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PubMed2000

Workshops propose national programme for veterinary helminthology for South Africa.

A workshop was held at Onderstepoort on 2-3 July 1999 to set priorities in veterinary helminthology for South Africa. Representatives from 19 organisations attended. The workshop achieved 2 of its 3 aims, namely to identify the priority areas within the field and to set specific objectives to be achieved in addressing these needs. Seven strategies were proposed, namely, motivation, education, therapeutic, worm resistance, animal tolerance, biological control and diagnostic strategies. A follow-up session took place on 8 September 1999 and at this workshop and in subsequent meetings, preliminary action plans were developed for these strategies. It was felt that the proposed activities delineated by this process should form the basis for a National Programme for Veterinary Helminthology and a national forum is to be convened to encourage all stakeholders to consider, discuss and adopt these activities. The forum is scheduled to take place in April 2000.

Animals↗

PubMed1975

Learning by experience. A student residential workshop in hospital.

A four-day residential workshop was conducted for students beginning their clinical studies at the St George Hospital in 1974. The aim of the workshop was that the students should understand the functioning of the hospital and feel comfortable as students in the hospital, so that they would learn their clinical skills more effectively in their subsequent years at the hospital. Each student lived in a hospital bed with an "illness" for two days, and spent another two days helping care for these "student patients" and exploring the hospital. Evaluation at the end of the workshop suggested that the objectives had been achieved.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗

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Mental health. Coping with violence: workshops for CPNs.

All nurses run the risk of encountering violent situations, but community psychiatric nurses (CPNs) are more vulnerable in this regard than any other group. The author describes how he set up workshops for CPNs on how to deal with violent clients in a way that protects not only their own safety but also that of the client. Relying heavily on role play, the workshops have been received enthusiastically by the 60 nurses who have participated to date, and a policy on dealing with violence based on the teachings of the workshops is being devised.

Community Health Nursing↗

PubMed1991

What have we learnt about the cultural, social and behavioural determinants of health? From selected readings to the first Health Transition Workshop.

The article explores the issue of whether the holding of an international workshop in Canberra in 1989, and the preparation of papers for it, increased our knowledge of the cultural, social and behavioural determinants of health and whether the publication of the proceedings placed new knowledge in the public domain. The approach adopted is to compare those proceedings with a collection of selected readings on the subject made shortly before as part of the same program and also with certain other publications. The conclusions reached are that, in addition to having stimulated interest in the field, the workshop and its proceedings furthered knowledge in at least five important areas: (1) the existence of mortality-prone households; (2) the impact of differing cultural situations of women in terms of individualism on their children's survival; (3) the mechanisms whereby maternal education is translated into child survival; (4) the impact of culture and ethnicity on mortality; and (5) indirect indices of the impact of care. The workshop failed to contribute to substantial advances (or draw attention to the lack of advance) in the following areas: (1) the measurement of Third World morbidity or health; (2) adult health transition; (3) the impact of radicalism or egalitarianism in communities other than Kerala and Sri Lanka on mortality; (4) the impact of lifestyle diseases on Third World mortality; (5) the identification of economically optimum mixes of social change and the provision of health services in reducing mortality and improving health; and (6) the employment of health transition knowledge in the reduction of mortality and the improvement of health.

Adult↗

PubMed1995

The evaluation of a burnout workshop for community nurses.

This study evaluates the effects of a burnout workshop that was conducted for community nurses (N = 64). The workshop included relaxation training, didactic and cognitive stress management, interpersonal skills training, and the enhancement of a more realistic professional role. The nurses' symptom levels (i.e., emotional exhaustion, tedium, psychological strain, and somatic complaints decreased significantly. However no significant changes were observed in the attitudinal component of burnout: the nurses' negative attitudes toward their recipients (depersonalization) and toward their performance on the job (reduced personal accomplishment) did not decrease. In addition, personality (i.e., the nurses' level of reactivity) played a moderating role: low reactive nurses who, by definition, are rather resistant to stress benefited more from the workshop than did high reactive nurses who are less resistant to stress. Since no control group was included, the results of this study are tentative and should be confirmed by future research.

