Month: March 2018

Angelique de Rijk: “There is increasing knowledge on how paid work can improve health, and how the labor participation of those with health problems can be supported”

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Course leader presentation: Angelique de Rijk Work Disability Prevention – Sociopolitical challenges for practice and research, 11th – 15th of June, 2018, Kurhotel Skodsborg, Skodsborg, Denmark 1. What is your background? A short presentation of yourself. After studying medicine for two years, a master in Work and Organizational Psychology and a PhD in Health Psychology, … Continued

Nordic co-operation on health preparedness is being strengthened

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Dagfinn Høybråten A new agreement on health preparedness will ensure better co-operation between the Nordic countries in the event of major incidents or disasters affecting the region’s population. Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean a mere 1,200 kilometres from the North Pole. Longyearbyen is the administrative capital of Svalbard on the island … Continued