International Behavioral Health Conference
(BeHealth Conference 2016)
About the conference
BeHealth Conference 2016, organized by the Hong Kong Society of Behavioral Health (HKSBH), will be held in Hong Kong on January 16th and 17th, 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
Invited Speakers
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
Dr. Stuart Gilmour – Assistant Professor, Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo
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. Christopher Kahler – Professor and the Chair of the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health
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
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. 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
With more prominent speakers to be added to the list in coming announcements
Abstract Submission
Participants are strongly encouraged to submit abstracts for free oral and poster presentations. Please send your abstract(s) through e-mail to with the header “[BeHealth Abstract Submission]” before the deadline, specifying your preference for oral or poster presentation.
Submission period: From June 15th, 2015 to September 30th, 2015
Announcement of results: October 31th, 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
Best oral presentation and poster awards
Award certificates will be presented during the conference for the best original research studies.
Registration and fee
Please visit https://sites.google.com/site/hksocbh/home to register. Conference registration is required for those who are presenting their poster or oral presentation.
Registration fee
Members of HKSBH / HKD 300Non-members (Hong Kong/Macau/Mainland China/Taiwan) / HKD 800
Overseas participants (from areas other than Hong Kong/ Macau/ Mainland China/ Taiwan) / HKD 1,500 (USD 200)
Full time students (with proof) / Free of charge
Please send an e-mail to stating which fee category you belong to for online payment. The Society can send you either a PayPal invoice or wire transfer instructions upon receipt of your e-mail and registration form.
Full-time students, please send a copy of your student ID to after registration.
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.
About Behavioral Health
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).
About HKSBH
The Hong Kong Society of Behavioral Health (HKSBH) was established in July, 2013. It provides aplatform 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
Accommodation of various prices is widely available in Hong Kong and information will be made available in the second announcement.