Adaptation, Psychological↗

PubMed1998

A writing workshop for the CANNT Journal.

Writing for publication requires special skills and understanding. The aim of this workshop held by the co-editors of the CANNT Journal was to help participants identify the first steps needed to initiate the process of writing for publication. During the workshop, the attendees were invited to join small groups with a facilitator for each group. The individual groups identified what they considered to be their first five steps to writing for publication. This information from each group was shared with all the attendees. At the end of the session, helpful tools to aid potential authors were identified and thoughts on future writing workshops were discussed.

Education, Nursing, Continuing↗

PubMed1999

Report of the Chromosome 5 Workshop of the Sixth World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics.

The Chromosome 5 Workshop heard new data on a schizophrenia susceptibility locus in the 5q23.3-q31.1 region. Sixty-two pedigrees from Finland gave a lod score of 1.36 at the CSF1R locus approximately 14 cM distal to IL9/D5S393, where positive results from three pedigree collections converged at the 1997 workshop. Though positive at CSF1R, the new data were only weakly positive at the IL9 (lod 0.46) and D5S393 (lod 0.07) loci themselves. The workshop also reviewed new evidence in the 5p14.1-p13.1 region, where a large pedigree of schizophrenia of Puerto Rican extraction has suggested a susceptibility locus with a maximum lod score at D5S111. Twenty-one new pedigrees multiplex for schizophrenia in African Americans gave positive lod scores at D5S111 and flanking loci. In bipolar illness five genetically related pedigrees from the Saguenay-Lac-St. Jean region of Quebec identified a region of interest at 5q31.3-q35.1. This region overlaps with the D5S423 locus and includes the D5S812 locus and the 5q34 region, all of which are consistent with linkage in at least one other study.

Bipolar Disorder↗

PubMed1999

Chromosomes 8 and 10 workshop.

The chromosomes 8 and 10 workshop took place at the Sixth World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics from October 6th-10th, 1998 in Bonn, Germany. Aim of the workshop was to discuss and summarize reports on potential susceptibility genes for psychiatric disorders. Linkage-findings on chromosome 8 concentrate on 8p22-p21 and include mainly schizophrenic disorders. Two areas on chromosome 10 were reported to contain potential susceptibility genes for schizophrenic as well as for affective disorders. The strongest findings were reported for 10p14-p11, while other groups communicated also linkage data for the telomeric part of the long arm to the workshop.

Bipolar Disorder↗

PubMed1999

Chromosome 21 workshop.

The report of the 1997 workshop presented overall evidence providing strong support for a susceptibility locus for bipolar disorder at C21q22-23. The 1998 workshop considered the latest results from four groups, and additional studies also have been incorporated into this report. The workshop noted that there was possibly a degree of overlap between the regions implicated by the large samples of the multiplex National Institute of Mental Health pedigrees (affected sib pair analysis: p = 0.0006) and the US/Israeli pedigrees of the New York group (admixture lod = 3.35), in an area a few centimorgans proximal to PFKL. Participants concluded that the evidence implicating this region remains as strong as any, and were optimistic that further investigation would eventually lead to the identification of a susceptibility gene.

Bipolar Disorder↗

PubMed1999

Causative organism and host response. International Leprosy Congress, Beijing, 7-12 September 1998. Workshop report.

