UACS School of Political Sciences and Psychology faculty member attended the 23rd International Safe Communities Conference

Dimitrinka Jordanova Peshevska, Professor of Practice in Psychology at the UACS School of Political Science and Psychology, participated at the 23rd International Safe Communities Conference “Safe Communities are an Essential Need for a Modern-Day Society” in Novi Sad, Serbia, October 10-12th 2017. She presented the poster for the paper titled “The link between the resilient factors in adolescents with abuse and neglect in childhood” (co-authored with: Professor Fimka Tozija, MD, PhD).
The International Safe Communities Conference brought together over 200 experts of the world’s leading researchers, practitioners, policy-makers and activists to share information and experiences and to discuss solutions how to prevent injuries in all areas, for all ages, in all environments and situations, invoking government, non-government and community sector support. The Safe Communities model is an internationally recognised, evidence-based best practice model for addressing community safety issues at the local level aimed to reduce injury and promote safety and well-being for all citizens in a community.