FACULTY OF HEALTH AND SOCIETY | Conference
Health for Democracy, Democracy for Health
Thursday 3 October, 09:00 - Friday 4 October, 17:00
Niagara Building
Welcome to the 14th International Conference of the Health, Wellness and Society network.
The event is connected to the Citizen Health research platform at Malmö University, as well as the project 'Precision Health and Everyday Democracy'
Conference website
https://healthandsociety.com/2024-conference/special-focus
Content
Democracy – as both a political system and set of values – has often been linked to human health and the quality of healthcare systems. We know, for example, that democratic values tend to correlate positively with human well-being. Conversely, democratic decision-making practices are often heralded to enhance both patients' understanding of their treatment, and influence research budgets to better meet societal needs. Yet, as with elections, we know that the possibility to choose can also produce negative outcomes if the voters/patients are ill-informed. The conference engages with these debates from a transdisciplinary perspective, as well as relating it to new developments including the role of Artificial Intelligence and the rapidly growing role of consumer health apps and wearable devices that have shifted where and how healthcare takes place.
Ensuring fair access to healthcare, Public engagement within the design of healthcare systems and technologies,The democratic challenges and potential of recent technology for democratising healthcare, Accountability within the collection and usage of health data, Latest ideas for improved healthcare communication, Health literacy as a requirement for health equity, Community-based participatory research approaches towards improved health and healthcare, How to engage marginalised groups within healthcare design, New understandings of where the healthcare system takes place, The relationship between private and public actors in healthcare, Negotiating the relationship between consumer, private, and public sector healthcare, Active participation from patients and their parents within child healthcare, Equity within diabetes care and other everyday forms of healthcare treatment and The role of cities and municipalities within health democracy.
