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WHO Collaborating Centre Workshop
- Date: 12 December 2024 , 09:00 to 13:00
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Achieving and securing a sustainable return to work (SRTW) for employees with common mental disorders is a current challenge not only for the employees, but also for society at large. The workshop aims to bring researchers from different research and societal contexts together to discuss current developments and practices around the sustainability of returning to work due to common mental disorders.
After an introducing keynote on the topic "Sustainable RTW with common mental disorders: What we know and what we do not know (so far)" there will be a first opportunity to ask questions and discuss them with the audience.
Within the following two deepening workshops we will discuss current knowledge, challenges around SRTW practices and important questions to broaden our thinking and perspectives.
At the end, we will sum up the workshop results in the audience and will reflect our experiences with each other. We will close the workshop with an open exchange on questions around leading challenges to design integrated future research on SRTW with purpose.
Objectives:
Creating an interested exchange between the participants from different perspectives regarding the spectrum/research field of a sustainable RTW with common mental disorders
Intended audience:
Researchers and PhD students from different social security systems and disciplines
Agenda:
09:00 Welcome and greetings
09:10 Aims, rules and agenda of the workshop
09:20 Introduction: WHO guidelines on mental health at work
Dr Dorota Jarosinska, Programme Manager, Living and Working Environments, WHO Regional Office for Europe
09:40 Keynote: Sustainable RTW with common mental disorders: What we know and what we do not know (so far)
Prof. Karina Nielsen, PhD, Chair in Work Psychology, Sheffield University
10:15 Questions/ discussion keynote
10:30 Short break 1
10:40 Workshops:
I) 1+1=3? Is sustainable return to work more than returning and staying at work? (Alexandra Sikora, MSc, Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health & Fiona Starke, MPH, Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
II) “Please handle with care”: How can gradual return to work and similar measures support the way back to work? (Inga L. Schulz, MPH, Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health & Dr Uta Wegewitz, MPH, Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
11:45 Summary of the workshops and short discussion
12:10 Short break 2
12:15 Future research and get together
12:45 Farewell
12:50 End
Note:
To attend the conference, you are required to register beforehand. During the conference, we will be using WebEx, Taskcards, and Slido. Each workshop will be limited to 25 participants. If you would like to take part in one of the two workshops, you will be sent a question to prepare for the workshop, which we will then discuss together.
Online registration will be open from 30th September 2024.
- Fee: No fees are required for participation.
- Organiser: Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)
- Deadline for registration: 2024-12-05