The End-of-Life Care Research Group at the 8th PHPCI conference, 22-25 October 2024, Bern, Switzerland

2:00pm-3:30pm   
Plenary 2: Death literacy - how to develop, how to measure
Location: Kornhausforum - Plenary hall
Chair: Joachim Cohen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Chair: Ekkapop Sittiwantana, Compassionate Communities Research and Devlopment Institution Foundation Thailand, Thailand
Chair: Carol Tishelman, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

4:00pm-5:30pm
Parallel session 1b: Supporting professional caregivers
Location: Hotel Bern - Room "Unionssaal 1"
Chair: Sofia C. Zambrano, University of Bern, Switzerland
Chair: Luc Deliens, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

4:00pm-5:30pm
Parallel session 1c: Experiences of dying
Location: Hotel Bern - Room "Unionssaal 2"
Chair: Kelli Stajduhar, University of Victoria, Canada
Chair: Bert Quintiens, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
 

11:00am-12:30pm 
Parallel session 2b: Promoting inclusion and participation
Location: Hotel Bern - Room "Unionssaal 1"
Session Chairs: Emma Hodges, Compassionate Communities UK, United Kingdom & Joachim Cohen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
- Presentation by Helena Du Cheyne, Identifying facilitators, barriers, and strategies to optimize recruitment of volunteer navigators for implementing a navigation intervention for older people with cancer and their families: a mixed-method study embedded in the international EU Navigate pragmatic randomized controlled trial

11:00am-12:30pm 
Parallel session 2c: Embracing story telling and caring cultures
Location: Hotel Bern - Room "Unionssaal 2"
Session Chair: Vilma Adriana Tripodoro, Institute Pallium Latinoamerica/ATLANTES Global Observatory of Palliative Care WHO CC, Argentine Republic
Session Chair: Steven Vanderstichelen, Compassionate Communities Centre of Expertise, Belgium

12:30pm -2:00pm
Lunch break incl. poster walk
Location: Kornhauskeller
The poster walk starts at 1:15 PM at the entrance to the poster exhibition
Chair: Libby Sallnow, United Kingdom
Chair: Joachim Cohen, Belgium

2:00pm-3:30pm
Workshop 3a: Unpacking causality and impact in public health palliative care initiatives: Exploring research approaches
with Hanne Bakelants, Carol Tishelman, Sabet Van Steenbergen
Location: Hotel Kreuz - Room "Hodler"

4:00pm-5:30pm
Plenary 4: Bereavement companionship programs - luxury or societal standard?
Location: Kornhausforum - Plenary hall
Chair: Saif Mohammed, Institute of Palliative Medicine, India
Chair: Libby Sallnow, University College London, United Kingdom
Announcement of the PHPCI Research Impact award winner

11:00am - 12:30pm
Parallel session 4a: Developing sustainable policies
Presentation by Marjolein Matthys“Why should I care?”: an audience reception study of public awareness campaigns on palliative care.

11:00am - 12:30pm
Parallel session 4b: Volunteering and citizen perspectives
Presentation by Sabet Van Steenbergen Pilot-testing and evaluation of the ‘Attentive Visitors’ training program to support community volunteers in their palliative care signposting role’

11:00am - 12:30pm
Workshop 4a: Fostering community engagement through Death and Grief Festivals: Insights from four case studies from Scotland, England, Belgium and Canada
Fostering community engagement through Death and Grief Festivals: Insights from three case studies from Scotland, England, and Belgium
with Hanne Bakelants

12:30pm - 2:00pm
EAPC: Reference group meeting
Location: Kornhausforum - Plenary hall
This meeting is open to all participants
Chairs: Libby Sallnow & Joachim Cohen

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Parallel session 5a: Measuring death literacy
Location: Kornhausforum - Plenary hall
Presentation by Therese Johansson, co-authors Steven Vanderstichelen, Carol Tishelman, Joachim Cohen,Translating and adapting the Death Literacy Index in Belgium, the Netherlands and Sweden: characteristics and challenges

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Parallel session 5c: Exploring research methodology
Location: Hotel Bern - Room "Unionssaal 2"
Presentation by Fien Van Campe, Adapting public health palliative care interventions to new settings using ADAPT guidance: the example of NavCare-EU

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Workshop 5a: Building on evidence, experiences, and mutual reflections to develop Compassionate Schools: a practical workshop
Location: Hotel Kreuz - Room "Hodler"
with Bert Quintiens, Joachim Cohen

9:00am - 10:30am
Parallel session 6a: Fostering compassionate communities
Location: Kornhausforum - Plenary hall
- Presentation by Sarah dury, co-authors: Bert Quintiens, Louise D'Eer, Hanne Bakelants, Joachim Cohen. Places of solace: a starting point for a Compassionate Community?
- Presentation by Bert Quintiens, Willingness to support neighbours practically or emotionally: A cross-sectional survey among the general public
- Presentation by Louise D'Eer, Facilitators and barriers to developing Compassionate Neighbourhoods

9:00am - 10:30am
Parallel session 6b: Engaging with children and young adults
Location: Hotel Bern - Room "Unionssaal 1"
Presentation by Carol Tishelman, Drawings about end-of-life issues: Analysis of pictures by children in Sweden during the 1st Covid-19 wave

9:00am - 10:30am
Parallel session 6c: Understanding and evaluating compassionate cities
Location: Hotel Bern - Room "Unionssaal 2"
Chair: Sally Paul, University of Strathlcyde, United Kingdom
Chair: Libby Sallnow, University College London, United Kingdom
-Presentation by Louise D'Eer, Cross-cultural perspectives on Belgian and Canadian compassionate communities: comparing results from two cousins initiatives

9:00am - 10:30am
Workshop 6c: Compassionate Workplaces in Europe: sharing experiences and resources
Location: Le Cap - Room "Arche/Refuge"
with Steven Vanderstichelen, Joachim Cohen

EU-Navigate training prepares navigators in European countries to support older persons with cancer living at home
Presenter: Iris Beijer, Co-author: Lieve Van den Block et al.
Set 1: poster abstracts
Time: 22/Oct/2024

Equivalence of construct validity of the Death Literacy Index in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Sweden
Presenter: Therese Johansson, Co-authors: Steven Vanderstichelen, Carol Tishelman, Joachim Cohen et al.
Set 2: poster abstracts
Time: 24/Oct/2024

Public Health Issues Raised by legal Assisted Dying (AD). Does legal assisted dying increase (by contagion) or decrease (by prevention) suicide rates?
Presenter: Jan Bernheim
Set 2: poster abstracts
Time: 24/Oct/2024