Whether or not the leprosy elimination target is met in all endemic countries by the year 2000, the MDT programme will have greatly reduced worldwide prevalence. However, our workshop chairmen were asked to ignore the prevalence-based leprosy 'elimination' programme and focus on recommendations for a long term, incidence-based eradication target where transmission is blocked. They were asked to be concerned with basic leprosy research goals in the post 2000 era. The members of our workshops are actively productive workers, committed to their special interests. They are fully cognizant of the obstacles faced daily in working with leprosy and M. leprae, the requirement for clever experimental design even with the availability of the powerful tools of molecular biology which can now be brought to bear on some of the research obstacles. They are also aware of our lack of understanding about leprosy and M. leprae. How do you block transmission if you don't know how infection is transmitted? Can infection be detected, diagnosis made earlier? Is there a non-human reservoir host, a carrier state, an environmental source? What is the basis of M. leprae's predilection for nerves, the mechanisms underlying reactions? What needs to be targeted to treat reactions? Can a vaccine play a role? There is nothing startling in the workshops' recommendations. Other individuals and groups of experts have made the same suggestions, with slightly varying priorities. What one can read between the lines of these reports, is a sense of urgency to get as much done as soon as possible. Worldwide interest in leprosy will soon be diminished, not by design but as a consequence of the laudable success of the MDT programme. The experiment is still underway, but chemotherapy alone, killing bacilli in the detectable human host, does not appear to be the answer to blocking transmission. A number of goals must be addressed while there are still intact national and international leprosy programmes, while there are still leprosy treatment and research centres that can co-ordinate and facilitate the necessary trials for early diagnosis, early detection of reactions, evaluation of immunosuppressive regimens for reactions. A key recommendation is concerned with the means of measuring progress. A clear and explicit means of reporting incidence, prevalence and 'case detection' should be implemented to avoid a distorted picture of worldwide leprosy. These recommendations are non-controversial. What should be done is clear. The uncertainty is in determining who will do the work. Who will fund the laboratories engaged in this work? Look around you. There are fewer scientists attending this Congress but browsing the abstracts and attending our sessions and posters clearly revealed to me that fewer of us are doing far better work than in the past. Alternative sources of funding will help. Tuberculosis research is enticing researchers away from leprosy in the developed countries but is visibly sustaining leprosy research in many centres in developing countries. Formation of alliances was a key goal of this Congress. I asked my colleagues from Carville to identify in their own discipline, dedicated people, committed laboratories that will sustain their leprosy research efforts over the next 5, 10 or more years. These are the people with whom we wish to collaborate, form alliances, share resources and expertise, address the future of worldwide leprosy.

Bacterial Vaccines↗

PubMed1998

AGAATI/ECVAM Workshop on the Validation of Alternative Methods for the Potency Testing of Vaccines.

The workshop on validation of alternative methods for the potency testing of vaccines was organised by ECVAM (European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods) and AGAATI (Advisory Group on Alternatives to Animal Testing in Immunobiologicals), and it was held in Angera, Italy, on 14-16 November 1997 under the co-chairmanship of Coenraad Hendriksen (RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands) and Jean-Marc Spieser (EDQM, Strasbourg, France). The 17 participants, all experts in vaccine quality control and/or validation procedures, came from international regulatory bodies and organisations, national control laboratories and vaccine manufacturers. The aim of the workshop was to discuss, in an informal atmosphere, the complex issue of guidelines for the validation of alternative methods to potency testing of vaccines in laboratory animals, in particular: a) to review existing guidelines for validation; b) to discuss specific guidelines for the validation of alternative methods to the potency testing of vaccines and to agree on strategies for the preparation of guidelines; and c) to discuss and make recommendations for the implementation of validated alternative methods for regulatory purposes. The outcome of the discussions and the recommendations will be published in the ECVAM workshop series in ATLA in late 1998.

Journal Article↗

PubMed1998

[ERGATT/ECVAM Workshop on Acceptance of Validated Alternative Methods: Amden III]

