The EAOHP’s Practice Forum, in collaboration with the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH), will take place on 16th June 2026 from 13:00 to 15:00. 

The Forum will run in hybrid format from the Think Corner, University of Helsinki, and is open to all conference participants and the wider public.

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Many organisations recognise the importance of addressing psychosocial risks but struggle with how to implement effective preventive action in practice. This session focuses on learning from experience, bringing together practitioner perspectives to explore what has been tried, what has worked, and what challenges remain in psychosocial risk prevention.

Using a small number of applied examples from different organisational contexts, the session highlights practical intervention approaches, the conditions that support their success, and the lessons that can be transferred across settings. A facilitated panel discussion and audience reflection create space for dialogue about real‑world constraints, trade‑offs, and opportunities.

Session objectives:

• Recognise the defining features of effective psychosocial risk prevention, based on practitioner experience across contexts.
• Distinguish between individual‑level responses and organisational‑level preventive interventions for psychosocial risks.
• Identify common enablers and barriers to implementing PSRM interventions in real organisational settings.
• Reflect on the transferability of practice‑based lessons to different sectors, organisations, and national contexts.
• Articulate practical next steps that could support psychosocial risk prevention in their own work or organisation.

Session outline:

Introduction. Daniel Ripa, EAOHP Practice Forum Chair, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain.

What Do We Know About Psychosocial Risks? Evidence and Challenges for Psychosocial Risk Management. Stavroula Leka, EAOHP President, University of Lancaster, UK.

Promoting Effective Interventions

• Total Worker Health approach. Suzanne Nobrega, Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace (CPH-NEW), University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA.
• Work-related stress: How do we crack the code to effective prevention? Jesper Kristiansen, National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• What is the role of occupational health services: Examples from various countries. Miguel Munoz-Harrison, University of Lancaster, UK, & Universidad de Valparaiso, Chile

Lessons from across practice: Panel Discussion

• Julia Anttilainen, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland.
• Pille Strauss, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm.
• Suzanne Nobrega, Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace (CPH-NEW), University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA.
• Jesper Kristiansen, National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Richard Merhi Auar, WANT – Psychosocial Prevention & Healthy Organizations Research Team. Universitat Jaume I, Spain.

Audience Reflection and Discussion