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July 2016. Location: JC School of Public ... Dates: Sunday July 10, 2016 to Friday July 15, 2016 (6-day course) ... Illu
Organized by The Hong Kong Society of Behavioral Health

Where East meets West: Interdisciplinary Approaches on Behavioral Health and Behavioral Interventions July 2016

Key Lecturers

Professor David W. Seal Professor, Vice Chair, and Doctoral Programs Director, Department of Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences, Tulane University, USA

Professor Joseph T.F. Lau Founding President, Hong Kong Society of Behavioral Health Associate Director, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong, HK Director, Centre for Health Behaviours Research, Chinese University of Hong Kong, HK

Location: JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, HK Dates: Sunday July 10, 2016 to Friday July 15, 2016 (6-day course) Tuition fee: HKD5000 for full course; HKD1250 per day (10% discount for HKSBH members) Accommodation: HKD870, July 9-16 at Shaw College Student Hostels, CUHK Sign up by May 29th (International participants only)

Themes: Health-related behaviors as global challenges, interrelationships between psychosocial factors and health-related behaviors, theories on behavioral changes and examples of effective interventions, applying theories to interventions, and research methods. **The workshop is subject to cancelation pending the number of participants that register. If such is the case, an announcement will be made with sufficient time and full refunds will be given to those who have already paid.

For further enquiries and application please contact Mrs. Danielle Gross at [email protected]

Supported by the Centre for Health Behaviours Research, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Schedule Where East meets West: Interdisciplinary approaches on behavioral health and behavioral interventions Day 1: Health-related behaviors as global challenges Introduction: public health and health-related behaviors and overview of the course Illustration: smoking and control measures Illustration: physical activity Illustration: diet *Including size of the problem, global trends, impact of major diseases, public health measures, and successful and state-of-theart interventions

Day 2: Interrelationships between psycho-social factors and health-related behaviors Psychological problems and health-related behaviors and interventions Positive psychology and interventions Stigma, norms, and health-related behaviors and health HIV as an integrative example

Day 3: Theories on behavioral changes and examples of effective interventions Individual level theories Interpersonal models Structural models Preventive models

Day 4: From theories to interventions Social marketing as a tool for planning behavioral interventions E-health as innovative approaches or intervention strategies Community participation and mobilization Translation and implementation science

Day 5: Research methods Qualitative and mixed research methods Behavioral randomized controlled studies Evaluation methods

Day 6: Group exercises and round up