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Work and Health: Conference and workshop Monday 21 March 2016
9.50am-5.00pm (registration from 9.30am),
Harwood Room, Barnes Wallis building, Staff House Conference Centre, University of Manchester, Sackville Street, Manchester M1 3BB http://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/maps/interactive-map/?id=113
This Public Health England funded conference brings together researchers on work and health from different disciplines to showcase recent research findings, and also to discuss research priorities in work and health. The conference features research on the employed and unemployed, and includes presentations on supporting workers with poor health and their carers to remain in employment, the health impact of return to work and sickness presenteeism, occupational safety and health across the working life course, and worklessness and health in the Greater Manchester area. The event will also include a short workshop on priority research areas on health and work, and how to facilitate future research collaborations on health, wellbeing and work.
Speakers:
Donna Bramwell, University of Manchester - 'Exploring the Role of Employers and Managers in Supporting People with Long-term Conditions in the Workplace'
Maria Karanika-Murray, Nottingham Trent University - 'Can sickness presenteeism be positive for health and performance? Current knowledge, gaps, and research needs'
Adam Coutts, University of Cambridge - 'The health and wellbeing impacts of back-to-work programmes: an RCT of the JOBS II intervention in the UK'
Kate Spiegelhalter, Institute for Employment Studies - 'Evaluating innovative approaches to supporting carers to remain in employment'
Joanne Crawford, Institute of Occupational Medicine - 'How can we support occupational safety and health across the working life course: current evidence and future research'
Ged Deveraux, Public Health England Manchester, and Matt Ainsworth, Association of Greater Manchester Authorities - 'Understanding Greater Manchester's Worklessness Population'
Please register online for this free event: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/work-and-health-conference-and-workshop-tickets-22043080447
Work and Health: Conference and workshop
*Please note: This conference is suitable for academics and practitioners working in the area of health, wellbeing and work.
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