EHPS 2016 - 30th Conference Of The EHPS/DHP "Behaviour Change: Making An Impact On Health And Health Services"

1)EHEALTH AND MHEALTH
Track Chairs
- Rik Crutzen (The Netherlands)
- Efrat Neter (Israel)
Description
The use of information technology, social media, or mobile and wireless devices in health psychology research and interventions.
2)RESILIENCE AND HEALTH
Track Chairs
- Evangelos Karademas (Greece)
- Ewa Gruszczyńska (Poland)
Description
Resilience factors and individual difference variables in relation to health and illness.
3)STRESS AND COPING
Track Chairs
- Georgia Panayiotou (Cyprus)
- Julie Turner-Cobb (UK)
Description
The influence of psychosocial demands and resources on emotional distress, coping and health outcomes (except coping with chronic illness, see “Chronic disease, Pain and Psychosomatic Issues” track).
4)SELF-REGULATION IN HEALTH AND ILLNESS
Track Chairs
- Anna Levke Brütt (Germany)
- Felicity Bishop (UK)
Description
Contributions related to goal or self-regulation theory, including self-determination theory, the common sense model and illness perceptions.
5)CHRONIC DISEASE, PAIN AND PSYCHOSOMATIC ISSUES
Track Chairs
- Ronan O'Carroll (UK)
- Sabrina Cipolletta (Italy)
Description
Health and illness related issues associated with pain, chronic illness, or psychosomatic issues (except interventions, see “Interventions in Chronic Disease” track).
6)INTERVENTIONS IN CHRONIC DISEASE
Track Chairs
- Alison Wearden (UK)
- Ari Haukkala (Finland)
Description
Interventions delivered to people diagnosed with chronic disease or high risk groups (e.g., hypertension, obesity).
7)AGEING AND OLDER PEOPLE
Track Chairs
- Lisa Marie Warner (Germany)
- Aparna Shankar (UK)
Description
Issues in health and illness related to older age and ageing (e.g., disability, caregiving).
8)SOCIAL SUPPORT AND HEALTH
Track Chairs
- Mariët Hagedoorn (The Netherlands)
- Anne Hickey (Ireland)
Description
The influence of social support on health outcomes.
9)HEALTH, FAMILIES, AND CHILDREN
Track Chairs
- Adriana Baban (Romania)
- Rachel Shaw (UK)
Description
Issues in health and illness associated with development of children and adolescents and with family relations.
10)WELL-BEING AND QUALITY OF LIFE
Track Chairs
- AnnMarie Groarke (Ireland)
- Carin Schröder (The Netherlands)
Description
Health, illness and positive aspects such as positive emotions, life satisfaction, and functioning.
11)HEALTH BEHAVIOUR CHANGE MODELS
Track Chairs
- Amelie Wiedemann (Germany)
- Chris Armitage (UK)
Description
The application of theoretical models (e.g., social cognition models, dual process models) to the prediction of health behaviour; and research on health behaviours.
12)HEALTH BEHAVIOUR CHANGE INTERVENTIONS
Track Chairs
- Lena Fleig (Germany)
- Gudrun Sproesser (Germany)
Description
Theory-based interventions aimed at health behaviour change.
13)PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH PROMOTION
Track Chairs
- Rachel Povey (UK)
- Felix Naughton (UK)
Description
Public health interventions delivered to a group or population, including environmental interventions and interventions at the worksite (for work and health, see “Occupational Health” track).
14)RISK PERCEPTION AND COMMUNICATION
Track Chairs
- Peter Harris (UK)
- Anne Marie Plass (The Netherlands)
Description
Perception and communication of health risk, including genetic risk and procession of health-risk information (including self-affirmation).
15)HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
Track Chairs
- Holger Schmid (Switzerland)
- Sarah Tonkin-Crine (UK)
Description
Quality of health care, medical performance and medical mistakes, and communication with health professionals (e.g., doctor-patient).
16)CULTURE, SOCIAL CHANGE AND HEALTH
Track Chairs
- Antonia Lyons (New Zealand)
- Carina Chan (Australia)
Description
Cultural or socioeconomic aspects of health and illness, and health effects of social change; critical health psychology.
17)OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Track Chairs
- Margot van der Doef (The Netherlands)
- Stefan Höfer (Austria)
Description
Research on the influence of work and organisational factors and environments on health and disease.
18)PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
Track Chairs
- Claus Vögele (Luxembourg)
- Dan Powell (UK)
Description
Psychobiological aspects of health and illness, psychoneuroimmunology, endocrinology, cardio- vascular psychophysiology and neurophysiology.
19)METHODOLOGY
Track Chairs
- Frank Doyle (Ireland)
- Alexandra Dima (The Netherlands)
Description
Methodological issues in health psychology ? techniques, analyses, and critiques, including research on recruitment, informed consent and retention.
20)IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH
Track Chairs
- Jill Francis (UK)
- Molly Byrne (Ireland)
Description
Theory, methods, and evidence to promote the uptake of research findings into routine clinical, organisational or policy contexts.