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September 2016
12th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion
The World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion is the 12th biennial, international conference on injury prevention and safety promotion. The conference will bring together the world’s leading researchers, practitioners, policy-makers and advocates in the field of injury prevention and safety to debate, discuss and share information and experiences. Safety 2016 is proudly hosted by the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) and several partners and colleagues from Finland, Europe and the international community. The conference is co-sponsored…
Find out more »October 2016
2016 Special Focus: Aging, Life-course, and Social Change
Aging & Society: Sixth Interdisciplinary Conference features research addressing the following annual themes and 2016 Special Focus. Theme 1: Economic and Demographic Perspectives on Aging Theme 2: Public Policy and Public Perspectives on Aging Theme 3: Medical Perspectives on Aging, Health, Wellness Theme 4: Social and Cultural Perspectives on Aging 2016 Special Focus: Ageing, Life-Course, and Social Change You can find more information here
Find out more »December 2016
European Summit on Digital Innovation for Active & Healthy Ageing
Programme The event will bring together business leaders from industrial companies and SMEs, national and regional ministers and authorities, global "thinkers", the investment community, healthcare, technology companies, civil society and media. The 2016 Summit will also include an international audience (guests from Government of Japan, Canada and USA) building on the 2016 G7 Ministerial (ICT Ministers), representatives from the World Health Organisation and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Conference Programme
Find out more »May 2017
EU Falls Festival 2017
The 3nd EU Falls Festival will take place on 8th and 9th May 2017 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The theme for EUFF2017 is Implementation of Innovation into Policy and Practice. For further information on the Festival programme and to register your interest visit www.eufallsfest.eu/
Find out more »September 2017
Canadian Fall Prevention Curriculum 2017 E-Learning Course
This new course and accompanying textbook reflect extensive revisions from current evidence on fall risk assessment and prevention, as well as fresh approaches to successful and sustainable interventions based on proven strategies from the field of implementation science. Two sessions of this on-line course will be offered internationally through the University of Victoria. The first, from September 22nd to October 27th 2017, with instructor Bobbi Symes, MA and the second from October 20th to November 27th 2017, with instructor Phil…
Find out more »November 2017
European Public Health Conference
The EPH Conference aims to contribute to the improvement of public health in Europe by offering a means for exchanging information and a platform for debate to researchers, policy makers, and practitioners in the field of public health and health services research as well as public health training and education in Europe. The European Public Health Conference Foundation, the European Public Health Association (EUPHA) and the Swedish Association of Social Medicine are pleased to invite you to the 10th European…
Find out more »Falls Frailty Bone Health FFBH 2017
Dear Colleagues, We will be delighted to welcome you to Ireland’s historic capital city Dublin in November 2017 for the first European conference on Falls, Frailty & Fractures. Our aim is to take a holistic approach and to bring together researchers, clinicians, healthcare professionals and service providers in the disciplines of falls, frailty, fractures, osteoporosis, sarcopenia and nutrition, to enable cross-fertilisation of ideas and with the ultimate aim of developing better management strategies for our older patients. Dublin is a…
Find out more »Standing Up, Moving Forward
This is an ideal opportunity for local partners and network members to share with one another about what they are doing to bring falls prevention to the fore in their areas, and discuss the barriers and opportunities that arise. There will also be updates on the national work arising from the consensus statement published earlier this year, input from the independent evaluation team and innovative technology that can help provide families with peace of mind that their loved ones are…
Find out more »April 2018
LLT Webinar
Title: Return on Investment - FaME (PSI) and Otago - Cost Effective Interventions for Falls The aim of this webinar is to give an overview of the FaME and Otago Structured Exercise Falls Prevention Interventions. These two evidence-based programmes have been highlighted in the Public Health England (PHE) Consensus Statement on Falls and Fractures and in the PHE Return on Investment Tool as cost-effective. The importance of fidelity to the original interventions for effective reduction in falls (as opposed to…
Find out more »July 2018
EU Falls Festival 2018
The 3nd EU Falls Festival will take place on 2nd and 3rd July on Manchester, UK. The theme for EUFF2018 is New Solutions to Old Problems: Ensuring sustainability of falls prevention interventions. For further information on the Festival programme visit www.eufallsfest.eu/
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