International Maritime Health Association

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The International Maritime Health Association IMHA focuses on maritime health and safety with the objective to improve the quality of health of seafarers, fishermen, and port workers. The IMHA was founded on June 17, 1997, during the 4th ISMH in Oslo, Norway chaired by Mohammed Saeme, who was also its first president.[1][2]IMHA develops standards aim to improve the maritime health practices internationally, coordinating with national maritime authorities, the maritime industry, unions, and other international organizations.

International Symposia on Maritime Health[]

IMHA holds the International Symposium on Maritime Health for members to present their studies on international maritime health biannually. The 10th ISMH was held in Goa, India.[3] The 11th and 12th ISMH was held at Odessa in 2011 and France in 2013, respectively.[3]

IMHA-Research 2014[]

IMHA Research logo

IMHA Research was founded as a subgroup to IMHA in 2014 after some years of discussions [4] and further developed especially related to the mental health and well-being promotion strategy by the European Commission [5] The objectives were to promote and facilitate the conduct of maritime health research. Further, to encourage health research collaboration within and across disciplinary boundaries to establish evidence that will benefit the health of seafarers and help to improve safety and operational efficiency in the maritime sector. The activities in IMHA-Research declined over the years especially also caused by the Covid-19 Pandemic that hinders international meetings.

Maritime Health Research and Education-Net MAHRE-Net 2020[]

The MAHRE-Net was founded in 2020 by members of IMHA-Research as an independent, non-profit Network to improve and further develop the maritime health research and education based on the ideas and the work in IMHA-research.[6][7][8][9] The research programs and the methodological education Diplomas are not only for the maritime areas but for all industries. The background for MAHRE-Net origines from some similar research and educative initiatives like the International Maritime Health Surveillance Project 1997-2005,[10] the Occupational Health Risk Surveillance program in Wikiversity 2014-2020, the Occupational Medicine Wikibook 2014-2021,The Maritime Clinical Colloquial Network in Clinica Einstein, Panamá 2017-2019, the Education and the Research in Occupational Medicine Residency program in the University of Panamá 2017-2020. The members of Mahre-Net come from national and international maritime- and occupational health organisations like International Commission of Occupational Health, the SEMM Spanish Society of Maritime Medicine,Danish Society for Maritime Medicine, the French Society for Maritime Medicine and others.

References[]

  1. ^ "Information about the beginning of IMHA". Retrieved October 17, 2019.
  2. ^ "INTERNATIONAL MARITIME HEALTH ASSOCIATION (IMHA)". Retrieved October 17, 2019.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "IMHA - International Maritime Health Association". IMHA. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
  4. ^ "IMHAResearchPresentation2016[8513].PDF" (PDF).
  5. ^ Jensen, Olaf; Canals, Mluisa; Andrioti, Debbie (2017). "The Global Maritime Mental Health Promotion Program". International Journal of Community & Family Medicine. 2 (2). doi:10.15344/2456-3498/2017/134.
  6. ^ https://www.dropbox.com/s/h653flrpb8wbv4c/MAHRE-Net%20presentation.pptx?dl=0 En-MAHRE-Net pptx
  7. ^ https://vimeo.com/576516703?utm_source=email&utm_medium=vimeo-cliptranscode-201504&utm_campaign=28749 Webinar 15-07-2021 Orientation MAHRE-Net
  8. ^ Jensen, Olaf C.; Flores, Agnes; Canals, Maria Luisa; Lucas, David; Denisenko, Ilona; Lucero-Prisno, Don Eliseo-III; Corman, Victoria (2021). "Global occupational health research methods education". MethodsX. 8: 101436. doi:10.1016/j.mex.2021.101436. PMC 8374699. PMID 34434855.
  9. ^ http://mahre-net.mono.net/ Mahre-Net homepage
  10. ^ Jensen, OC; Laursen, FV; Sørensen, FL (2001). "International surveillance of seafarers' health and working environment. A pilot study of the method. Preliminary report". International Maritime Health. 52 (1–4): 59–67. PMID 11817842.

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