OVERVIEW

Thirteenth International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society is organized by Common Ground Research Networks (CGRN) and will be held from Sep 14 - 15, 2023 at UBC Robson Square, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Scope:
Health and wellness is about each individual’s responsibility to themselves to make good choices, and proactive and preventative approaches to health that support optimum levels of physical, emotional and social functioning – living a nondestructive lifestyle, focusing on purposefully positive health and a fostering sense of general well-being. The foundation of health and wellness should be a socially accessible, culturally sensitive public and professional understanding of the most pressing health issues today – including awareness of risks and preventative measures to address cancer, cardiovascular health, STIs, obesity, nutrition, diabetes, chemical exposure, accidents and violence, to name just a few of the range of actual and potential health threats.
Wellness is a process of becoming aware of and learning to make healthy choices that lead toward a longer and more fulfilling life. It is the recognition of the deep interconnections between physiological health and the psychological, physical, spiritual and social needs that are necessary for us to enjoy higher levels of human functioning.

Themes:
The Physiology, Kinesiology, And Psychology Of Wellness In Its Social Context :
• Fundamental concepts of wellness: "goods," "bads," "shoulds"
• The psychology of wellness
• Health promoting behaviors
• Health risk appraisals, screenings, and interventions
• The measurement of wellness
• Evaluations of long-term impacts of health and wellness programs
• Health and wellness with disabilities
• Disability support services and independent living
• Physical fitness, aging, and the effects on health and wellness
• Health related fitness programs
• Physical fitness and its role in mental health
• Physical activity, self esteem, and wellness
• Health, fitness and media-driven concepts of beauty
• Media influences on health risk behaviors

Interdisciplinary Health Sciences
• Cross-disciplinary and professional perspectives: medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, psychology, physical therapies, dietetics, social work, counseling, sports science
Health technologies
• Home healthcare workers role in wellness
• Integration of complementary and alternative medicine into a health system
• Nutriceuticals and supplements for health
• Genome sciences, chronic disease prevention
• Personalized medicine
• The increasing role of psychological drugs
• The business of unwellness and the negative health industries
• Biomedical aging research
• Immunobiological research
• Epigenetics research
• Ancestry and health, traits, and diseases
• Regenerative medicine
• Biomedical occupational health and safety

Public Health Policies And Practices
• Public health and communications technologies
• Sustainable innovation strategies in public health
• Global public health development and sustainability
• Public health provider development
• Public health and disease prevention
• Healthcare reform impacts
• New and emerging public health and safety risks
• Biosafety and biosecurity
• Acquired infections and health workers
• Environmental threats to health and wellness
• Community environmental health planning
• Occupational health and safeties role in health and wellness
• The food industry and government (FDA) food policy
• Immunization programs and serum banking
• Global availability of vaccines, the supply chain and supply economics
• Racial, ethnic, gender, socio-economic, and rural disparities in healthcare
• Life balance, health and wellness within community cultures
• The economics of health and wellness in society
• Poverty, health and wellness
• Infant and child health
• Social determinations of health and wellness
• Health, wellness and the effects of social exclusion
• The environment, quality of life and wellness.
• Urbanization in developing countries: environmental health impacts
• WHO policies on world nutrition
• Child food insecurity

Health Promotion And Education
• Promotion of health and well being
• Health literacy
• School physical education curriculum and its effects on health
• Wellness coaching and fitness for improved health
• Health education for non-literate populations
• Web-based health education
• Information technologies in healthcare
• Health and wellness in the workplace
• Health, life expectancy and the cost of living longer
• New and emerging health and safety risks
• Occupational health and safety education and training
• Institutional influences on health and wellness
• Quality of life, spirituality and wellness
• Nutrition for health and wellness
• The food linkage to unwellness
• Obesity in affluent societies
• Family mealtime patterns, child feeding practices and their effects on healt