Health, Wellness & Society Research Network

Interdisciplinary perspectives on bodies, behaviors, and health systems.

The Network’s themes frame our conferences and publications, emphasizing the biological, social, and policy complexities of health and wellbeing. Together, they connect evidence, practice, and equity.

Fifteenth International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society, University of Granada, Granada, Spain (2025)
Fifteenth International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society, University of Granada, Granada, Spain (2025)

Overview

These themes link the biological and the social, recognizing that health is produced in relationships among bodies, knowledge, and institutions. Four interconnected themes span physiology, interdisciplinary sciences, public health policy, and health promotion to advance equitable wellbeing.

Theme 1: The Physiology, Kinesiology, and Psychology of Wellness in its Social Context

On the dimensions of wellness in body and mind.

  • Fundamental concepts of wellness: "goods," "bads," "shoulds"
  • The psychology of wellness
  • Health promoting behaviors
  • Health risk appraisals, screenings, and interventions
  • The measurement of wellness
  • Evaluations of long-term impacts of health and wellness programs
  • Health and wellness with disabilities
  • Disability support services and independent living
  • Physical fitness, aging, and the effects on health and wellness
  • Health related fitness programs
  • Physical fitness and its role in mental health
  • Physical activity, self esteem, and wellness
  • Health, fitness and media-driven concepts of beauty
  • Media influences on health risk behaviors

Keywords

  • Physiology
  • Kinesiology
  • Psychology
  • Disabilities
  • Fitness

Theme 2: Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

On the systematic study of human health.

  • Cross-disciplinary and professional perspectives: medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, psychology, physical therapies, dietetics, social work, counseling, sports science
  • Health technologies
  • Home healthcare workers role in wellness
  • Integration of complementary and alternative medicine into a health system
  • Nutriceuticals and supplements for health
  • Genome sciences, chronic disease prevention
  • Personalized medicine
  • The increasing role of psychological drugs
  • The business of unwellness and the negative health industries
  • Biomedical aging research
  • Immunobiological research
  • Epigenetics research
  • Ancestry and health, traits, and diseases
  • Regenerative medicine
  • Biomedical occupational health and safety

Keywords

  • Interdisciplinarity
  • Medicine
  • Nursing
  • Pharmacy
  • Dentistry
  • Physical Therapies
  • Dietetics
  • Social Work
  • Counseling
  • Sports Science
  • Technologies
  • Genomics
  • Aging
  • Regenerative Medicine

Theme 3: Public Health Policies and Practices

On community responsibilities to foster wellness and proactive health policies and practices.

  • Public health and communications technologies
  • Sustainable innovation strategies in public health
  • Global public health development and sustainability
  • Public health provider development
  • Public health and disease prevention
  • Healthcare reform impacts
  • New and emerging public health and safety risks
  • Biosafety and biosecurity
  • Acquired infections and health workers
  • Environmental threats to health and wellness
  • Community environmental health planning
  • Occupational health and safeties role in health and wellness
  • The food industry and government (FDA) food policy
  • Immunization programs and serum banking
  • Global availability of vaccines, the supply chain and supply economics
  • Racial, ethnic, gender, socio-economic, and rural disparities in healthcare
  • Life balance, health and wellness within community cultures
  • The economics of health and wellness in society
  • Poverty, health and wellness
  • Infant and child health
  • Social determinations of health and wellness
  • Health, wellness and the effects of social exclusion
  • The environment, quality of life and wellness.
  • Urbanization in developing countries: environmental health impacts
  • WHO policies on world nutrition
  • Child food insecurity

Keywords

  • Public Policy
  • Public Health
  • Disease Prevention
  • Food Policy
  • Safety
  • Environmental Health
  • Occupational Health
  • Community Health
  • Race
  • Ethnicity
  • Gender
  • Socio-Economic Differences
  • Rural Health
  • Poverty
  • Exclusion
  • Urbanization
  • Child Health
  • Infant Health

Theme 4: Health Promotion and Education

On informal and formal health education.

  • Promotion of health and well being
  • Health literacy
  • School physical education curriculum and its effects on health
  • Wellness coaching and fitness for improved health
  • Health education for non-literate populations
  • Web-based health education
  • Information technologies in healthcare
  • Health and wellness in the workplace
  • Health, life expectancy and the cost of living longer
  • New and emerging health and safety risks
  • Occupational health and safety education and training
  • Institutional influences on health and wellness
  • Quality of life, spirituality and wellness
  • Nutrition for health and wellness
  • The food linkage to unwellness
  • Obesity in affluent societies
  • Family mealtime patterns, child feeding practices and their effects on health

Keywords

  • Health
  • Wellness
  • Safety
  • Health Promotion
  • Nutrition
  • Health Education
  • Health Curriculum
  • Fitness Programs
  • Life Expectancy
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Spirituality
  • Family

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