Public Health Events in the UK and Europe
Please note that this list of public health events is updated on a monthly basis. The Faculty of Public Health (FPH) reserves the right to decide which events are included in this list. However, inclusion on this list does not imply that FPH endorses or has investigated the contents of listed events. Should you wish to include an events listing, please complete this form
2010
Is the NHS equipped to tackle the burden of alcohol alone?
Date: Tuesday 2 February
Venue: Sloane Room, Royal College of Physicians, 11 St. Andrews Pl, London, NW1 4LE
Alcohol misuse is one of the public health epidemics of the 21 Century. Consumption in the UK has increased by 19% over the last three decades and the costs and pressure on the NHS continues to mount. In the last year alone, alcohol was estimated to have accounted for £2.7 billion of NHS expenditure.
Improving public health has been deemed a key cross-party priority ahead of the General Election and it will be important for any new Government to decide upon the correct approach early on to prevent the unsustainable burden on the NHS. This breakfast seminar will consider the twin tracked approach needed to tackle this issue, bringing together health policy experts from across the field with key opinion formers from Westminster and Whitehall to judge the best combination of system re-design and national policy required.
For more information please contact Abigail Stapleton on abigail.stapleton@nhsconfed.org.
Pavilion supported by Mind present: Sex, relationships and mental health
Date: 4 February 2010
Venue: ORT House Conference Centre, London
Having positive relationships and friendships are essential to our mental health and well-being. These include sexual partnerships as well as wider relationships with family members and friends. This conference aims to look at the importance of sex and relationships to our mental health and well-being, and provide some practical pointers to how these issues can be addressed by service providers, practitioners, carers and service users.
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RGS-IBG Environment and Society Forum: Drinking Spaces and Places – Examining who drinks alcohol, where and why?
Date: 10 February 2010
Venue: London
The impact of drinking alcohol in excess is seen both in terms of individual health and disorder in public spaces. This seminar focuses on why policy levers need to recognise the importance of where and how people drink.
Occupational Asthma Workshop
Date: 23 February 2010
Venue: National Heart and Lung Institute, London SW3
Especially suitable for Occupational Health Advisers, Occupational Health Nurses and Practice Nurses but all Occupational Health Professionals are equally welcome. The day covers current issues in the diagnosis of occupational asthma and work-exacerbated asthma in a hospital setting, and examines the role of the Occupational Heath Practitioner in this process. Accreditation: 6 clinical CPD points to be sought; RCN Accreditation Unit: 6 study hours (event ref. 3746) Registration fee: £120 - includes handout, refreshments and lunch For further details, contact: Magda Wheatley Secretary to Professor Paul Cullinan National Heart & Lung Institute Occupational & Environmental Medicine Dovehouse Street London SW3 6LY Tel: 020 7351 8934
For more information please visit https://www5.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/coursebookings/occasthmaworkshop_1002.html
Public Health Futures
Date: 23 February 2010
Venue: The King's Fund, 11-13 Cavendish Square, London, W1G 0AN
Free for all public health trainees from every sector, this one-day conference will focus on future challenges in public healt, and some of the new methods and knowledge products available to address them. The programme, with its unique bring-and-buy format, has been designed by a group of trainees to ensure an engagin and informative day. This carbon neutral conference is sponsored by Informing Healthier Choices (IHC), and Sir Michael Marmot, Sir Liam Donaldson and Sir Muir Gray will all attend and speak. PH Trainees are invited to enter a 'killer slide' competition and the winners will present at the conference.
For more information visit http://www.phfutures.org
4th Annual European Nutrition & Lifestyle Conference
Date: 23 & 24 February 2010
Venue: Hotel Bloom, Brussels
Enabling healthy choices - where does the regulatory balance lie?
A one and a half day high level conference focussing on EU nutrition regulation, examining how successful it has been to date and where the regulatory balance may lie in the future.
- How successful has the EU Health Platform been in tackling obesity?
- Front of pack food labelling - from discussion to decision
- Regulating advertising to children - the carrot or the stick?
