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PROGRAMME

Barents Conference:
Health Situation of Indigenous Peoples in the
Barents Region

Cooperation between Centre for Sámi Health Research, Centre for Sámi Study, Barents Region Council and Troms County

Conference venue: Auditorium 1, House 1,
Teorifagsbygget, University of Tromsø
October 25 – 26, 2005

DAY ONE - Tuesday October 25

0900 – 0930: Registration. Auditorium 1 at the Teorifagsbygget on the University campus

0930 – 0945: Welcome


Plenary Lecture 1

0945 – 1045: Alf Nystad, Barents Region Council: Indigenous People in Barents - an overview

1045 – 1100: Coffee/ fruit

1100 – 1200: Peter Bjerregaard, National Institute of Public Health, Section for Research in Greenland, Copenhagen: How Social and Economic Conditions Affect Aboriginal Health.

1200 – 1300: Lunch

1300 – 1400: Harriet V. Kuhnlein, Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment (CINE): Ethical Guidelines for Indigenous Health Research: WHO Guidelines

1400 – 1430: Coffee

Plenary Lecture 2

Indigenous Health Research – Reports from each country:

1430 – 1530: Anna Prahkova, The Working Group of Indigenous Peoples in the BEAR

Larisa Abryutina, Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON): Russia


1530 – 1545: Coffee

1545 – 1615: Simo Näyhä, Centre for Arctic Medicine, University of Oulo: Finland

1615 – 1645: Sven Hassler, Southern Lapland Research Department: Sweden

1645 – 1715: Tove Nystad, Centre for Sámi Health Research: Norway

1745: Reception at Árdna, Sámi Cultural Centre at University of Tromsø

1900: Dinner at the University

DAY TWO - Wednesday October 26

Plenary Lecture 1

0900 – 0945: Max Chaschin, North-West Public Health Research Institute, St. Petersburg. Russia: PTS (Persistent Toxic Substances) and Pregnancy

0945 – 1030: Jon Øyvind Odland, Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø: General influence on the health condition in the population.

1030 – 1045: Coffee/ fruit


Plenary Lecture 2

1045 – 1145: Andrew Kozlov, Institute of Development Physiology and ArctAn-C Innovative Laboratory, Moscow, Russia: Physical growth, nutrition and fitness of Kola Saami children and youth

1145 – 1200: Coffee

1200 – 1300: Anna Rita Spein, Centre for Sami Health Research. University of Tromsø: Substance use and problem behaviour among indigenous Sami adolescents.

1300 – 1400: Lunch

Plenary Lecture 3

1400 – 1430: Vegard Skogen, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø: Tuberculosis Control in the Northwest of Russia.

1430 – 1515: Vegard Skogen, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø: Infectious diseases with focus on HIV infections in indigenous people in Barents.

1515 – 1535: Coffee

Plenary Lecture 4

1535 – 1625: Discussion. Discussant: Eiliv Lund. Institute of Community Medicine,

University of Tromsø.

Network construction between the countries in Barents region,
What can we learn from each other and how shall we cooperate in the future.

1625 – 1640: Closure of the conference