Conference Tracks
Health Psychology in Context
1. Health inequalities and inclusion
Research on how inequalities impact on health and how to tackle such effects, including inclusiveness approaches
2. Cultural and societal influences (on health and illness)
Cultural aspects of health and illness, health effects of social change; critical health psychology
3. Health and risk communication
Communication with health professionals (e.g., doctor-patient), including perception and communication of health risk (e.g., genetic risk and procession of health-risk information)
4. Climate crisis and sustainability
Psychosocial and health impact of climate change and the climate crisis; behavior change for preserving the environment, mitigating negative consequences of climate change and ensuring sustainable development
Health Psychology and Health Systems
5. Public health, health promotion and health policy
Public health, health promotion and healthy policy interventions delivered to a group or population, including environmental interventions and interventions at the worksite (for work and health, see “Occupational Health” track)
6. Implementation science and health services research
Theory, methods, and evidence to promote the uptake of research findings into routine clinical work with patients and family members, and in organisational or policy contexts. Quality of health care, medical performance and medical mistakes in clinical practice
7. Digital health
The use of information technology, social media, or mobile and wireless devices in health psychology research and interventions, including artificial intelligence
8. Occupational health
Research on the influence of work and organisational factors and environments on health and disease and associated outcomes
Health Psychology Across the Lifespan/Family
9. Child and adolescent health
Issues in health and illness associated with development of children and adolescents and with family relations
10. Well-being, quality of life and mental health
Health, illness and impacts on well-being, quality of life, and mental health including positive aspects such as positive emotions, life satisfaction, and functioning
11. Aging and health
Issues in health and illness with a focus on older age and/or ageing, including research on healthy ageing
12. Social support, caregiving, and health outcomes
The influence of social support and caregiving on health outcomes (of recipients and/or providers)
Health Behaviour and Theory
13. Developing and testing theories of health behaviour change
The application of theoretical models (e.g., social cognition models, dual process models) to the to the prediction of health behaviour and health behaviour change
14. Health behaviour change interventions
Theory-based interventions aimed at health behaviour change
15. Self-regulation in health and illness
Contributions related to goal or self-regulation theory, including self-determination theory, the common sense model and illness perceptions
16. Individual differences/ personality and health
Individual difference variables such as personality characteristics and their relationship to health and illness
Health Psychology and Illness/Biological Psychology
17. Coping with symptoms and disease
Coping with symptoms (e.g., pain) and disease and its consequences (except interventions, see “Interventions in disease management/ pre- and rehabilitation” track)
18. Interventions in disease management/ pre- and rehabilitation
Interventions delivered to people diagnosed with disease or high risk groups (e.g., hypertension, obesity), focused on quality of life
19. Stress, physiology and health
The influence of psychosocial demands and resources on biological systems (including psychoneuroimmunology, endocrinology, cardio- vascular psychophysiology and neurophysiology), emotional distress, coping and health outcomes (except coping with chronic illness, see “Coping with symptoms and disease” track)
Methodology
20. Methodology
Methodological issues in health psychology – techniques, analyses, and critiques, including research on recruitment, informed consent and retention
Spotlight Talks
21. Early Career Researcher (ECR) Spotlight Talks
ECR Spotlight Talk is aimed at providing postgraduate students, Ph.D. students, and early postdocs with the opportunity to present their research in a short, concentrated oral format. Contributions will be grouped into sessions with a discussant allocated by the CREATE committee
UN Sustainable Goals
GOAL 1: No Poverty
GOAL 2: Zero Hunger
GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being
GOAL 4: Quality Education
GOAL 5: Gender Equality
GOAL 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
GOAL 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
GOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
GOAL 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
GOAL 10: Reduced Inequality
GOAL 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
GOAL 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
GOAL 13: Climate Action
GOAL 14: Life Below Water
GOAL 15: Life on Land
GOAL 16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions
GOAL 17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal