Society. Health. Welfare.

Main Topics

Public Health

Behaviour models in health communication
Health promotion
Primary, secondary and tertiary disease prevention
Social determinants of health
Risk factors and epidemiology of diseases
COVID-19

Health Systems Research

Governance and financing of health systems
Person-centered health services
Measuring and improving quality
Digital health

Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Human biomonitoring as re-evaluation and sentinel tool for health risks
Pandemic of occupational psychoemotional risks
Inclusive approach to ergonomic risks
Indoor air quality – re-evaluated

Psychological Care

Innovative approaches to health and clinical psychology
Supporting technology in psychological therapies and interventions

Social Welfare

An eco-social perspective and community social work
Change management, innovations and leadership in social work
Culturally competent social work with refugees and asylum seekers
Digitalisation in social work education and practice

Nursing and Midwifery

Leadership and management
Working environment, including technology solutions
Effective coverage of services
Multisectoral collaboration in health system

Programme at a Glance

29 March

Session: Public Health
9:15–9:30	Opening
9:30–10:00	Keynote - Susan Michie
10:00–10:30	Abstarct-driven presentations
10:30–11:00	Break
11:00–12:00	Abstarct-driven presentations
12:00–12:30	Panel discussion
12:30–13:30	Break
Session: Occupational and Environmental Health
13:30–14:00	Keynote - Marike Kolossa-Gehring
14:00–15:00	Abstarct-driven presentations
15:00–15:30	Break
15:30–16:15	Abstarct-driven presentations
16:15–17:00	Panel discussion

30 March

Session: Social Welfare
9:00–9:10	Opening
9:10–9:40	Keynote - Aila-Leena Matthies
9:40–10:00	Keynote - Zoe Kessler
10:00–10:30	Abstarct-driven presentations
10:30–11:00	Break
11:00–11:20	Round table discussion 1
11:20–12:00	Round table discussion 2
12:00–12:30	Round table discussion 3
Session: Psychology
13:30–14:10	Keynote - Angelos Kassianos
14:10–15:00	Abstarct-driven presentations
15:00–15:30	Break
15:30–16:15	Abstarct-driven presentations
16:15–17:00	Panel discussion

31 March

Session: Health Systems Research
9:00–9:30	Keynote - Steffen Flessa
9:30–10:30	Abstarct-driven presentations
10:30–11:00	Break
11:00–11:45	Abstarct-driven presentations
11:45–12:30	Panel discussion
12:30–13:30	Break
Session: Nursing and Midwifery
13:30–14:00	Keynote 1 - Margrieta Langins
14:00–14:30	Keynote 2 - Alba Llop Girones
14:30–15:00	Panel discussion

Side event (28 March)

Seminar "The Use of Evidence-Based Interventions for Health Behaviour Change"

Venue: RSU Anatomy Museum at 9 Kronvalda bulvāris, Rīga

During RSU Research week 2023, RSU in cooperation with the leading world-renowned Centre for Behaviour Change (CBC) located at London’s Global University (UCL) invites you to become acquainted with the newest approaches in planning and executing interventions for health behaviour change and communication of health behaviour.

Programme

14:00	Tour of the RSU Anatomy museum (for those interested)
15:00–15:05	The development of interventions for health behaviour change – one of the directions of development for RSU Institute of Public Health Anda Ķīvīte-Urtāne, Director of RSU Institute of Public Health
15:05–15:15	RSU experience with the development of a strategy for communication of health behaviour change Vita Savicka, Head of the Health Communication Master’s Study Programme, RSU
15:15–16:15	The integration of scientific achievements in health behaviour change within the development of interventions for health behaviour change. Stereotypes about aspects influencing health behaviour. Case analysis Prof. Robert West, London’s Global University, Centre for Bahaviour Change
16:15–17:00	Questions and answers. Exchanging experiences R. West, V. Savicka and A. Ķīvīte-Urtāne

Working language: Latvian (interpreter will be provided)
Admission is free of charge (limited number of participants)
Apply for the tour and seminar or only the seminar by e-mail to alise[pnkts]curkstersu[pnkts]lv until Monday, 20 March

Additional information

Prof. Robert West – Emeritus Professor at London’s Global University (UCL), researcher of behaviour change, specialized in addiction mitigation questions. Editor-in-Chief of the journal “Addiction”, consultant of British governmental institutions, participated in the development of addiction mitigation strategy. Author of the book “The SmokeFree Formula (Orion)”, that provides recommendations for interventions to limit smoking and has been translated in Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Norwegian, Rumanian, Turkish, French, Italian and German languages. One of the developers of COM – B model for behaviour Change and Behaviour Change Wheel (BCW)
Assoc. Prof. Anda Ķīvīte-Urtāne – director of RSU Institute of Public Health, participated in research dedicated to health behaviour changes
Asst. Prof. Vita Savicka – Head of the Health Communication master’s programme at RSU, studied the COM-B and BWC methods at the Centre for Behaviour Change, London’s Global University, participates in research about factors influencing behaviour change and develops strategy for behaviour change

