Aktivitete akademike mbi Shqiperine ne Londer

[alinos]

Aktivitete akademike mbi Shqiperine ne Londer

Nash Albanian Studies Programme Presentations:

The Nash Albanian Studies Programme and the Center for South-East European Studies organise:


1- March 1st, 2005
SSEES, Rusell Square 21-22, SCR, 17.30
Seminar: Rebirth of an Idea: Community Policing in Albania (Urban Issues)
Arianit Koci - BBC
Arianit Koci is Broadcast Journalist at the BBC World Service in London. He is a former researcher of the University of Leicester, UK, and has conducted extensive research and post-gradual teaching into police reform and social changes in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Many of his papers have been published several scientific journals and edited books in Europe and the US.


2- March 3rd, 2005
SSEES, Rusell Square 21-22, SCR, 16.00
Seminar: Albania and the European Union
Dr. Mirela Bogdani - Cardiff University
DR.Mirela Bogdani is coauthor of "Albania and the EU: European Integration and the Prospect of Accession" (Dajti 2000) 2004 and is currently working at Cardiff University in the School of European Studies as a research associate and a lecturer of EU politics and policies. She is currently preparing the second version of the book on relations of Albania and the EU, which will be published soon in the UK.


Seminars are open to the public. Wine will be served after the presentations and discussions.

 

[alinos]

Re: Aktivitete akademike mbi Shqiperine ne Londer

Nash Albanian Studies Programme &

The Centre for South-East European Studies, UCL


Dr.Gezim Alpion

(The University of Birmingham)


Mother Teresa and Her Albanian Identity: Swapping Nationality for Religion




Tuesday, 8th March 2005; 17.30hrs;

Senior Common Room (SCR),

1st floor, Russell Square Building, London

 

[alinos]

Re: Aktivitete akademike mbi Shqiperine ne Londer

Nash Albanian Studies Programme
& The Center for the Study of South Eastern Europe


Tuesday, 15th March 2005, 17:30

Dr.Arjan Gjonca (London School of Economics)

Health Inequalities in Albania in 2001: ‘Good Health at Low or High Cost?’

Albania has been addressed in social science as a country that achieved a ‘good health at low cost’ (Gjonca 2001, Gjonca and Bobak, 1997, Gjonca, Wilson and Falkingham, 1997). At the end of the 1980s Albanians had a high life expectancy in the conditions of a very poor economic performance, with life expectancy at birth of 71 years and a GDP per capita of US $ 380. This success story was mainly attributed to factors such as investments in health care with primary focus the primary health care; reduction of inequalities in income; improvements of education and particularly the existence of the advantageous Mediterranean life style. Since 1990, Albania has gone through a political, economic and social transition, which have affected all the above mentioned factors. Using data from living standard and measurement survey 2001 as well as aggregate data, this paper investigates how the Albanian health and mortality has changed in early 2000 and what has been the relevance of the changes in the factors that shaped the Albanian health during the communist period. The paper concludes by asserting that the recent changes in social agenda in Albania will have long term consequences for the health of the Albanians and that Albania might continue to have a ‘good health, but not anymore at a low cost’.




Venue: Senior Common Room, 21 Russell Square

All welcome

 

[alinos]

Re: Aktivitete akademike mbi Shqiperine ne Londer

The Nash Albanian Studies Programme &CSEES

organise



Mental health of Kosovo refugees in the UK- results from a population based study

Dr Laidon Shapo (Camden Primary Care Trust)

Tuesday, 22 March, 2005, 17.30hrs

SSEES, 21-22 Rusell Square, WC1E -7HU

MCR, second floor

All welcome



Abstract:
During the summer of 1999, the United Kingdom received 4346 refugees from Kosovo as part of a programme coordinated by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). In response to this influx of people who was estimated to have major health problems, the UK Department of Health assessed their likely health needs, which, from available evidence, suggested that mental health was likely to be their most important health problem.

Most health authorities in the UK undertook a general health assessment of the refugees in the reception centres using a common medical assessment schedule. One element of this was about mental health. These initial assessments and the subsequent presentation of few overt psychiatric problems suggested that either the literature had exaggerated the mental health problems of refugees or that the health service was missing covert mental health problems. What exactly was the prevalence of mental illness in this susceptible group, what were the illnesses and what was the way to identify such problems? Was there significant unmet need? It became apparent that there was no ideal scale to undertake these screening assessments.

The purpose of this research was twofold. Firstly, to measure the prevalence of mental health problems of this large group of refugees from Kosovo using both self-report and interview measures. Secondly, to prepare a package of suitable valid questions for use by public health departments who receive refugees in the future. This paper addresses the question of prevalence of psychopathology in the adults.

 

[squadronleader]

Re: Aktivitete akademike mbi Shqiperine ne Londer

Po ndonje miting tjeter do te kete sepse tani e mora vesh?? Ka ndonje faqe interneti per kete??

 

[alinos]

Re: Aktivitete akademike mbi Shqiperine ne Londer

THE NASH ALBANIAN STUDIES PROGRAMME SSEES/UCL



will be hosting a talk





“KOSOVA – A NATION IN WAITING”



by



PROFESSOR JAMES PETTIFER



CSRC, DEFENCE ACADEMY OF THE UK





on



Wednesday the 4th May 2005, 17:30hrs



at



21 Russell Square, London WC1E –7HU

Senior Common Room





All Welcome