Work Disability Prevention – Bridging research and practice
The World Health Organization has deemed coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19, a global pandemic and confirmed cases have grown exponentially in many countries.
Experts expect confirmed cases to grow in the Nordics as well. The virus has infected hundreds of thousands of people worldwide.
To help slow the spread of the virus, governments in the Nordics have suggested that large gatherings be avoided, and many companies and organisations have inflicted travel restrictions.
Therefore, we are postponing the course Work Disability Prevention – Bridging research and practice.
We will reschedule the course to June 2021 and will inform you about the new dates as soon as they are set.
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This course presents “The Best Of” the highly valued 3-year course on Work Disability Prevention. Work disability occurs when a worker is impaired in performing his or her job. Work disability is expressed by continuing working but performing less, i.e. presenteeism, or by reporting sick, i.e. absenteeism. As such, it imposes large individual, social, and economical burdens. It is also a major concern to workers, their families, employers, policy makers, insurers, and occupational health service providers.
Course objectives
The objective of the course is to disseminate transdisciplinary knowledge with focus on theoretical, methodological, ethical and practical challenges in relation to work disability prevention. The target audience is PhD students, post-doctoral fellows and practitioners with a master’s degree who are linked to the work disability field.
Target group
- PhD students
- students at post-master level
- occupational health professionals (physicians, ergonomists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychologists, etc.)
- rehabilitation professionals
- representatives of insurance companies and social insurance.
Course outline
Lectures will be mixed with group- and individual work. Participants are requested to present posters and results of the group work.
Main topics
Three different Work Disability Prevention topics will be addressed and integrated:
- Introduction to Work Disability Prevention (including transdisciplinarity)
- Intervention research in Work Disability Prevention (including organizational interventions and health promotion aiming at both individuals and workplaces)
- Sociopolitical challenges with Work Disability Prevention (including implementation of evidence-based practice)
Registration deadline
The registration is closed.
RegisterPrice
The price of the course consists of two parts:
1) The course fee of EUR 500 and
2) One of the following:
- The day package I fee of EUR 710
- The day package II fee of EUR 510
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Day package
Day package I
The day package I price is 710 EUR/person. This price includes conference facilities and technical equipment, coffees, lunches, dinners and the social program.
The total price of the course is EUR 1210 (course fee EUR 500 + day package fee EUR 710).
We strongly encourage you to take part in the social program, as this is a vital part of the NIVA course experience. We believe in the power of networking and strive to create an inspiring possibility for that through the social program.
Day package II
The day package II price is 510 EUR/person. This price includes conference facilities and technical equipment, coffees and lunches.
The total price of the course is EUR 1010 (course fee EUR 500 + day package fee EUR 510).
Kindly note that the day package II does not include dinners nor the social program.
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Accommodation
NIVA has made a block reservation for the accommodation 8th – 12th of June 2020 at Strandhotel Marienlyst, Helsingör, Denmark.
To book a room from the block kindly make the reservation by emailing the hotel directly at booking@marienlyst.dk.
Please refer to to NIVA conference, reservation number 754171 when booking the room (available until 8.5.2020).The room price for a single standard room is DKK 1095 (approx. EUR 150)/night (including breakfast).
The block reservation will be available until 8th of May 2020.
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Payment info
Cancellations received by April, 8th 2020: full refund
Cancellations received by April, 9th 2020 or later: no refundThe total price of the course will be invoiced after the registration deadline.
The price is subject to minor changes.
Contact person
Course leaders
Ute Bültmann,
University of Groningen, NL
email: u.bultmann@umcg.nl
Angelique de Rijk,
Maastricht University, NL
email: angelique.derijk@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Emilie Friberg,
Karolinska Insitutet, SE
email: Emilie.Friberg@ki.se
In practical matters, please contact:
Project Manager
Cecilia Weckman
NIVA
mobile: +358 40 1258 748
email: cecilia.weckman@niva.org
Course venue
Strandhotel Marienlyst, Ndr. Strandvej 2, 3000 Elsinore, Denmark
Background
Evidence indicates that work disability results from complex interplays involving several stakeholders (workplace, family, insurer, healthcare providers) interacting with the patient/worker in the disability process. Addressing this systemic and multidimensional disability problem requires adopting a transdisciplinary perspective. The focus of work disability prevention (WDP) is helping workers stay productive at…