- The Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation - what is likely to be included and what is not?
- Nutrient Profiling - is it appropriate to extend
its use beyond claims to other legislative areas?
Working with the vulnerable offender: Working with people with learning disabilities who sexually abuse
Date: 25 February 2010
Venue: Regent's College Conference Centre, London NW1
Young people and adults with learning disabilities who have sexually harmful behaviour present one
of the most complex challenges to services. This conference will focus on the assessment and treatment
of young men and adults with learning disabilities who engage in sexually harmful behaviour. This
conference will shine a spotlight on these areas of anxiety and concern from a psychotherapeutic,
forensic, and human rights perspective. Leading speakers from the field will examine new and exciting
ways of ensuring that the safety of others is achieved in ways that do not breach human rights legislation
- an extreme challenge when working with those whose disability and forensic history place them at
the extreme end of the risk spectrum.
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Infectious diseases
Date: Friday 26 February 2010
Venue: UH Bristol Education Centre, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol, BS2 8AE
Despite the development of powerful antibiotics and antiviral agents microbial infection still claims more human lives worldwide than any other disease process. Thanks to public health measures and rigorous immunisation programmes the situation in Britain is a great deal better than in many other less well developed countries.
This RSM conference is intended to define the situation in present-day Britain, to look at current and projected immunisation programmes, to examine the safety record of vaccines, to highlight new advances in diagnostic techniques and to look at some of the consequences of acute and chronic infections.
For more information visit http://www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/infectbristol.php
Radical Statistics 2010 Conference
Date: 27 February 2010
Venue: Friends Meeting House, Euston, London
Speakers and topics including David Miller on Spinwatch, Eileen Magnello on Florence Nightingale, Paul Marchant on street lighting, Heather Brooke on Right to Know, Harvey Goldstein on Statistical ethics, and Danny Dorling on Statistics of injustice, as well as activity workshops and social activities before and after.
Full programme and booking form at http://www.radstats.org.uk/conf2010/index.htm
Promoting Health: Transforming Lives – Transforming Communities
Date: Friday 5 March 2010
Venue: Buckfast Abbey, Devon
Peninsula Teaching Public Health Network’s 4th Annual Learning Event
Contact: dorothy.templeman@plymouth.nhs.uk
Marmot and the Third Sector: Addressing Health Inequalities Together
Date: Tuesday 9 March
Venue: Congress Centre, London
A conference organised by Regional Voices and the Department of Health's Strategic Partners to discuss the findings and impact of the Marmot Review of health inequalities in England.
To book a space or for more information, see http://www.regionalvoices.net/events for details
Equality and inequality in health: Measuring and commissioning for equity
Date: 11 March 2010
Venue: The King's Fund, London
Information: This low-cost conference will focus on measuring and commissioning for equitable health care services. The conference will offer an update on how policy on inequalities and equity is being brought together, and feature practical examples of how to use routine data to measure inequalities and commission services that are fair and accessible. Keynote speaker: Mark Davies, Director, Health Inequalities and Partnership, Department of Health
Be careful what you wish for
Date: 23 March 2010
Venue: ORT House Conference Centre, London NW1
Since it was established in 1984, Adfam has worked to support families affected by substance misuse. Over the past year, it has been evolving into an umbrella organisation, committed to representing the views of its supporters to policy makers and opinion shapers. As part of this development, Adfam has consulted with professionals and volunteers across a wide range of sectors to gather information about the issues which are crucial to the future of family support. These issues inform Adfam's manifesto, and reveal the challenges and debates for anyone who works with families where substance misuse is a matter of concern.
The overall purpose of this conference is to present and debate the key issues for the future of family support, informed by intelligence collected from Adfam's series of consultations
UKPHA 18th Annual Public Health Forum
Date: 24 March 2010
Venue: Bournemouth International Centre
The UK's largest multi-disciplinary conference on public health The Annual Public Health Forum has been one of the main platforms on which the UKPHA has developed and expanded its work on health and sustainable development. The 2010 Forum is entitled 'Global Issues, local actions. Health & wellbeing in a time of ecological and economic crises'.
