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About the conferenceThe Nordic Conference on Men’s Health in Stockholm 10th

and 11th April 2008 is the third Nordic conference on men’s

health. The first conference took place in Copenhagen 2004

and had special focus on defining Men’s Health as a particu-

lar issue. The second conference was held in Oslo 2006, and

had focus on Men’s Health in a gender equality perspective.

In 2008 the conference takes place in Stockholm, hosted by FORUM, Centre for Public

Health (Centrum för folkhälsa) under the Stockholm County Council (Stockholms läns

landsting).

Conference venue:

Centrum för folkhälsa, Västgötagatan 2, Stockholm - Sweden.

Registrat ion:

Registration fee is SEK 950/450 (full prize/students) incl. coffee, fruit and light lunch

Friday. To get information on registration: Contact [email protected] or lokk

into the web site of the conference: http://nordicmenshealth.wordpress.com/

Program committee :

Asgeir R. Helgason [email protected]

Svend Aage Madsen [email protected]

Marianne Inez Lien [email protected]

Ulf Rikter-Svendsen [email protected]

Karin Eriksson [email protected]

Organisers :

Nordisk Netværk for Mænds Helse (Nordic Network for Men’s Health)

FORUM för kunskap och gemensam utveckling, Stockholms läns landsting,

Klinisk cancerepidemiologi, institutionen för onkologi-patologi, Karolinska institutet,

Andrologenheten, Huddinge, Karolinska sjukhuset,

SWEDPOS, Svensk förening för psykosocial onkologi

Nordic Conferenceon Men’s Health

Third Nordic conference

Stockholm, SwedenThursday 10th and Friday 11th April 2008

Secretariat Main Sponsor

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T h u r s d a y 1 0 t h

Registrat ion star ts at 11:00

Opening 12:30-12:45

Men’s Health in Europe – with a focus on men and cancer

Alan White, Professor of men’s health & Director the Centre for Men’s Health, Leeds Metropolitan

University, UK

Prevalence and survival in relation to PSA testing for prostate cancer

Jan Adolfsson MD, Associate Professor of Urology, Director of the Oncological Center, Stockholm/

Gotland, Sweden

PSA testing - psycho social aspects

Gunnar Steineck MD, Professor Karolinska Institutet/Göteborg University, Sweden

Pause

Depression in men - diagnosis and treatment

Ullakarin Nyberg MD/PhD, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Suicide among men

Bo Runeson, Associate professor MD PhD , Dep Clin Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Towards better care for men who lose a wife to cancer

Arna Hauksdóttir, PhD student, Clinical Cancer Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Pause

Enhanced mortality amongst widowers

Bragi Skúlason, Hospital Pastor/PhD student, Landspitalinn (University Hospital), Reykjavik, Iceland

Cognitive dysfunction after treatment for testicular cancer

Johanna Skoog, Leg Psychologist & PhD student, Clinical Cancer epidemiology, Sahlgrenska Akademin,

Göteborg University, Sweden

Masculinity and Men’s Health - Coronary Heart Disease in Medical and

Public Discourse

Elianne Riska, Professor, Swedish School of Social Science, University of Helsinki Finland

Panel Discussion

Moderator: Lena Kanström, Director, Center of Public Health, Stockholm County Council, Sweden

F r i d a y 1 1 t h

Masculinity and health - as projected in the media

Stina Backman PhD, Tema Institute, University of Linköping, Sweden

Male menopause - psycho social aspects

Stefan Arver MD, Professor, Center for Andrology and Sexual Medicine Karolinska University Hospital,

Sweden

Psychotherapeutic treatment of men with post natal depression

Svend Aage Madsen PhD, Head Psychologist, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark

Pause

The Men’s movement in Sweden

Helena Hill PhD, Genusvetenskap, Södertörn University College, Sweden

Gender equality from the male perspective - a new Swedish movement

Zanyar Adami, Editor in chief, Sweden

Viking or Wise - polarising Icelandic male identity

Bragi Skúlason, Hospital Pastor/PhD student, Landspitalinn (University Hospital),

Reykjavik, Iceland

Panel Discussion

Moderators: Karen Leander, Stockholm Centre for Public Health and Maria Danielsson, Centre for Epi-

demiology, National Board of Health and Welfare, Sweden

Lunch

“Forced” parental leave - the Icelandic experience

Ingólfur Gíslason, University of Reykjavik, Iceland

Fathers without children & the Fathers Advocate

Arne Wirén, journalist & Stefan Blomgren, a father without children, Sweden

Emotional isolation in Swedish men

Asgeir R. Helgason, Associate Professor, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Promoting men’s sexual health – experiences from Järva Men’s Clinic

Gunilla Neves Ekman, MPH qualified social worker, Stockholm Centre for Public Health & Järva mans-

mottagning, Sweden

Setting up a resource centre for men

Ulf Rikter-Svendsen, director, Reform - Resource Centre for Men, Norway

PANEL DISCUSSION

Moderator: Sarah Wamala, Associate Professor, Head of Department for Health Promotion and Disease

Prevention, Stockholm County Council

Closing remarks

Svend Aage Madsen, PhD, Head Psychologist Denmark, President of Danish Men’s Health Society

