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The 13th international conference on Public Health among Greater Mekong Sub-Regional countries on "Enhancing transdisciplinary collaborations on Education and Research to tackle priority public health issues in the new Era" has following objectives:

  • To strengthen the relationship of Faculties of Public Health among the Southeast Asian countries and in the world;
  • To share research results in the field of Public Health as well as priority public health issues among greater Mekong Sub-Regional countries;
  • To search for feasible solutions to enhance international collaboration among Public Health Faculties in Mekong Sub-Region and a wider area of the Southeast Asian countries about training and research in Public Health.

An abstract should be in one paragraph with no more 350 words, describing the major aspects of the entire paper in a prescribed sequence that includes: 1) Introduction: The overall purpose of the study and the research problem(s) you investigated; 2) Objective(s): The outcomes that you aim to achieve by conducting research; 3) Method: The basic design of the study; 4) Results: Major findings or trends found as a result of your analysis; and, 5) Conclusions: a brief summary of your interpretations and conclusions.

Thua Thien Hue provincial Association of Public Health and Preventive Medicine in collaboration with the Faculty of Public Health and the Institute for Community Health Research of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hue University, will host a scientific conference on Public Health.  (updating...)

Emerging infectious diseases are, more than ever, at the center of the world’s attention. Join a diverse group of colleagues from around the world as they present new knowledge and breakthroughs about how to discover, detect, understand, prevent and respond to outbreaks of emerging disease threats.

Rescheduled Date: October 3-5th, 2021

Venue: Kaohsiung Marriott Hotel (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)

Length: 2.5 days (+1 day Pre-Event Meeting)

Program: Interest Group Seminars, Summit Programming (Workshops, Oral/Poster Presentations, Symposiums, Alternative Sessions, Plenary Speakers), Welcome Reception, Banquet, Master Classes, Cultural Tours

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INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Hue, 26th Feb 2016

ANNOUNCEMENT

TRAINING COURSE ON "INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND

EVIDENCE INFORMED DECISION MAKING IN PUBLIC HEALTH"

The Institute for Community Health research will organize the training course on "Introduction to systematic review and Evidence informed decision making in Public Health"

Objectives:Provide a background to evidence based practice (EBP) in public health and systematic reviews.

Time:March, 28-29th 2016 (1.5 days)

Venue:Public Health Faculty – Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy

                   06 Ngo Quyen street, Hue City, Vietnam

Lecturer: Prof. Philip Baker, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Language: English (No translation)

Target audience:About 30 participants, including:

  1. Health Departments of Khanh Hoa province, Binh Dinh province, Dak Lak province, Quang Ngai province, Thua Thien Hue province and Da Nang city: 1 staff per 1 province/ city
  2. Thu Duc district hospital: 01 staff
  3. Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy:
  • Public Health Faculty: 7 staff
  • Nursing faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Surgery, Department of Obstetrics, Department of Pediatric, Department of Radiology, Traditional Medicine Faculty, Department of Psychiatry: 2 staff per 01 department/ faculty.

For better prepararation of the training course, participants who are interested in, please register before March 15th 2016 according to the following address:

Mr. Le Dinh Duong, MPH

Email: dinhduongqb@gmail.com

Tel:0543.628.454 / 0905.335.724

 

Thank you for your attention.

DIRECTOR

 

A/Prof. VO VAN THANG

 

 

 

 

 

Prof. Phillip Baker - Lecturer of this course

Prof Dr Philip Baker is Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Social Work Queensland University of Technology. He has a PhD from the University of Queensland and a B.Sc from the University of Toronto. Prof Baker has extensive experience in epidemiology related to both clinical trials, public health settings and health policy. For several years he was Director of Epidemiology for Queensland’s health department leading the delivery of epidemiological services for communicable and chronic diseases over a large geographic area. He is an author on seven Cochrane systematic reviews, and is a journal editor for the Cochrane Public Health Group. Much of the review his work focuses on public health issues such as communitywide interventions to increase physical activity.

Prof Baker engages both undergraduate and post-graduate learners in epidemiology and evidence based practice with a Real-World emphasis. His approach includes drawing upon experiences as a health practitioner, and then re-creating scenarios for engaged learning. He is experienced in providing workforce training in evidence-informed decision making and epidemiological skills for health workforces both in Australia and internationally. His main interests are in evidence-based practice, systematic reviews, knowledge translation, health services research, public health epidemiology and the scholarship of teaching and learning.