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23–25 September 2010

Tartu, Dorpat Hotel Conference Centre

Estonia

 

 

 

12.00    Lunch

13.00    Opening Ceremony & Keynote Lecture
Welcoming Address - Maris Jesse, Director, National Institute for Health Development, Estonia

Keynote Lecture “The health consequences of economic crises: what are they and what can we do to prevent them?”

David Stuckler, University of Oxford, Department of Sociology

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

 

 

Chair: Raul Kiivet, Department of Public Health, University of Tartu, Estonia

 

13.45    “The European Health Divide – can it be overcome?”

Denny Vågerö, Director of Centre for Health Equity Studies, Stockholm University, Sweden

14.30    “Trends of mortality from external causes and suicide in Baltic states in 1996-2009“

Vaiva Gerasimaviciute, Health Information Center, Institute of Hygiene, Vilnius, Lithuania

14.50    “Geographical Mortality Differences in the three Baltic Countries – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania“

Juris Krumins, Department of Statistics and Demography, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

15.10    “Gender differences in avoidable mortality“

Kristina Köhler, Ministry of Social Affairs, Estonia

 

 

Chair: Katrin Lang, Department of Public Health, University of Tartu, Estonia

 

16.00    “Interface between public health education and practice: the role of schools of public health” 

Vesna Bjegovic-Mikanovic, Member of ASPHER Executive Board,

Centre-School of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia

16.45    “Russia initiates the first official Master program in health sciences: Master of Public Health“

Andrej M. Grjibovski, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway; Arkhangelsk International School of Public Health, Russia

17.05    “Public health education in Estonia – 10 years experience”

Katrin Lang, Department of Public Health, University of Tartu, Estonia

17.25    “Public health education in Latvia”

Anita Villeruša, Faculty of Public Health, Riga Stradins University, Latvia

 

 

 

 

 

Chair: Jarno Habicht, WHO Country Office in Estonia

 

09.00    “Health systems, policy and public health: time for alignment”

George Shakarishvili, Senior Advisor, Health Systems Strengthening,

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

09.45    “The impact of financial and economic crisis on health care sector in Lithuania“

Danguole Jankauskiene, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania

10.05    “Making health system performance assessment a reality in Estonia”

Taavi Lai, Ministry of Social Affairs, Estonia

10.25    “The financial sustainability of Estonia’s health system“

Jarno Habicht, WHO Country Office in Estonia

 

 

 

Chair:  Anneli Uusküla, Department of Public Health, University of Tartu, Estonia

11.15    “AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia”

Jack A. DeHovitz, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease; Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health; SUNY Downstate Medical Center, USA

12.00    “The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Estonia at the threshold of the fourth decade of the AIDS era“

Kaja-Triin Laisaar, Department of Public Health, University of Tartu, Estonia

12.20    “HIV and STI epidemiological situation and HIV Prevention Network for IDUs in Latvia“

Inga Upmace, Infectology Center of Latvia, HIV/AIDS Programm Department, Latvia 

12.40 “Is HIV-epidemic in Lithuania controlled?"
Signe Rotberga, Regional Project Coordinator, UNODC Project Office for the Baltic States, Lithuania

 

*Satellite session: Public health competencies for North Eastern group

Chair: Linas Šumskas, Faculty of Public Health, Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania

11.15 – 13.00

 

 

Chair:  Maris Jesse, Director, National Institute for Health Development, Estonia

 

14.00    “Trends of national public health programmes”

Annika Veimer, National Institute for Health Development, Estonia

14.45    “Assessment of the capacity of health promotion projects in Estonia”

Tiina Tõemets, Estonian Health Insurance Fund, Estonia

15.05    “Regional health profiles in Estonia”

Laura Aaben, National Institute for Health Development, Estonia

15.25    “Epidemiological research representation in the articles of online editions of the Irish Times and Postimees in 2009“

Kristi Liiv, Department of Public Health, University of Tartu, Estonia

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chair: Kersti Pärna, Department of Public Health, University of Tartu, Estonia; co-chair: Mats Ramstedt, Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs, Stockholm Unversity, Sweden

09.00    “Population drinking and alcohol-related mortality”

Mats Ramstedt, Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs, Stockholm Unversity, Sweden

09.45    “The burden of alcohol-related injuries in Lithuania: the effect of Lithuania’s year of sobriety (2008)”

Skirmante Starkuviene, Department of Health Management, Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania

10.05    “Typology of alcohols available for consumption in Russia and its public health policy implications”

Artyom Gil, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, UK

10.25    “Trends in alcohol consumption among adolescents in Estonia, 1994–2006”

Mariliis Tael, University of Tartu, National Institute for Health Development, Estonia

 

 

 

Chair: Kersti Pärna, Department of Public Health, University of Tartu, Estonia; co-chair: Mall Leinsalu, Stockholm Centre on Health of Societies in Transition, Södertörn University College, Sweden; National Institute for Health Development, Estonia

 

11.15    “Social determinants in health: focus on Eastern Europe“

Mall Leinsalu, Stockholm Centre on Health of Societies in Transition, Södertörn University College, Sweden; National Institute for Health Development, Estonia

12.00    “Estonian Children Personality Behaviour and Health Study: a longitudinal multidisciplinary approach to detect interactions of genes and environment“

Jaanus Harro, Department of Psychology, University of Tartu, Estonia

12.20    “Smoking trends among 15 year old adolescents in Latvia”

Inese Gobina, Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Riga Stradins University, Latvia

12.40    “Healty or ill? Age-dependent variance in predictors of positive and negative self-rated health in a cross-sectional survey in Estonia“

Rainer Reile, Department of Public Health, University of Tartu, Estonia

 

 

 

 

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Satellite session: Public health competencies for North Eastern group

Chair: Linas Šumskas, Faculty of Public Health, Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania

 

Topics to be discussed:

- ASPHER public health competencies programme;

- Development of public health competencies in the Baltic and other European North East countries;

- Collaboration on public health competencies – discussion with stakeholders at national level;

- Transferring of competencies to the teaching programmes of schools of public health in the region.

 

Speakers:

Christopher Birt, Member of ASPHER Executive Board; Division of Public Health, Liverpool University, UK

Ramunė Kalėdienė, Dean of Faculty of Public Health, Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania

Anita Villeruša, Dean of Faculty of Public Health, Riga Stradins University, Latvia

 

*In addition to the official conference programme, collaboration round-tables may be organized for the academic staff, public health professionals or policy makers of the Baltic countries before, during or after the conference. Upon interest in creating or participating in such a collaboration round-table, please contact us at