day of the week will have its own daily theme:
•    Monday 22 May: Mental health for all
•    Tuesday 23 May: Diversity in health
•    Wednesday 24 May: Access to care
•    Thursday 25 May: Prevention and control of chronic diseases
•    Friday 26 May: Global health emergencies and response

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Interesting News

  • New from CDCInjury: “What Works for Community-Dwelling Older Adults”. 4th edition of the compendium on evidence-based fall intervention programmes, with 9 new interventions for community-dwelling older adults.  (January 2023) More information: HERE 
  • Documenting Road Safety: A guide for governments and lead agencies a step-by-step process for documenting successes. (January, 2023) More information: HERE   
  • New report on “Tackling Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)” describes issues, solutions & need for urgent action (January, 2023). More information: HERE 
  • Advocating for emergency care: a guide for nongovernmental organizations (22 February 2023). More information: HERE  
  • New WHO guidelines on parenting interventions to prevent child maltreatment & enhance parent-child relationships now available (10 February, 2023). More information: HERE 
  • Occupant Restraints: A Road Safety Manual for Decision-Makers and Practitioners / A revised edition of the occupant restraints guide for policy-makers and practitioners (6 March, 2023). More information: HERE  
  • WHO urges more effective prevention of injuries and violence causing 1 in 12 deaths worldwide (29 November 2022). More information: HERE
  • A WHO document on preventing injuries & violence. (28 November, 2022). More information: HERE
  • Responding to child maltreatment: a clinical handbook for health professionals. (August, 2022). More information: HERE 

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Upcoming conferences and events

  • The 9th International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention. October 22-24, 2024. Michigan, USA. More information: HERE  
  • 8th International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology. Bar-Ilan Tel Aviv, Israel, 19-22 August 2024. More information: HERE  
  • 11th International ICSC. 15-17 November Hague The Netherlands. 21 April 2023: Abstract submission deadline. More information: HERE  
  • 23rd World Congress on Safety and Health at Work, 27-30 November 2023 — Sydney Australia. More information: HERE    
  • European Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion (EU-Safety 2023) will take place in Reykjavik, Iceland on 5 & 6 October. Deadline for abstract submission: 16 April, 2023. More information: HERE  
  • 2023 ISPCAN Congress will take place in person in Edinburgh, Scotland on September 24-27, 2023. More information: HERE
  • 11th International Congress on Transportation Research. September 20th - 22nd 2023, Heraklion, Crete. More information: HERE
  • 2023 IASR/AFSP International Summit on Suicide Research, October 15-18, 2023 Barcelona, Spain. Deadline: March 2, 2023, Poster/Oral Deadline: May 17, 2023. More information: HERE 
  • 22nd European Congress of Trauma and Emergency Surgery (ECTES), 7-9 May, 2023, Ljubljana, Slovenia. More information: HERE
  • 21st ESSKA Congress, European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy, 08-10 May 2024, Milan, Italy. More information: HERE
  • Smart Cities Symposium Prague 2023 & European Transport Congress 2023, 25-26 May 2023 Prague. Czech Republic. More information: HERE
  • 22nd European Congress of Trauma and Emergency Surgery (ECTES) From Science to Practice: From Colleagues to Friends. May 7-9, 2023. Ljubljana Slovenia. More information: HERE
  • 24th EFORT Congress in Vienna, Austria from 24 to 26 May 2023. More Information: HERE  

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Interesting studies

  • Satish Mishra, Justine Gosling, Ariane Laplante-Lévesque, Tomas Zapata and Natasha Azzopardi Muscat. “The need for rehabilitation services in the WHO European Region is substantial and growing” The Lancet Regional Health - Europe 2023;24: 100550
  • Rundle, A.G., Crowe, R.P., Wang, H.E. et al. "A methodology for the public health surveillance and epidemiologic analysis of outdoor falls that require an emergency medical services response". Inj. Epidemiol. 10, 4 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-023-00414-z
  • Spronk, I., van Baar, M.E., Verheij, R.A. et al. "The burden of disease of fatal and non-fatal burn injuries for the full spectrum of care in the Netherlands". Arch Public Health 81, 3 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-022-01020-z
  • Danielsen, S., Joensen, A., Andersen, P.K. et al. "Self-injury, suicidality and eating disorder symptoms in young adults following COVID-19 lockdowns in Denmark". Nat Hum Behav 7, 411–419 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01511-7
  • Barbiellini Amidei, C., Salmaso, L., Bellio, S. et al. "Epidemiology of traumatic spinal cord injury: a large population-based study". Spinal Cord 60, 812–819 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41393-022-00795-w
  • Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for patient safety: a rapid review. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2022. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/361283/9789240055094-eng.pdf?sequence=1 
  • Campwala, I., Guyette, F.X., Brown, J.B. et al. "Evaluation of critical care burden following traumatic injury from two randomized controlled trials". Sci Rep 13, 1106 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-28422-5
  • Sanchez, M., Vidal, J.S., Bichon, A., Mairesse, C., Flouquet, C., Hanon, O.,  Raynaud-Simon, A. "Impact of a public open-access community-based physical activity and fall prevention program on physical performance in older adults, European Journal of Public Health, Volume 33, Issue 1, February 2023, Pages 132–138, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac186 

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Funding opportunities

  • Call for proposals to prevent and combat gender-based violence and violence against children: call to intermediaries (giving financial support to third-party civil society organisations) Type: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV). Deadline date 19 April 2023. More information: HERE 
  • TENDER Provision of expertise services in the field of occupational health and safety for European Parliament staff PE PERS 2023 011. Publication date: 29 March 2023, Contract type: Services. Deadline date: 10 May 2023 17:00. More Information: HERE 
  • Aviation safety - Uncertainty quantification for safety and risk management. HORIZON-CL5-2023-D6-01-11. Call for proposal. Type of action: HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions. Opening date: 04 May 2023. Deadline model: single-stage. Deadline date: 05 September 2023 17:00:00 Brussels time. More Information: HERE 

 

Best regards,
Maria Papadakaki, President 
Hellenic Mediterranean University

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