Since validated in vitro toxicity tests have so far not been accepted by regulators the third international ERGATT/ECVAM validation workshop was held from January 26-30, 1998, in Amden/Switzerland. Scientific and political reasons for a delay of the acceptance of alternative methods were identified in the areas of phototoxicity, skin penetration and skin corrosivity and strategies to promote the acceptance were suggested. The OECD will harmonise the formal of criteria for the regulatory acceptance of new experimentally validated tests and of established tests from industry for which in-house and literature data exist. In vitro tests for phototoxicity and skin penetration will be accepted shortly by the OECD. For skin corrosivity two in vitro tests will be put forward to the OECD later this year. The Amden III workshop suggests that, the same acceptance criteria must be used for animal and in vitro tests. Finally, the OECD should remove tests that cause pain and distress to test animals from the official OECD list of official test guidelines if validated alternative methods exist. When obsolete animal tests are taken from the list of official OECD test guidelines, they will not any longer be accepted at the international level. Thus, the third Amden workshop has contributed new concepts for the regulatory acceptance of alternative toxicity tests which are supported by regulators in Europe, the USA and the OECD.

Journal Article↗

PubMed2001

Abbreviated report of the WHO Western Pacific Region Workshop on National Plans of Action for Nutrition: key elements for success, constraints and future plans.

A workshop on National Plans of Action for Nutrition: Constraints, Key Elements for Success, and Future Plans was convened and organized by the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific in collaboration with the Institute for Medical Research Malaysia and co-sponsored with FAO and UNICEF from 25-29 October 1999. It was attended by representatives of 25 countries in the region and resource persons, representatives from WHO and other international agencies. The objectives of the workshop were to review the progress of countries in developing, implementing and monitoring national plans of action for nutrition (NPANs) in the Western Pacific Region and to identify constraints and key elements of success in these efforts. Most of the countries have NPANs, either approved and implemented or awaiting official endorsement. The Plan formulation is usually multisectotal, involving several government ministries, non-governmental organizations, and international agencies. Often official adoption or endorsement of the Plan comes from the head of state and cabinet or the minister of health, one to six years from the start of its formulation. The NPAN has stimulated support for the development and implementation of nutrition projects and activities, with comparatively greater involvement of and more support from government ministries, UN agencies and non-governmental agencies compared to local communities, bilateral and private sectors and research and academic institutions. Monitoring and evaluation are important components of NPANs. They are, however, not given high priority and often not built into the plan. The role of an intersectoral coordinating body is considered crucial to a country's nutrition program. Most countries have an intersectoral structure or coordinating body to ensure the proper implementation, monitoring and evaluation of their NPANs. The workshop identified the constraints and key elements of success in each of the four stages of the NPAN process: development, operationalization, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation. Constraints to the NPAN process relate to the political and socioeconomic environment, resource scarcity, control and management processes, and factors related to sustainability. The group's review of NPAN identified successful NPANs as those based on recent, adequate and good quality information on the nutritional situation of the country, and on the selection of strategies, priorities and interventions that are relevant to the country and backed up by adequate resources. Continued high level political commitment, a multisectoral approach, and adequate participation of local communities are other key elements for success. The participants agreed on future actions and support needed from various sources for the further development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of their NPANs. The recommendations for future actions were categorized into actions pertaining to countries with working NPAN, actions for countries without working NPAN and actions relevant to all countries. There was also a set of suggested actions at the regional level, such as holding of regular regional NPAN evaluation meetings, inclusion of NPAN on the agenda of regional fora by the regional organizations, and strengthening of regional nutrition networks.

Guideline Adherence↗

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Facilitating changes in perinatal smoking. The impact of a stage-based workshop for care-providers in British Columbia.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the impact of stage-based smoking cessation workshops for perinatal care-providers. METHODS: A one-day workshop was designed and piloted with perinatal care-providers in Comox Valley, British Columbia. Dissemination to eight other communities followed. Pre- and post-questionnaires were collected from 270 care-providers. Clients (n = 115) were interviewed after contact with a care-provider. RESULTS: Workshops increased care-provider knowledge (p < 0.0001), confidence to address smoking with clients (p < 0.0001), and perceived ability to help clients across the stages of change (p < 0.0001). There was an increase in use of the model (p < 0.0001) by care-providers, with 86% reporting changing their work with perinatal clients and 75% applying it beyond that setting. A significant shift in client readiness to change occurred during the pilot (p = 0.001) and dissemination (p = 0.013). Eighty percent of dissemination clients reported altering smoking behaviours as a result of intervention and 36% made at least one attempt to quit. Client satisfaction was high. Spin-off benefits included increased community collaboration, and capacity.

