EUSPR Members and 2013 Conference attendees Posters A selection of posters presented at the conference can be downloaded via the links below: 1. The impact of smoking policies on recent quitters prevalence in Italy in the last three decades (Dr Alessandro Coppo; 1st place poster prize) 2. Eff ects of Prevention Programs based on the Results of …
EUSPR Members, SPAN Members and 2013 Pre-Conference Workshop Attendees EUSPR/SPAN workshop on Testing Mediating Mechanisms and Moderating Factors in Prevention Work Dr Metin Özdemir and Dr Fabrizia Giannotta EUSPR/SPAN workshop on Development and Evaluation of Complex Preventive Interventions i) Development and specification of novel behavioural interventions (Emma Davies) ii) Designing and Planning Research to assess …
Back to main 2010 conference page Presentations and workshop summaries from the 2010 EUSPR Conference Workshops: Evaluation research Building the evidence base and disseminating effective interventions Training of new practitioners and researchers Presentations: Mike Kelly, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, UK: “Can prevention based on behavioural change reduce social inequalities?” ( email ) Zili …
Back to main 2010 conference page The inaugural meeting of the European Society for Prevention Research took place in Amsterdam in November 2010 as part of the larger 3rd European Public Health Association (EUPHA) Conference. The meeting brought together leading researchers and practitioners from across Europe to discuss the need for the EUSPR, the …
Back to main 2011 conference page Day 1 – Thursday 8th December 2011 1. Students’ risk behaviors and selected dimensions of a school culture: a students’ perspective – Anna Borucka 2. The Spanish adaptation of the Strengthening Families Program: satisfaction of participants that end a mid – duration selective prevention program – Joan Amer 3. Assessing family change: …
Back to main 2011 conference page Keynote Presentations Keynote speaker 1: Classifying prevention: form, function and theory – David Foxcroft Keynote speaker 2: Health promotion and disease prevention within complex systems: diet, physical activity, and obesity – Harry Rutter Keynote speaker 3: Evaluating the Public Health Benefits of Community-Wide Preventive Intervention – David Hawkins Keynote speaker 4: Hierarchical Multiple …
On 13-15 November 2013, the 4th International Conference of the EUSPR on ‘Understanding differences in prevention outcomes’ was held in Paris, France. The conference focused on the important role of modifiers of prevention outcome, and examined the best ways in which diversity can be incorporated into research and practice. We had an exciting and varied …
We held a special guided poster session as part of Day 2 of the conference. There were prizes for the best Early Career Posters including cash prizes and one year’s free Society membership. The poster prizes were supported by the Science for Prevention Academic Network (SPAN) The winners of the poster competition were: 1st Place …
Harold Perl (Chief, Prevention Research Branch, NIDA, USA) – The NIDA Prevention Portfolio General overview of NIH and NIDA; Review of some of the most recent and relevant findings emerging from the NIDA portfolio of prevention science; Description of several specific areas of prevention research questions that NIDA expects to emphasize and support in the …
Angelina Brotherhood (University of Vienna, AT) – Spaces of substance use – a typology Space is relevant to many aspects of drug use, be it as a space of consumption or as a means of preventive or other intervention (such as smoking bans). Yet most research on the role of space in drug use appears …