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This is sent on behalf of the conference committee. Contact details are given at the bottom of this message. CONFERENCE 'Behavioural Medicine: Can it help improve health and health care?' The UK Society of Behavioural Medicine Thursday 3 November 2005 at the Kings Fund Conference Centre, London Calling all clinicians, public health physicians, epidemiologists, health psychologists, medical sociologists, health economists and statisticians interested in behavioural medicine! Behavioural Medicine is an interdisciplinary field concerned with: * The development and integration of environmental, behavioural and biomedical knowledge relevant to health and disease * The application of this knowledge to prevention, treatment and rehabilitation UK SBM brings together for the first time in the UK the broad range of disciplines that contribute to achieving these broad objectives. This conference will include: DISCUSSION AND DEBATE "Thirty years of behavioural medicine and this is all you can offer me" Dr Mike Chester (Director, National Refractory Angina Centre at Liverpool) in conversation with Professor Bob Lewin (Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Rehabilitation, University of York); chaired by Dr Roger Boyle CBE, National Director of Heart Disease. "The impact of the New Contract for General Practitioners: Can incentivising cats help herding?" Alan Maynard (Professor of Health Economics, University of York) in debate with Professor Martin Roland (Director, National Primary Care Research & Development Centre) INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS Public health and health promotion * Determinants of health behaviour: an epidemiological perspective * Implementing computerised tailored interventions for smoking cessation in primary care Chronic disease management * Concordance, compliance and adherence in medicine taking * New approaches to studying adherence behaviour in chronic illness * Managing pre-diabetes and promoting lifestyle change in pre-diabetic patients Professional practice and organisation of care * Conducting theory based process evaluations alongside randomised controlled trials of professional behaviour change interventions Advancing theory * Behaviour change interventions: Developing a classification system £50 for members of the UK SBM and students; £70 for non-members To reserve a place email Nicola Anthony at [log in to unmask] A downloadable booking form is available from our website: www.uksbm.org.uk