For more information visit http://www.ukpha.org.uk/annual-public-health-forum.aspx
Pandemic – Preparedness and response – Preparing the nation
Date: 25 March 2010
Venue: Central Hall in Westminster, London
PSCA International is pleased to announce that they will be hosting a Pandemic Conference.
The Emergence of the H1N1 virus ( swine Flu ) led the World Health Organisation to announce a global flu pandemic on the 11th June 2009. Although Sir Liam Donaldon, the Government's Chief Medical Officer, has stated that it is not at excessive levels of infection in the UK, it is generally accepted that another influenza pandemic will occur. At present, there is no way of predicting when that might be, or the level of infection that may result. It is probable that the flu will spread rapidly and result in grave consequences; therefore, it is essential that robust and resilient plans are prepared to ensure that the continuation of essential services and business.
For more information visit http://www.publicserviceevents.co.uk/main/overview.asp?ID=135
Women's Health 2010: The 18th Annual Congress
Date: March 26-28, 2010
Venue: Washington, DC
Under the leadership of the VCU Institute for Women's Health, Journal of Women's Health, and the National Cancer Institute, in collaboration with the American Medical Women's Association
The Congress will be preceded by a half-day pre-meeting symposium on Thursday March 25 on health policy followed by a visit to The Hill, under the leadership of The American Medical Women’s Association.
Please watch for further developments and early registration opportunities via e-mail and on our website: www.bioconferences.com/wh
For further information, please contact womenshealth2010@liebertpub.com
Drugs & Alcohol Today
Date: 13 April 2010
Venue: Business Design Centre, London N1 0QH
50 stands from organisations working across drug and alcohol misuse - 12 seminars exploring the future direction of policy and practice - Arts Zone - New Drug Awareness Zone - Training and Development Zone - Networking with 1,000 drug and alcohol workers.
For more information please visit http://www.pavpub.com/DAAT2010
Tobacco Control in Practice - a postgraduate cpd module
Date: 26 April 2010
Venue: University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY
Taught by leading academics and practitioners in the field of tobacco control, this course aims to provide participants with and overview of key concepts and issues in tobacco control. Aimed at professionals working in public health, health promotion and related fields , the module is taught on campus and will be a balance of lectures, seminars and small group work. It may be taken as a stand alone CPD or as 6 credits at Masters level on completion and subsequent assessment of a 3000 word report. 40 places are available on a first come, first served basis and the application form may be downloaded from our website.
For more information visit: http://www.bath.ac.uk/health/tobacco/
Dignity and choice in end of life care: the role of social workers
Date: 28 April 2010
Venue: ORT House Conference Centre, London NW1
Ensuring that people can experience dignity and choice in end of life care is a target for all. Research with people receiving end of life care indicates that many wish to have the choice to die at home, and if that is not available, for their end of life care to be delivered in a setting which is respectful of their wishes and provides dignity. This national conference is the first of its kind and will focus on the unique role which social workers have in facilitating the fulfilment of the intention to provide choice and dignity. The role of other professions is well known to the general public, but there is a growing awareness that in their important position of being able to enable people, social workers can have a positive impact on people's experiences as they approach the end of their lives.
The conference will examine how this can be achieved in a variety of settings and look at innovative
practice in how services can be personalised and increase the quality of care experienced. The presenters
and workshop leaders will also discuss how important considerations in the areas of ethnicity and
spirituality
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Five Nations Health Protection Conference 2010
Date: 18-19 May
Venue: Beardmore Hotel and Conferene Centre
Further information on submission of abstracts and booking for the conference will be available soon.
Workshop on Lung Function Tests, Asthma and Work
Date: 21 May 2010
Venue: National Heart and Lung Institute, London SW3
Suitable for all Occupational Health professionals with a particular interest in spirometry and lung function testing, and their implications in the workplace. Examines the role of lung function testing in the workplace. Covers spirometry, histamine provocation and exercise testing: interpretation, abnormalities, longitudinal changes, individual variation and role in health surveillance; use in pre-employment screening/fitness to work; risk assessment of people with asthma.
