Health and Society
Conference of the Cyprus Sociological Association and the Hellenic Sociological Association
University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus
April 3-5, 2009
Submissions: November 28, 2008

The Cyprus Sociological Association and the Hellenic Sociological Association in collaboration with the University of Nicosia, the University of Cyprus and the Research Unit (RUBSI) organize a Conference titled Health and Society.

We invite social scientists who want to present their work to submit an abstract (up to 300 words) for presentation at the conference by Friday, 31 October 2008 to the following electronic addresses: csa@unic.ac.cy

Abstracts will be reviewed by a Scientific Committee and the results will be announced by Friday, 16 January 2009. The deadline for the submission of the final papers is March 16, 2009.

Conference themes might include:
1. The Psychosocial Aspects of health and illness
2. The contribution of the social sciences in health: theory and practice
3. Health and Social Behaviour
4. Social Policy and Health Services
5. Effectiveness of Health Care Systems
6. Insurance system and Health
7. Inequalities in Health
8. Social exclusion – health problems and inequality in health care
9. Ageing, health needs and health care services
10. Health care services for persons with Disabilities and social inequality
11. Society and mental illness
12. Cultural issues and Health
13. Social Aspects of Sexuality
14. Social History of Medicine
15. Issues of Medical Anthropology
16. Studies in the Field of Sociology of Health
17. Teaching Methods in the Sociology of Health
18. Health professionals / patient relationship
19. Migration, Health and Culture
20. Health and Workplace
21. Community Care
22. Ethics and Medicine
23. Complementary and Alternative Care
24. Public Health and Health Promotion
25. Gender and Health

For more information contact:
Katerina Kokkinou, e-mail: kokkinou.k@unic.ac.cy