9th Global Conference (2010)

9th Global Conference

Saturday 11th September – Monday 13th September 2010
Oriel College, Oxford

The programme for the conference is available below. Delegates are listed according to the session in which they appear. Clicking on the Session Title will take you to the abstracts (where available) for that session. Each delegate is listed according to their affiliation.

Final Conference Programme

Saturday 11th September 2010
from 12.30
Registration

13.30
Welcome and Opening Words
Maria Vaccarella

14.00
Session 1: Making Sense of Chronic Illness
Chair: Maria Vaccarella

“Come back and post often”: Making Sense of Kidney Failure and Dialysis Via Online Renal Discussion Boards
Natalya Godbold
University of Technology, Sidney, Australia

Perceptions of Chronic Illness, Use of Health Services, and Measures  of Quality of Life in Australian General Practice
Marjan Kljakovic
Australian National University,  Canberra, Australia

Depression in Type 2 Diabetes: Impact on Treatment Adherence and the Role of Irrational Beliefs
Aminata O’Reilly, Stacey Callahan
University of Toulouse II Le Mirail, France

15.30
Coffee

16.00
Session 2: Health and Place
Chair: Mary Crewe

The Identity of Trauma. Rwanda, Rwandans and Reconciliation
Federica Guglielmo
University of Bologna, Italy

Doctor, Witch Doctor and Priest. A Case Study in Togo
Giovanni Vassallo
University of Genoa, Italy

Learning from the Past: Indigenous Young People’s Accounts of Sexually Transmitted Infections as Resilience Narratives
Julie Mooney-Somers* **, Anna Olsen*, Robert Scott***, Angie Akee***, Lisa Maher*
*University of New South Wales,  Kensington, Australia **University of Sydney,  Australia *** Townsville Aboriginal and Islander Health Service,  Australia

17.30
Notices and Announcements

17.40
Wine Reception (with delehgates from Fear, Horror and Terror)

18.30
Dinner

Sunday 12th September 2010
09.00
Session 3: Perspectives on the Patient
Chair: Linda Berg

Is Breast Cancer Delay Really the Patient’s Fault?
Karla Unger-Saldaña, Claudia Infante-Castañeda
Universidad Nacional Autonónoma de México, Mexico

Making Sense of The English Patient
Imola Mikó
Cluj, Romania

Medicalization of patient’s medical complaints
Claudia Infante-Castañeda
Universidad Nacional Autonónoma de México, Mexico

10.30
Coffee

11.00
Session 4: Assessing Health
Chair: Julie Mooney-Somers

Cognitive Advantages in Patients of Schizophrenia with Paranoid Ideation
Zaeema Riaz Ahmad, Sarwat Jahan Khanam, Riaz Ahmad
University of Karachi, Pakistan

A Week at WeCARE
Anastasia Kucharski
FEGS WeCARE Clinic, New York, USA

The Meaning of Psychological Health: From Pathology to Dialogue and Human Potential
Britt-Mari Sykes
Independent Scholar and Consultant, Canada

12.30
Lunch

14.00
Session 5: Perspectives on Healthy Living
Chair: Marjan Kljakovic

Integrating the Imperatives of Healthy Living in Everyday Life
Roma Harris*, Philippa Spoel**, Flis Henwood***
*University of Western Ontario, London, Canada **Laurentian University, Canada*** University of Brighton,UK

Current Nutrition Problem in Non HIV and HIV People – Kenya
James N. Muthotho*, Mary Wanja*, Njenga Njoroge**
*King Baudouin Foundation, Kenya **Provincial Hospital Nakuru, Kenya

Obesity, Physical Activity, and Healthful Nutrition: What Does the Pastor Think?
Ruthy Watson
Kaplan University and Broward College, USA

15.30
Coffee

16.00
Session 6(a): The Sociality of Biology: the Individual-Environment Relation
Chair: Claudia Infante-Castañeda

Stimulus and Response: Rethinking the Nature of the Allergic Body
Michelle Jamieson
University of New South Wales, Australia

Brain Plasticity and Autopoiesis: The Role of Social Interactions in Shaping Experience
Florence Chiew
University of New South Wales, Australia

Session 6(b): Healthcare and Society
Chair: Philippa Spoel

The Implications of e-Health as a Universal Problem Solution Frame
Blaž Ilc
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Reflection of the Nordenfelt’s Concept of Health in the Framework of Ethics of Social Consequences (Non-utilitarian Consequentialism)
Katarina Komenska
University of Prešov, Slovakia

17.00
Sessions End

Monday 13th September 2010
09.00
Session 7: Health Beliefs
Chair: Katarina Komenska

Making Choices About Our Vision of Health: Closing the Eyes or Bathing the Eyes
Golanna Ashtari Talkhestani
Independent Scholar, Sheffield, UK

Exploring Belief and Behavior: Toward Human Flourishing in Places of Realized Potential
Janis Bragan Balda*, Walter C. Wright**
*St. George’s University,  Grenada, West Indies **Max De Pree Center for Leadership,Pasadena, USA

The Emotional Engineer. Emotional Control and Troublesome Bodies in Swedish Self-help Books
Linda Berg
Umeå University, Sweden

10.30
Coffee

11.00
Session 8: Health Issues in Childhood and Youth
Chair: Roma Harris

Determining the Health of Children in Wales
Karen Jones, Yvonne Tommis
Bangor University, UK

Using Innovative Methods to Help Young People Reflect on the Meaning of Growing Up with Cancer
Peter Lewis*,  Julie Mooney-Somers*,  Christopher Jordens*,  Kris Smith2**and  Ian Kerridge*
*University of Sydney, Australia **Newcastle University, Australia

How Children Made Sense of the Flu Pandemic
Lígia Lima*, Marina Serra Lemos**
*Oporto Nursing School, Portugal, **University of Porto, Portugal

12.30
Lunch

14.00
Session 9: Perceptions of Health and Illness
Chair: Aminata O’Reilly

How People Living with Life-Limiting Illness Construct ‘Safety’ and ‘Healing’- Results of a Pilot Study to Explore Safe Healing Environments Using Visual Methods
Aileen Collier
University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

Knowledge, Belief and Silence: ARVs in Rural South Africa
Mary Crewe*, Fraser McNeill**, Isak Niehaus***
*University of Pretoria, South Africa **London School of Economics, UK ***Brunel University, UK

Self-rated Health: the Impact of Symptoms in a Gender Perspective
Nadia C. Oprandi*,  William Mantovani*, Giovanni Apolone**, Paola Mosconi**
*University of Verona, Italy **Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Italy

15.30
Coffee

16.00
Session 10: Healthcare in Practice
Chair: Blaž Ilc

When Knowledge in Alternative Practice Is Challenged: An Example with A Gastritis Out-patient in Mexico
José Azoh Barry
Investigación & Acciòn, A.C., Mexico

The Relational Act – A Proposal to Improve the Practice of Medicine
Mario Deng
Columbia University, New York, USA

Iron Meets clay in Sculpturing Emergency Medicine: A Multidisciplinary Sense Making Approach
Roberto Forero*, Peter Nugus*, Geoff McDonnell*, Sally McCarthy**
* University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia ** Prince of Wales Hospital and Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, Australia

17.00
Development Meeting and Closing Remarks

17.45
Conference Ends