BeHealth Conference 2016 (behealth2016.org), organized by the Hong Kong Society of Behavioral Health (HKSBH), will be held in Hong Kong on January 16^th and 17^th, 2016.

 

This conference aims to bring together academics, health practitioners, and stakeholders in a wide range of fields and disciplines relevant to behavioral health. The program will allow ample opportunities for participants to connect with each other and discuss about the issues and state of behavioral health across countries and regions.

 

As an expert and an important stakeholder in behavioral health, you are cordially invited to join us as we address “multiplicity in action for better health” as the conference theme. This theme will be approached from many angles through keynotes, plenaries, parallel sessions, and posters. Examples of specific potential subtopics include, but are not limited to:

 

·         Non-communicable diseases and behaviors

·         Infectious diseases and preventive behaviors

·         Intentional and unintentional injuries

·         Substance and behavioral addictions

·         HIV, STD, sexual and reproductive health

·         Mental health and stress management

·         Stigma and discrimination

·         Social determinants/inequalities in health

·         Disease prevention and management

·         Life styles and health

·         E-health

·         Health promotion

·         Aging and associated behaviors

·         Community participation, advocacy and health improvement

·         Health systems for promotion of behavioral health

Prof. Ron Borland – Nigel Gray Distinguished Fellow in Cancer Prevention, Cancer Council Victoria; Professorial Fellow in the School of Population Health and Department of Information Systems, University of Melbourne

 

Prof. Alfred C.M. Chan – Chair Professor of Social Gerontology, Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Lingnan University

Prof. Cecilia Chan –  Si Yuan Professor of Health and Social Work, Professor of Department of Social Work and Social Administration, the University of Hong Kong

Prof. Juliana Chan – Professor of Medicine and Therapeutics, Director of Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, Director of Clinical Research Management Office, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Chief Executive Officer of Asia Diabetes Foundation

Prof. YW Cheung – Professor and Department Chair, Department of Sociology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Prof. Chi Yue Chiu – Dean, Faculty of Social Science and Choh-Ming Li Professor of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Prof. Pak-kwong Chung – Professor, Department of Physical Education, Hong Kong Baptist University

Dr. Anne Fung – Assistant Director (Health Promotion), Department of Health, The Government of Hong Kong

 

Dr. Stuart Gilmour – Assistant Professor, Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo

Prof. Daniel Ho – Associate Professor, Division of Community Medicine and Public Health Practice, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong

Prof. Eleanor Holroyd – Professor, Health Sciences Department, RMIT University

 

Prof. Dayi Hu – Chief, Heart Institute Intervention Center, People Hospital of Peking University; President, China Heart Federation (CHF), Chinese Society of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation(CSCPR), and Chinese Society of Heart & Brain Diseases (CS-HBD)

 

Prof. Patrick Ip – Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong

Prof. Christopher Kahler – Professor and the Chair of the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health

Prof. Timothy Kwok – Professor, Department of Medicine & Therapeutics and School of Public Health, Director of Jockey Club Centre of Positive Ageing, and Director, CUHK Jockey Club Centre for Osteoporosis Care and Control, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Prof. Joseph Lau – Founding President, Hong Kong Society of Behavioral Health; Professor and Associate Director, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care; Head, Division of Behavioral Health and Health Promotion, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Prof. Xiaoming Li – Professor and Director of Prevention Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine

 

Prof. Danhua Lin – Professor and Associate Dean of School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University

 

Dr. Yi-Lien Liu – Director General of Public Health Bureau of Taoyuan municipality, Taiwan

Dr. Susie Lum – President, the Provisional Hong Kong Academy of Nursing

 

Prof. Brian Oldenburg – Professor and Chair of Non-Communicable Disease Control and Director of the Centre for Health Equity, University of Melbourne

 

Prof. Joseph D Tucker –Assistant Professor and Director of UNC Project-China; Co-Director of South China-UNC STI Research Training Center, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Prof. Linhong Wang – Professor, Deputy director of Center for Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases Control, National Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), China