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T h u r s d a y 1 0 t h

Registrat ion star ts at 11:00

Opening 12:30-12:45

Men’s Health in Europe – with a focus on men and cancer

Alan White, Professor of men’s health & Director the Centre for Men’s Health, Leeds Metropolitan

University, UK

Prevalence and survival in relation to PSA testing for prostate cancer

Jan Adolfsson MD, Associate Professor of Urology, Director of the Oncological Center, Stockholm/

Gotland, Sweden

PSA testing - psycho social aspects

Gunnar Steineck MD, Professor Karolinska Institutet/Göteborg University, Sweden

Pause

Depression in men - diagnosis and treatment

Ullakarin Nyberg MD/PhD, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Suicide among men

Bo Runeson, Associate professor MD PhD , Dep Clin Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Towards better care for men who lose a wife to cancer

Arna Hauksdóttir, PhD student, Clinical Cancer Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Pause

Enhanced mortality amongst widowers

Bragi Skúlason, Hospital Pastor/PhD student, Landspitalinn (University Hospital), Reykjavik, Iceland

Cognitive dysfunction after treatment for testicular cancer

Johanna Skoog, Leg Psychologist & PhD student, Clinical Cancer epidemiology, Sahlgrenska Akademin,

Göteborg University, Sweden

Masculinity and Men’s Health - Coronary Heart Disease in Medical and

Public Discourse

Elianne Riska, Professor, Swedish School of Social Science, University of Helsinki Finland

Panel Discussion

Moderator: Lena Kanström, Director, Center of Public Health, Stockholm County Council, Sweden

F r i d a y 1 1 t h

Masculinity and health - as projected in the media

Stina Backman PhD, Tema Institute, University of Linköping, Sweden

Male menopause - psycho social aspects

Stefan Arver MD, Professor, Center for Andrology and Sexual Medicine Karolinska University Hospital,

Sweden

Psychotherapeutic treatment of men with post natal depression

Svend Aage Madsen PhD, Head Psychologist, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark

Pause

The Men’s movement in Sweden

Helena Hill PhD, Genusvetenskap, Södertörn University College, Sweden

Gender equality from the male perspective - a new Swedish movement

Zanyar Adami, Editor in chief, Sweden

Viking or Wise - polarising Icelandic male identity

Bragi Skúlason, Hospital Pastor/PhD student, Landspitalinn (University Hospital),

Reykjavik, Iceland

Panel Discussion

Moderators: Karen Leander, Stockholm Centre for Public Health and Maria Danielsson, Centre for Epi-

demiology, National Board of Health and Welfare, Sweden

Lunch

“Forced” parental leave - the Icelandic experience

Ingólfur Gíslason, University of Reykjavik, Iceland

Fathers without children & the Fathers Advocate

Arne Wirén, journalist & Stefan Blomgren, a father without children, Sweden

Emotional isolation in Swedish men

Asgeir R. Helgason, Associate Professor, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Promoting men’s sexual health – experiences from Järva Men’s Clinic

Gunilla Neves Ekman, MPH qualified social worker, Stockholm Centre for Public Health & Järva mans-

mottagning, Sweden

Setting up a resource centre for men

Ulf Rikter-Svendsen, director, Reform - Resource Centre for Men, Norway

PANEL DISCUSSION

Moderator: Sarah Wamala, Associate Professor, Head of Department for Health Promotion and Disease

Prevention, Stockholm County Council

Closing remarks

Svend Aage Madsen, PhD, Head Psychologist Denmark, President of Danish Men’s Health Society

PR

OG

RA

MM

E | 9

:00

-16

:00

PR

OG

RA

MM

E |

12

:30

-17

:00

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About the conferenceThe Nordic Conference on Men’s Health in Stockholm 10th

and 11th April 2008 is the third Nordic conference on men’s

health. The first conference took place in Copenhagen 2004

and had special focus on defining Men’s Health as a particu-

lar issue. The second conference was held in Oslo 2006, and

had focus on Men’s Health in a gender equality perspective.

In 2008 the conference takes place in Stockholm, hosted by FORUM, Centre for Public

Health (Centrum för folkhälsa) under the Stockholm County Council (Stockholms läns

landsting).

Conference venue:

Centrum för folkhälsa, Västgötagatan 2, Stockholm - Sweden.

Registrat ion:

Registration fee is SEK 950/450 (full prize/students) incl. coffee, fruit and light lunch

Friday. To get information on registration: Contact [email protected] or lokk

into the web site of the conference: http://nordicmenshealth.wordpress.com/

Program committee :

Asgeir R. Helgason [email protected]

Svend Aage Madsen [email protected]

Marianne Inez Lien [email protected]

Ulf Rikter-Svendsen [email protected]

Karin Eriksson [email protected]

Organisers :

Nordisk Netværk for Mænds Helse (Nordic Network for Men’s Health)

FORUM för kunskap och gemensam utveckling, Stockholms läns landsting,

Klinisk cancerepidemiologi, institutionen för onkologi-patologi, Karolinska institutet,

Andrologenheten, Huddinge, Karolinska sjukhuset,

SWEDPOS, Svensk förening för psykosocial onkologi

Nordic Conferenceon Men’s Health

Third Nordic conference

Stockholm, SwedenThursday 10th and Friday 11th April 2008

Secretariat Main Sponsor