Evidence into practice and evidence into policy
6 – 8 September 2012
The Gateway Centre, St Andrews, Scotland, UK
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The meeting was also covered in a blog in the BMJ http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2012/09/17/tony-waterston-tackling-global-health-in-st-andrews/
Conference Programme
Thursday 6th September – Evidence into practice
Welcome and Introduction
Nick Spencer, Chair of ISSOP & Tony Waterston, Chair of Organising Committee
Plenary 1: Getting evidence into practice – scene-setting
Chaired by Lucy Reynolds (UK) & Olivier Duperrex (Switzerland)
Old and new challenges for social paediatrics
Catherine Law, Professor of Public Health and Epidemiology, Institute of Child Health, London
Results of ISSOP survey on evidence-based practice
Lucy Reynolds, Consultant Paediatrician, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Short reports from 4 countries illustrating issues regarding evidence-based paediatric practic
•Sweden: Lennart Kohler
•Croatia: Milivoj Jovancevic
•Russia: Nataliya Ustinova
•Turkey: Selda Bulbul
Workshop Session 1
Free Papers, Session 1
Chaired by Rosina Kyeremateng (UK) & Gilles Julien (Canada)
Plenary 2: How to get evidence into practice – solutions
Chaired by Shanti Raman (Australia) & Stuart Logan (UK)
Essential newborn care – evidence into practice (by Skype)
Liz Mason, WHO Child and Adolescent Health and Development, Geneva
Evidence-based prescribing in South Africa (by Skype)
Prakash Jeena, South Africa Paediatric Essential Drug programme
Protecting Children from Second Hand Smoke: challenges, alternatives and opportunities
Sally Haw, Chair in Public Health & Population Health, University of Stirling
Panel Discussion – Ways forward in developing evidence-based approaches
Friday 7th September – Evidence into Policy – Engaging Decision Makers
Plenary 3: Developing Policy
Chaired by Nick Spencer (UK) & Gonca Yilmaz (Turkey)
Developing a policy and collaboration for the early years
Harry Burns, Chief Medical Officer, The Scottish Government
Panel discussion including young people
Plenary 4: International Symposium
Chaired by Tony Waterston (UK) & Nataliya Ustinova (Russia)
Examples of successful engagement with government
The session will consist of a dialogue with the invited speakers in which the audience are invited to participate
Developing breast feeding policy in Iceland
Geir Gunnlaugsson, Chief Medical Officer for Iceland
People’s health movement in relation to global advocacy on child health (by Skype)
David Sanders, Emeritus Professor of Public Health, University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
Staffan Janson, Professor of Public Health Science, Karlstad University and Adjunct Professor of Social Pediatrics, Örebro University, Sweden
Workshop Session 2
Free Papers, Session 2
Plenary 5: Working with children and young people
Chaired by Luis Martin (Spain) & Phil Wilson (UK)
Blethering with children and young people
Tam Baillie, Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People
Followed by Question and Answer Session including Children and Young People
ISSOP AGM
Saturday 8th September
Free Papers, Session 3
Chaired by Thea van Zeben (Netherlands) & Gulbin Gokcay (Turkey)
Closing remarks
Tony Waterston, Nick Spencer