International Scientific Committee

Committee chair: Assoc. Prof. Anda Ķīvīte-Urtāne, Director, Institute of Public Health, RSU / Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, RSU, Latvia

Prof. Ģirts Briģis – Head of the Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, RSU, Latvia
Prof. Anita Villeruša – Chair, Scientific Council, Institute of Public Health, RSU / Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, RSU / Director of Public Health Study Programme, RSU, Latvia
Assoc. Prof. Ivars Vanadziņš – Director, Institute for Occupational Safety and Environmental Health, RSU / Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, RSU, Latvia
Asst. Prof. Daiga Behmane – Director of Health Management Study Programme, RSU / Lead researcher, Institute of Publice Health, RSU, Latvia
Assoc. Prof. Lolita Vilka – Head of the Department of Welfare and Social Work, RSU / Director of Social Work Study Programme, RSU, Latvia
Prof. Kristīne Mārtinsone – Head of the Department of Health Psychology and Paedagogy, RSU, Latvia
Prof. Inga Millere – Dean, Faculty of Public Health and Social Welfare, RSU / Department of Nursing and Midwifery, RSU / Chair of Board, Clinic of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, RSU, Latvia
Assoc. Prof. Inese Gobiņa – Member of Scientific Council, Institute of Public Health, RSU / Faculty of Public Health and Social Welfare, RSU, Latvia
Vita Savicka – Faculty of Communication, RSU / Director of Health Communication Study Programme, RSU / Health Management Lecturer Group, RSU, Latvia
Asst. Prof. Jeļena Reste – Lead researcher, Institute of Occupational Safety and Environmental Health, RSU / Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, RSU, Latvia
Inese Mārtiņsone – Lead researcher and Head of the Laboratory of Hygiene and Occupational Diseases, RSU, Latvia
Asst. Prof. Toms Pulmanis – Vice-Dean, Faculty of Public Health and Social Welfare, RSU / Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Latvia
Prof. Mindaugas Štelemėkas, Ph.D.; Head and Senior Scientist, Health Research Institute, WHO Collaborating Centre for the Prevention & Control of NCDs; Prof., Department of Preventive Medicine; Faculty of Public Health, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (Lithuania)
Doc. Dr. psych. Jeļena Koļesņikova, Director of Health Psychology Study Programme, RSU/ Manager, Psychology Laboratory, RSU, Latvia

Prof. Olav Götz, PhD. Professor of General Business Administration and Health Care Consulting, Health Care Consultant, The APOLLON University of Applied Sciences (Germany)
Assoc. prof. Marketa Rusnakova, Vice-Rector for Foreign Relations and Mobility, Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work (PhD.); Catholic University in Ružomberok (Slovakia)
Angelos Kassianos BSc, MSc, PGCert, PhD, MBPSs, HCPC Reg., FHEA; Department of Nursing, Cyprus University of Technology; Departments of Psychology and Computer Science, University of Cyprus, Department of Applied Health Research University College London (United Kingdom)
Asst. Prof. Daniel Markovič, Catholic University in Ruzomberok, Head of the Department of Social Work (Slovakia)
Assoc. prof. Nina Koliadenko, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Medical Psychology, PJSC “PHEI “Interregional Academy of Personnel Management” (Ukraine)
PhD, RN Baiba Zarins, Program Manager, Nipissing University BScN Scholar Practitioner Program, The Michener Institute of Education at UHN (Canada)
Prof. Irena Žemaitaityte, Institue of Educational Science and Social Work, Mykolas Romeris University (Lithuania)
Assoc. Prof. Manuel Ferreira, University Institute of Lisbon (Portugal)
PhD, PHN Arja Liinamo, Principal Lecturer, Department of Health Promotion, Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (Finland)
Dr. Sandra Dudareva, MSSc, MSAE, Co-Lead of viral hepatitis team, Head of WHO Collaborating Centre for viral hepatitis and HIV, Unit for HIV/AIDS, STI and Blood-borne Infections, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute (Germany)
Dr. Antons Mozaļevskis, Technical Officer, Key Populations, Global HIV, Hepatitis and STI Programmes, World Health Organization (Switzerland)