NB: this is not a practical Spirometry course; a working knowledge of practical spirometry is assumed. Accreditation: 6 clinical CPD points to be sought; RCN Accreditation Unit: 6 study hours (event ref. 3746) Registration fee: £120 - includes handout, refreshments and lunch For further details, contact: Magda Wheatley Secretary to Professor Paul Cullinan National Heart & Lung Institute Occupational & Environmental Medicine Dovehouse Street London SW3 6LY Tel: 020 7351 8934
For more information please visit https://www5.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/coursebookings/lungfuncttestsasthma_1005.html
Prevention and health inequalities : Achieving cost-effective and evidence-based solutions to impact on whole populations
Date: 30 March 2010
Venue: The King's Fund, London
Information: This conference, run in partnership with the Department of Health's Health Inequalities National Support Team and The King's Fund, will look at how prevention initiatives can be evaluated and will explore what is currently working in practice. Keynote speakers: Sir Michael Marmot, Chair, Strategic Review of Health Inequalities in England Post 2010 (Marmot Review) Professor Chris Bentley, Head of National Support Team for Health Inequalities, Department of Health
12th Annual Meeting of the SRNT Europe
Date: 6 September 2010
Venue: University of Bath, UK
The 12th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Europe is a 3 day conference to be held in partnership with the UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies (UKCTCS) at the University of Bath. The theme of the conference will be Translating Science to Policy and is open to all those working in tobacco and nicotine research worldwide.
Calls for paper and poster abstracts and symposia proposals have opened and are welcome across all areas of interest pertaining to tobacco and nicotine research, including preclinical and basic science, clinical studies, public health and epidemiology, and policy research Further information on all aspects of the conference, including registration, is available on the conference website
For more information please visit – http://www.srnteurope.org
Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Social Medicine
Date: 6 - 8 September 2010
Venue: Belfast
More information available at http://www.socsocmed.org.uk/
3rd joint European Public Health Conference
Date: 10 to 13 November
Venue: Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Netherlands Public Health Federation, EUPHA and ASPHER are pleased to invite you to the 3rd joint European Public Health Conference combining the 18th annual EUPHA meeting and the 32nd annual meeting of ASPHER. The conference will be organised from 10 to 13 November in Amsterdam. The main theme of the conference is Integrated public health.
For more information please visit http://www.eupha.org/site/upcoming_conference.php
2011
2nd World Non-Profit and Social Marketing Conference
Date: 11-12 April 2011
Venue: Dublin, Ireland
The 2nd World conference will bring together those interested in applying strategic communications, marketing and behaviour change methodology to solve key social challenges.
Leading thinkers and practitioners from all over the world will be attending and providing delegates with their most up to date ideas and research. Practitioners will have a chance to share practicable examples of interventions and the impact and learning that they produced.
IEA World Congress of Epidemiology
Date: 7 August 2011
Venue: Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland
Scotland will be host for the world's international epidemiology and public health party, in 2011, the International Epidemiological Association's showcase triennial event. The Congress theme is reflected in the title: 'Changing populations, changing diseases: Epidemiology for Tomorrow's World.'
Within this future-orientated theme we will discuss the full span of research across the many disciplines contributing to our science and practice. In addition to grappling with today's problems across the globe, we will forecast what awaits us in the future, in terms of diseases (including uncovering causes); health effects of environmental and demographic change; and theoretical, conceptual and technical developments in epidemiology.
For more information please visit http://www.epidemiology2011.com
Health and wellbeing – the 21st century agenda
Date: September 2011
Venue: London
The journal Public Health is planning its 2nd International Conference. Taking as its theme health and wellbeing, the conference will explore the relationships between health, wellbeing and the factors which influence them in a global environment.
To help with their planning process, they would appreciate it if you could complete their short survey, available at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2MLTMYC