British Columbia↗

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An overview of multicentric training workshops for public health professionals on reproductive and child health programme in India.

The major emphasis of Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) programme in India is delivery of client-oriented, demand driven and broader ranges of high quality, safe and effective services for children, adolescents, mothers and reproductive age group population at large. Increased client satisfaction is considered as main determinant for improved acceptance of the services. Thus, well trained and motivated health personnel are necessary to deal with highly sensitive, personal health issues of the clients, like contraception, abortion, infertility services etc. The Indian Public Health Association organized total 10 workshops in several places of India (A total 322 members, composed of Medical Administrators (54.7%), Faculty members of Medical Colleges (24.5%), Sociologist and Nutritionists (13.9%) and also public health personnel (6.9%) participated in the workshop). Learning objectives and lesson plans etc. were formulated. Accordingly the contents were incorporated in a module, validated and pretested. The training sessions were conducted by briefing, discussion, group exercise and VIPP method and were evaluated by semi structured. The pre/post assessment schedule and scored scale of feedback from participantsAE were used for evaluation. The pre-post assessment scores revealed wide variations of mean score among the participants of several places. Significant post workshop improvement of knowledge was quite evident, with few exceptions. The group variants of pre and post score of results was considered to be due to heterogeneous groups of participants. Review of objectivity and quality of the questionnaire were felt as necessary.

Adolescent↗

PubMed2002

Pilot workshops at the Palau Center for Emergency Health: a model for international collaborative operations training and planning.

The Emergency Public Health Planning Workshop demonstrated that national with different backgrounds, capabilities, knowledge bases, and concepts of operations can work together to develop complementary emergency public health plans. Results of the First Responder Emergency Medical Workshop demonstrated that, despite having similarly inconsistent backgrounds, emergency responders can develop complementary response protocols. Lectures presented in both workshops are now available in the public domain. They can be used to improve regional public health emergency capabilities whether the region considered is local, state, or international.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.↗

PubMed1992

Dosimetry Workshop: extremely-low-frequency electric and magnetic fields.

A workshop on the dosimetry of extremely-low-frequency fields was held to assess current knowledge in this field and to develop a set of recommendations for new research that meets the needs of health risk assessment, in particular, the assessment of cancer risk. The workshop was sponsored by the Electric Power Research Institute and was held on March 20-22, 1991, in Carmel, California. Major topics of the workshop were microdosimetry of induced electric fields, scaling of induced fields among biological systems from cells to humans, and the problem of defining a biologically effective "dose." A number of research recommendations were developed, the most important of which are to (1) characterize the natural background electric and magnetic fields in tissues and near cells, (2) improve experimental exposure geometries to allow accurate characterization of induced fields in samples, (3) design experiments to distinguish between electric and magnetic field mechanisms, (4) develop standard in vitro biological systems with reproducible and well-established responses to fields, and (5) develop definition of dose with respect to fields at the primary site of interaction.

Electromagnetic Fields↗

PubMed2004

[The workshop of cardiopulmonary resuscitation for medical doctors in Jichi Medical Hospital].

The Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) established in 2000 (Guidelines 2000) are the standard for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) all over the world. Written guidelines based on Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) are widely available throughout Japan and are studied by physicians but ACLS training courses have been made available only recently. In 2003, our hospital formed a committee to address standards of patient safety and one of the recommendations of the committee was the attendance of standardized BLS by health care workers and of ACLS by physicians. In May, 2003 a total of 447 physicians from our hospital participated in a workshop on BLS which provided lectures, demonstrations and a written examination. After completion of this workshop, it has been concluded that standardization in the area of resuscitation is mandatory, and efforts to disseminate this workshop to health care practitioners are to be undertaken.

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation↗