The Scientific and Organization Committee cordially invites you to attend and register for the Third International Conference on Violence in the Health Sector “Linking local initiatives with Global Learning”.
Work related aggression and violence within the health and social services sector is a major problem which diminishes the quality of working life for staff, compromises organizational effectiveness and ultimately impacts negatively on the provision and quality of care. These problems pervade both service settings and occupational groups.
Considerable attention and advancements in addressing this problem have been achieved from service and organizational perspectives nationally and internationally. Following two successful conferences in 2008 and 2010 in Amsterdam, the 3rd International Conference on Violence in the Health Sector, will take place in Vancouver, Canada, from October 24-26 2012. In addition to raising awareness the 2012 conference will provide a platform to share international developments, with a particular emphasis on best practice research and initiatives to effectively respond to the problem.
The specific aims of the conference are:
- To sensitize stakeholders to the issue of violence in the health care sector,
- To understand the manifestations and the human, professional and economic implications of violence in the health care sector,
- To promote effective sustainable initiatives and strategies to create safe environments for workers and clients in the health care sector,
- To present initiatives which respond to the problem, and have transferable learning for efforts in broader service and geographical contexts.
Approval for awarding International Continuing Education Credits (ICNECs) is currently being sought from the International Council of Nurses (ICN).
Till the 1st of August 2012 you are still able to submit abstracts only for a Poster Presentation.
Abstracts can be submitted online on the following conference sub-themes:
Patterns of aggression and/or violence within healthcare:
All manifestations of aggression and/or violence irrespective of who the perpetrator or victim is (staff, service user, co-worker, others) including: | |
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Verbal aggression/violence
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Physical aggression/violence
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Sexual intimidation/harassment
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Psychological aggression/violence
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Horizontal/lateral aggression/violence, like bullying, mobbing and intimidation
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Financial abuse
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Organizational/hierarchical aggression/violence
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Impact of aggression and/or violence within healthcare:
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Physical/Injury impacts of aggression/violence
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Emotional/Psychological impacts of aggression/violence
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Financial impacts of aggression/violence
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Service related impacts of aggression/violence
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Professional, legal and ethical impacts of aggression/violence
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Initiatives and solutions to aggression and/or violence within healthcare:
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Creating aggression and violence minimizing cultures
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The minimisation/reduction of seclusion, restraint and coercive measures
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Engaging with service user in seeking solutions
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Education and training
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Quality safety and risk reduction initiatives
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Policy/guidance on best practice initiatives
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- The key theme of the conference on this occasion is on initiatives which inform responses to the problem of aggression and/or violence within the health sector.
- Submissions are equally welcome from research, practice, education and policy/guidance perspectives,
- All submissions are welcome irrespective of whether the work has been completed at local, regional, national or international contexts.
- We are especially interested in work which emphasizes initiatives toward responding to the problem, and which have transferable learning
- An abstract template is provided on the conference site to assist with structuring submissions for both consideration by the scientific committee, and in standardizing the presentation of abstracts in the conference proceedings.
Conference Organization:
The conference is organized by Oud Consultancy and is at this moment supported by the following (inter)national organisations:
- American Nurses Association (ANA)
- Australasian Society for Intellectual Disability (ASID)
- BC Government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU)
- British Columbia Nurses' Union (BCNU)
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities (BILD)
- Canadian Nurses Association (CNA)
- Centre of Education and Research, St.Gallische Kantonale Psychiatrische Dienste – Sektor Nord, Switzerland (COEUR)
- Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU)
- Dundalk Institute of Technology (DKIT)
- Dutch National Nurses’ Organization NU’91
- Health Sciences Association of BC (HSABC)
- Hospital Employees' Union (HEU)
- Institut universitaire de formation et de recherche en soins - IUFRS
- Interior Health (IH)
- International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO)
- International Confederation of Dietetic Associations (ICDA)
- International Confederation of Midwives (ICM)
- International Council of Nurses (ICN)
- International Hospital Federation (IHF-FIH)
- International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)
- IntraHealth International
- Manitoba Nurses Union (MNU)
- Northern Health (NH)
- Oud Consultancy
- ProActive ReSolutions
- Providence Health Care (PHC)
- Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA)
- Public Services International (PSI)
- Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN)
- Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI)
- Union of Psychiatric Nurses (UPN)
- Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)
- Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA)
- Workplace Health at Fraser Health Authority (WHFHA)
- WorksafeBC
- World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT)
- World Medical Association (WMA)
All delegates attending the conference will receive a book of proceedingswhich includes either abstracts and/or full papers authored by the presenters of all presentations.
The conference provides a wonderful opportunity to network and establish contacts with a very diverse community of colleagues engaged in this important area of work. Apart from the geographical diversity of delegates, there is also a multiplicity of perspectives including clinical/service, organisational, educational, research and regulatory. In order to maximise the potential contribution of networking opportunities the conference will include a number of social activities including:
- A complimentary welcome reception on Wednesday October 24th 2012
- A special conference dinner at the TELUS World of Science, Vancouver on Thursday October 25th 2012. (Please note conference dinner is at additional cost).
The City of Vancouver is a vibrant, international city on the western coast of Canada that will not disappoint you, and this wonderful city is also the ideal place for an enjoyable stay before, during and after the conference.
We look forward to your abstract submission and welcoming you to Vancouver,
On behalf of the Organisation and Scientific Committee
Prof. Dr. Ian Needham, Chair and Mr. Kevin McKenna, Co-Chair of the Organisation and Scientific Committee & Nico Oud, MNSc, N.Adm, RN, Conference Organiser
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