Name of Event
CHANCES Dissemination Workshop
Location
Athens, Greece
Date
23 January, 2015
Event description
The results of the five-year European research programme CHANCES were presented in Athens, on Friday 23rd January 2015 during the CHANCES Dissemination Workshop, entitled “HEALTHY AGEING: DEFINITION, RISK FACTORS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH”. Representatives of the CHANCES team of researchers showcased their findings, following extensive research on different ageing-related health matters. It was a successful occasion on which scientists and public health experts, outside the CHANCES consortium, participated.
The workshop included a poster session on which results from finalized, as well as from ongoing projects, were presented. (click here)
A new, short and user-friendly questionnaire to evaluate the health of the elderly that was produced within CHANCES, was also presented during the Workshop. The questionnaire was designed in such a way so as to allow its implementation across Europe, seeking to facilitate the development of health strategies and policies for the elderly at a European level.
As pointed out by the CHANCES Consortium, while Europeans live longer, the real challenge for them is to be able to live more years without disability. This cannot be accomplished by clinical care alone – a comprehensive prevention plan, supported by research targeting both individuals and society, is essential. Prevention needs to start from conception and then conclude at older age, as healthy ageing is affected by several factors, related to all ages.
“Society needs to treat elderly persons as equal, active partners yet, at the same time, recognise their special needs and offer them a good quality of life,” said HHF vice-president, Professor Antonia Trichopoulou. “With this in mind, the aim of the CHANCES dissemination activity is to combine the new evidence provided by this research project with existing information and then use the results of the project to improve European public health policy for the elderly.”
“The CHANCES project produced novel and strong scientific evidence on the determinants of healthy ageing in Europe, including modifiable behaviors, nutritional factors, and environmental exposures,” said Italian epidemiologist Paolo Boffetta, CHANCES coordinator and HHF collaborator. “Using these results to shape the agenda of European public health policy is the objective of the aggressive dissemination program of CHANCES: the workshop convened in Athens on January 23rd represented the highlight for the translation activities of the consortium, by including researchers, clinicians, regulators, and the media.”
The CHANCES Dissemination Workshop was covered by the media. A press release describing the project and its main achievements, as well as a press kit containing summaries of oral and poster presentations were prepared in English (the press release in Greek as well) and distributed to attendees, TV and radio producers, as well as to newspapers (including web-based).
(click here)
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