3rd
International Health and Wellbeing with Real Impact Conference
“Think Globally, Act Locally: Health and
Wellbeing across the Life Course”
Monday 5th June 2017
University
of Central Lancashire
Conference Announcement and Call for Papers
Our third international,
interdisciplinary conference is being organised by the Faculty of Health and
Wellbeing at the University of Central Lancashire.
The conference convenor is Lois
Thomas, Reader in Health Services Research, UCLan.
The conference will address the
theme “Think Globally, Act Locally: Health and Wellbeing across the Life
Course”. International experts will share innovative approaches to
addressing inequalities in health and wellbeing across the globe. We will
then showcase examples of how global innovations are becoming a reality in our
own Region.
Keynote SpeakersEthics,
Professor of
- Rafael Perez-Escamilla,
Professor of Epidemiology & Public Health, School of Public Health,
Yale University, USA.
- Dominic Harrison,
Director of Public Health, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, UK;
Honorary Professor, University of Central Lancashire, UK.
- Trevor Hancock,
Professor and Senior Scholar, School of Public Health and Social Policy,
University of Victoria, Canada.
- Doris Schroeder,
Director, Centre for Professional Ethics, Professor of Moral Philosophy,
University of Central Lancashire, UK.
- Professor Heike Köckler, Professor of Social Space and Health, Hochschule
fur Gesundheit Bochum, Germany.
Participants
Participation and attendance is
encouraged from practitioners, academics and students across a spectrum of
disciplines to include:
• Nurses, Midwives and Allied
Health Professionals
• Public Health teams and the
wider public health workforce
• Local government officers and
members
• Voluntary, Community and Faith
sector
• General Practitioners
• Sports therapists and
scientists
Abstract Requirements (Deadline Monday 6th
February 2017)
Papers or
posters are invited on:
a.
Starting well: the health of mothers
before and during pregnancy
and good parenting to ensure the best start in life.
b.
Developing well: encouraging healthy habits
as children develop and avoiding the
adoption of harmful patterns of behaviour.
c.
Growing up well: identifying, treating and preventing
mental health problems in childhood.
d.
Living and working well: promoting lifestyle choices in adulthood
to facilitate longer term health and wellbeing.
e.
Ageing well: supporting older people to remain
resilient to ill health by maintaining their social networks and by being
physically active.
Papers will
be presented at concurrent sessions and posters will be displayed and discussed
during designated poster sessions.
Abstracts
should be submitted by email to Bethany Cooke, bcooke1@uclan.ac.uk.
All
abstracts will be reviewed by the Conference Scientific Review Committee
chaired by Dr Lois Thomas.
The abstract
must include the following:
• Title of abstract
• Author/presenter name(s), institution
represented, postal address, email address
• Primary contact person for the
conference information
• An introduction, methods, results and
conclusions
• The abstract should include subheadings
• The abstract should be referenced,
citing between 2–4 references
• The references should be presented in
Harvard APA
Length should
be no more than 500 words (including title, author information and references)
Please state
your preference for a paper or poster presentation
Please also
supply a short biography of each author.
Conference venue
The conference venue is Darwin
Building, University of Central Lancashire.
Conference Booking and
Enquiries
All presenters will be required
to register for the conference and pay the fee (£90). Students and members of
UCLan staff will be admitted free of charge.
For conference enquiries please
contact Bethany Cooke, Conference Administrator, University of Central
Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE
Email: bcooke1@uclan.ac.uk
Tel: +44(0)1772 893419
For academic queries please
contact Dr Lois Thomas on lhthomas@uclan.ac.uk