Background
At
least two million people in the Nordic countries need medical attention
every year due to accidental injuries. Accident and safety research is
traditionally separated into three main sectors of safety: work, traffic,
and home and leisure. Consequently, none of the Scandinavian
universities have enough students to offer a high-level course on safety
research. The purpose of this course is to provide post graduate
training in safety research, in general.
Objectives
The
main objective of the course is to provide the participants with the key
elements of the methodology of general safety research. After completing the
course the participants will be able to design safety studies, will know the
common research methods, and will be able to evaluate study reports. Special
emphasis will be placed on the selection of study objects, proper methodological
choices, the interpretation of results, and the study design. The course will
cover accident studies and the evaluation of preventive measures.
Target
group
Researchers
of work, traffic or leisure safety, managers and experts in safety departments,
companies, municipalities, government officials and policy-makers, as well as
others involved in influencing policy related to safety issues. The approach
will be multidisciplinary, and the course should bring together people from
engineering, behavioral sciences, medicine, etc. PhD students may credit five
points at university on the basis of arrangements made with several Scandinavian
universities.
Course
structure
The whole Safety Research course consists of two course weeks and three study weeks
for those who want to use the course as part of their doctoral studies. The
study weeks are reserved for homework, such as reading selected articles, and
writing a protocol for a research project. If a participant does not want to
credit five academic points, it is possible to take part in the two course weeks,
or alternatively only in the first or in the second week. Please, indicate your
participation clearly in the enclosed registration form.
Main
topics
-
Preventive
strategies and actions
-
Designing intervention strategies and studies
-
Data
collection and analysis in the area of work, traffic and consumer safety
-
Evaluation
of preventive measures
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Studying and promoting safety culture
The
contents of the second week will be planned on the basis of the participants'
orientation.
Location
and accommodation
The
second course week will be organised in Alanga Hotel,
Palanga, Lithuania. Palanga is a famous Lithuanian sea shore resort stretching along the Baltic
Sea coast for 25 km up to the border of Latvia. Accommodation has been reserved from Sunday afternoon, 30 March to Friday, 4
April 2008 at Alanga Hotel. It is located only 10 km from the Palanga airport.
There are direct flight connections from several destinations in Scandinvia and
Europe
to Palanga.
The
total price in a single room with full board is EUR 369 including breakfast,
morning and afternoon coffee, lunch and dinner every day plus a special course dinner on
Wednesday evening. The price in a shared double room (2 persons in the same room) is EUR
283/person. The price of an extra night with bed & breakfast is EUR 40 in a
single room and EUR 23/person in a double room. More information about the hotel can be
found: www.alanga.lt.
Deadline
for registration
15 February 2008. The maximum number of participants is 25.
Course
fee
EUR
480 (accommodation and meals are not included in this price).
When
paying the course fee, please indicate:
1.
Your name, 2. course fee (in EUR), 3. course code 4803.
The
payment should be made for weeks before the start of the course to:
NIVA
Nordea Bank
Finland Plc
Meilahti Branch, Tukholmankatu 2
FIN-00250
Helsinki
,
Finland
Account no: 226238-2043
IBAN: FI79 2262 3800 0020 43
Swift code: NDEAFIHH
Please,
note that if you cancel your participation later than four weeks before the start of the course, without an
acceptable reason (e.g. illness) the organiser is obliged to charge a
cancellation fee of EUR 273.
Language
The
language of the course is English.
Scholarships
NIVA
can grant a few scholarships to participants from north-western
Russia (the St. Petersburg
area and
Karelia). Application forms are available from the NIVA office and on Internet: www.niva.org.
A scholarship covers the course fee and accommodation costs, but the
participants are requested to take care of travel arrangements themselves.
Finnish
participants can apply for financial aid from the Finnish Work Environment Fund
(Työsuojelurahasto). Scholarships are granted three times a year, and the
deadlines are: 2 January, 2 May and 1 October 2008. Application forms are available on Internet: www.tsr.fi.
Other
Nordic and international participants may turn to their own national education
authorities, the Ministry of Health, or the Ministry of Labour for further
information about financial support.
Course
leader
Prof.
Jorma Saari, PhD (Eng)
Finnish
Institute of Occupational Health
Topeliuksenkatu 41 a A
FI-00250 Helsinki, FINLAND
Tel. +358 30 474 2745
E-mail:
jorma.saari@ttl.fi
Course
co-ordinator
Pirjo
Turtiainen
NIVA
Topeliuksenkatu 41 a A
FI-00250
Helsinki, FINLAND<
Tel. +358 30 474 2349
E-mail:pirjo.turtiainen@ttl.fi
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