Suzanne Stannard: “An illness or injury that may be ‘minor’ on shore may become an emergency on board”

Course leader presentation: Suzanne Stannard Managing Medical Emergencies at Sea: Risks and responses, 30th of October – 1st of November, 2018, Hotel Marienlyst, Helsingør (Elsinore), Denmark 1. What is your background? A short presentation of yourself. Since 2014 I have been working as a Medical adviser in the Norwegian Centre of Maritime and Diving Medicine … Continued

Kari-Pekka Martimo: “More and more attention has been paid to work disability and its consequences to individuals, workplaces and societies.”

Course leader presentation: Kari-Pekka Martimo 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 I finished my medical studies I have specialized in occupational health services and in occupational medicine. I consider myself … Continued

Kerstin Ekberg: “The increasing demands in working life place new demands on the work disability systems”

Course leader presentation: Kerstin Ekberg 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. With a background as a psychologist I made my dissertation in Occupational Health based on epidemiologic studies of work related … Continued

Lars Rylander: “It is still surprisingly many women that are exposed to noise, vibrations, air pollutions, chemicals etc. during pregnancy”

Course leader presentation: Lars Rylander Occupational Hazards and Reproductive Health, 16th – 19th of April, 2018, Quality Hotel View, Malmö, Sweden 1. What is your background? A short presentation of yourself. I work as an epidemiologist at the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University, and my main research interest is in the field … Continued

Maria Peeters: “Positive occupational psychology has a lot to offer to the health and wellbeing of employees.”

Course leader presentation: Maria Peeters Positive Psychology at Work, 28th – 30th of August 2017, Radisson Blu Saga Hotel, Reykjavik, Iceland 1. What is your background? A short presentation of yourself. Originally, I’m a health scientist with a special focus on Health Education. Coming from that background I became interested in Healthy Promotion in work … Continued

NIVA launches online course in Work Disability Prevention

NIVA is proud to present its first online course in Work Disability Prevention (WDP). The idea of adding an online course to NIVAs traditional repertoire of courses has been evolving for the past couple of years and now is the time for this new endeavor. We are excited, hope you are too! In the traditional … Continued

Norden högst upp i ett välfungerande Europa

June 2016 – Dagfinn Høybråten   I närheten av mitt kontor på Nordiska ministerrådets sekretariat i Köpenhamn ligger Café Norden och Café Europa. Vilket av kaféerna som kom först vet jag inte, men att de gör Amagertorv till ett livfullt och trivsamt torg råder det inga tvivel om.Det ser man när man går förbi på … Continued