Tasks,Services and main fields of Research

The goal of the RSU Institute of Public Health is to create science-based evidence for public health policy and practice.

Tasks

• to engage in setting priorities for public health and policy priorities;
• to establish a base of evidence on health determinants;
• to provide evidence on the best solutions for disease prevention and health promotion;
• to implement health and scientific communication interventions for professionals and the public;
• to attract resources for the development and strengthening of public health research;
• to provide advisory support on psychometrics (instrument adaptation, validation and construction).

Services

• the development and implementation of educational programmes;
• the development of research methodology;
• to analyse quantitative and qualitative research data;
• to commission research fieldwork in the fields of public health and psychology;
• the development of evidence-based recommendations for the state and municipal government strategies and evaluation of the implemented policies;
• the adaptation, validation and construction of instruments (tests, surveys, scales, etc.);
• to provide advisory support for the adaptation, validation and construction of instruments;
• psychological research (assessment).

Main fields of research

• the prevention and screening of non-communicable diseases;
• physical activity and other health-influencing habits;
• children's and adolescents' health;
• ageing and well-being of the population;
• reducing the burden of infections;
• healthcare system sustainability;
• the adaptation, validation and construction of instruments.

Please send your project ideas to svisvi[pnkts]lv.