Events
6th International Conference of Health Behavioral Science (ICHBS2010) "Sustainable Health Promotion: Dialogue on Well-being and Human Security in Environmental Health"
Date: September 19 - 24, 2010
Venue: Auditorium in Faculty of Law, The University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Number of attendants: about 300
Report 117
Outline
The goals are to promote sustainable health and continue the dialogue on well-being and human security via environmental health from a "glocal" (i.e., global and local) perspective, and to encourage a deeper level of international exchange. The specific objectives are as follows:
- To discuss sustainable health promotion on both the global and local scale from diverse and interdisciplinary perspectives,
- To create greater awareness about well-being and human security in the context of environmental health,
- To promote dialogue among practitioners and policy-makers from different cultural and religious backgrounds,
- To encourage a holistic outlook regarding well-being, human security and environmental health, and
- To contribute to the enhancement of public awareness of sustainable health promotion issues and challenges.
Report
In the opening ceremony, Prof. Fumiaki Taniguchi, President of Japan Academy of Health Behavioral Science, Prof. Datin Dr. Azizan Baharuddin, Director, Centre for Civilisational Dialogue University of Malaya, and Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican, Director General, Ministry of Health, Malaysia expressed their expectations and ambitions on the conference.
Two plenary lectures, five invited lectures and two keynote lectures with panel discussions were presented, followed with 28 oral and 42 poster presentations. As educational visit, the participants visited the Home for Women and Children with HIV/AIDS. Also they visited Endau Rompin National Park in Johor for investigating lifestyle, folk medicine, religious initiation in a people village. In the conference, the exchange of opinions was fruitful amongst the participants, sharing their perceptions and future visions.