 

Prof. John de Wit – Professor and Centre Director of Centre for Social Research in Health, University of New South Wales

Prof. Stephen Wong – Professor, Co-Director of Hong Kong Institute of Education Research, and Associate Dean, Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Prof. Shuiyuan Xiao – Professor and Director of the Global Health Program at Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University

 

Prof. Jianxin Zhang – Deputy Director of the Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

 

Dr. Xuefeng Zhong – Director & Associate Chief Physician, Health Education Institute of Anhui Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), China

 

Participants are strongly encouraged to submit abstracts for free oral and poster presentations. Please send your abstract(s) through e-mail to hksocbh@gmail.com with the header “[BeHealth Abstract Submission]” before the deadline, specifying your preference for oral or poster presentation.

Submission period: From June 15^th, 2015 to September 30^th, 2015

Announcement of results: October 31^st, 2015

Abstract requirements:

·         Length: 300 words

·         Structure: Please follow the BMJ format for abstracts.

o   Background and Objectives

o   Design

o   Setting

o   Participants

o   Main outcome measures

o   Results

o   Conclusions

Award certificates will be presented during the conference for the best original research studies.

Please visit behealth2016.org to register. Conference registration is required for those who are presenting their poster or oral presentation.

 

Category	Regular	Walk-in
Members of HKSBH*	HKD 300	HKD 500
Non-members (Hong Kong/Macau/Mainland China/Taiwan)	HKD 800	HKD 1,000
Overseas participants (from areas other than Hong Kong/ Macau/ Mainland China/ Taiwan)	HKD 1,500 (USD 200)	HKD 1,700 (USD 220)
Full time students (with proof)	Free of charge	Free of charge

 

*Participants who would like to enjoy the benefits of the membership discount must join the Society as a full/associate member with payment of membership fee (1 year HKD 300/ 3 years HKD 720) on or before September 30^th, 2015. Registration fee is non-refundable.

 

Please send an e-mail to hksocbh@gmail.com stating which fee category you belong to for online payment. Full-time students, please send a copy of your student ID. The Society can send you either a PayPal invoice or wire transfer instructions upon receipt of your e-mail and registration form.

 

Participants in Mainland China who require further assistance with payment, please contact the Secretariat directly through e-mail (hksocbh@gmail.com). 
Who should attend?

The conference welcomes a broad range of researchers and practitioners who are clinicians, non-clinicians, health care professionals, and colleagues in other professions who are interested in promoting physical and mental health, healthy behaviors, and healthy life styles.

 

Behavioral health/medicine is defined as “the interdisciplinary field concerned with the development and integration of psychosocial, behavioral and biomedical science knowledge and techniques relevant to health and illness and the application of this knowledge and these techniques to prevention, etiology, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation” (International Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2013).

 

The Hong Kong Society of Behavioral Health (HKSBH) was established in July, 2013. It provides a platform for researchers and practitioners working in the field of behavioral health and behavioral medicine to interact with each other and to share ideas, information and experiences. The Society hence aims to facilitate collaborations and mobilize resources among behavioral health professionals to foster interdisciplinary research and training. It is one of the 26 national / regional member societies (from 21 countries) of the International Society of Behavioral Medicine (ISBM). Please visit our website (https://sites.google.com/site/hksocbh/home) for more information. Application for membership is welcome.

 

Accommodation of various prices is widely available in Hong Kong. Some options around the Conference venue are:

 

1) COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT HK SHATIN

1 On Ping Street, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong

 

2) HYATT REGENCY HK SHATIN

18 Chak Cheung Street, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong

 

3) REGAL RIVERSIDE HOTEL

34-36 Tai Chung Kiu Road, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong

 

4) ROYAL PARK HOTEL

8 Pak Hok Ting Street, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong

 

For more detailed information about accommodation options, please visit our conference website (behealth2016.org) under the tab ‘Accommodation’.