We are pleased to invite you to participate in the 24th World Conference on Health Promotion. This major event of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) is held every three years and will take place from May 15 to 19, 2022 in Montréal, Quebec in a hybrid format.
Watch the recording of the online pre-conference on Salutogenesis
As part of the IUHPE World Conference STARS offered A free interactive online pre-conference on Sunday, May 15th at 15:00-18:00 CEST. Topic: “Salutogenesis beyond health - towards coherent societies”
The pre-conference covered the following 5 themes (see the full program below):
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Interrelations between individual & collective sense of coherence in times of crises (Adi Mana, Shifra Sagy)
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Applying Salutogenesis to advance coherent societies (Claudia Meier Magistretti, Ruca Maas, Mathieu Roy)
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Genesis of Salutogenesis in the beginning of life (Bengt Lindström, Lenneke Vaandrager, Laura Bouwman)
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Expanding the model of health underlying the salutogenic theory (Georg Bauer, Shefaly Shorey)
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Salutogenesis guiding health promotion action (Marguerite Daniels, Eva Langeland, Luis Saboga-Nunes)
You can watch the recording of the pre-conference below
Introduction: 00:01 - 45:00
Breakout room Georg Bauer: 45:01 - 1:19:14
Breakout room Mathieu Roy & Claudia Meier Magistretti: 1:19:15 - 1:27:37
Plenary discussion: 1:27:38 - end
6. International Conference on Salutogenesis
Advancing Salutogenesis towards thriving societies
June 17 - 18, 2021
Girona, Spain & ONLINE
Access all recorded videos from the conference here
WELCOME
Following five successful International Research Seminars on Salutogenesis (Helsinki 2008 & 2009, Geneva 2010, Tröllhattan 2011 & 2012), the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE), its Global Working Group on Salutogenesis, the Society for Theory and Research on Salutogenesis (STARS), and the Center of Salutogenesis (CoS) of the University of Zurich (UZH) are pleased to invite you to participate in the 6th International Conference on Salutogenesis, which will be held on June 17th and 18th, 2021 in Girona. (From now on, we refer to the events as Conferences rather than Seminars). The conference will be held in partnership with the 11th IUHPE European Conference on Health Promotion, taking place from 15 to 16 June 2021 in Girona.
SALUTOGENESIS
Salutogenesis is the concept of the origin of health rather than disease. Developed by Aaron Antonovsky (1979, 1987), the concept focuses on strengthening individual and social resources that protect and actively promote health. In essence, Salutogenesis is concerned with creating coherent living environments, strengthening socio-ecological health resources as well as strengthening the sense of coherence of individuals and groups.
TOPICS
Four areas of advancement: To strengthen the knowledge-base of Salutogenesis, the IUHPE Global Working Group on Salutogenesis produced the Handbook of Salutogenesis. During the creation of the Handbook and their regular meetings, the working group identified four key conceptual issues to be advanced – soon being published as a position paper in the Journal Health Promotion International:
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How to advance the overall salutogenic model of health
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How to advance the concept of sense of coherence, SoC
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How to design salutogenic interventions and change processes in complex systems
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How to apply Salutogenesis beyond the health sector
CONFERENCE AIMS
The conference aims to:
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Advance theory and research on Salutogenesis
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Share and discuss innovative approaches in the four topic areas
PARTICIPANTS
The following participants are invited:
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Researchers and experts with know-how or interest in Salutogenesis
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ECIs (Early Career Investigators in their first 8 years after completing a PhD)
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Students (PhD and MA levels)
WHY TO ATTEND
Reasons to attend the conference:
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Exchange with a network of scientists involved in Salutogenesis research
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Advance theory and research on Salutogenesis
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Learn from salutogenic research, initiatives, implementations and projects from different countries and various areas within and beyond health
INTERACTIVITY
This international conference on Salutogenesis offers a highly interactive format with strong involvement of all participants. We therefore encourage all participants to submit a paper in any of the formats described in the call. You will be able to actively share, exchange and discuss the current trends in theory, research and implementation of Salutogenesis with colleagues from all over the world. Your participation will help to advance the concept of Salutogenesis and to enhance its contribution to health and wellbeing, sustainability and thriving societies.