4th INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH SEMINAR ON

SALUTOGENESIS
AND MEETING OF THE IUHPE-GWG-SAL
MAY 30-31, 2011 UNIVERSITY WEST TROLLHÄTTAN SWEDEN

ADOLESCENT HEALTH
&
QUALITY OF LIFE

AGE AND GENDER SPECIFIC RESEARCH

 Dear Colleagues and Friends!

It is a great pleasure and a privilege to invite you to the 4th International Research Seminar on Salu-
togenesis focusing on two themes. Firstly, how to implement salutogenic research and practice in the
life period of adolescents. This is to exemplify what considerations are needed to use the salutogenic
system approach to health in a specific age span. Secondly, a forum for Best Practice in Salutogenesis we
call “The Salutogenic Society” demonstrating how salutogenesis is implemented on the community level,
such as within organisations, institutions, health and public health systems, settings for learning (schools)
and, communities in general. There are many such initiatives around the World. The idea here is to create
a forum where this can be presented and demonstrated where everybody can learn. It does not have to
be ready processes, the main thing is that everybody can see, learn from and draw their own conclusions.

The two themes are a result of the discussions between ten Research and Development Institutions that
now will form a Core Group for the IUHPE Global Working Group on Salutogenesis (GWG-SAL). One of
the ideas is to circulate the Annual Research Seminars between the institutions - therefore this year´s
seminar will be arranged in Sweden at University West in Trollhättan. The two days will be arranged with
key note presentations in the mornings and best practice seminars and poster presentations in the af-
ternoons.

We are pleased and honoured to present some of the most distinguished persons in public health, health
promotion and salutogenesis. This is a call for participants, best practice presenters and poster present-
ers to submit their papers to the conference. The Research Seminar will be a place for networking, for
inspiration and further development of research.

Welcome to University West and Trollhättan!

Bengt Lindström Lars Ekedahl

Professor, Head of the IUHPE-GWG-SAL Professor, Vice Chancellor
Folkhälsan Research Center, University West
Helsinki, Finland Trollhättan, Sweden
 Tentative
Programme

Monday, May 30, 2011 Room: Nydqvist & Holm (C118)

08.00-09.00 Registration and Coffee
09.00-09.45 Opening ceremony
Prof. Bengt Lindström, Folkhälsan, Finland
Prof. Lars Ekedahl, University West, Sweden
09.45-10.30 How to construct a salutogenic framework for adolescent health
Prof. Bengt Lindström, Folkhälsan, Finland
10.30-11.00 Refreshments
11.00-12.00 Culture, Conflict and Coping - The salutogenic approach in research among adolescents
Prof. Shifra Sagy, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
12.00-13.00 Poster presenters available
13.00-14.00 Lunch (next doors)
14.00-17.00 Best Practice session 1
Moderator: Dr. Lenneke Vaandrager, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Introduction: Salutogenic benefits of green space and nature
Oral presentations
15.30-16.00 Coffee
16.00-17.00 Best Practice session continues
17.00-18.00 Poster presenters available
18.30 Social activity
19.30 Conference Dinner at Kårhuset

Tuesday, May 31, 2011 Room: Nydqvist & Holm (C118)

08.30-09.30 The relevance of approaching adolescents and quality of life — Some new research
outcomes
Prof. Charli Eriksson, Orebro University, Sweden
09.30-10.30 The asset approach to health as seen in adolescent health through the WHO HBSC data
Dr. Antony Morgan, NICE, UK
10.30-11.00 Coffee
11.00-12.00 Connectedness as a key element in adolescent health
Prof. Robert Blum, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, US
12.00-12.30 Some salutogenic evidence on adolescent health and quality of life
Dr. Monica Eriksson, University West, Sweden
12.30-13.30 Lunch (next doors)
13.30-15.00 Best Practice session 2
Moderator: Dr. Georg Bauer, University of Zürich, Switzerland
Introduction: Emerging research agenda to strengthen salutogenesis in health promotion.
Oral presentations
15.00-15.30 Closing ceremony
Prof. Bengt Lindström, Folkhälsan, Finland
Dr. Monica Eriksson, University West, Sweden
The Seminar is organized by The Core Group of the IUHPE-GWG-SAL in collaboration with
University West, Department of Nursing, Health and Culture, Trollhättan, Sweden.

Organizational Committee:
Monica Eriksson, PhD, Seminar Coordinator, Senior Lecturer, University West, Sweden
Bengt Lindström, Professor, Head of the IUHPE-GWG-SAL, Seminar Coordinator, Folkhälsan Research
Center, Finland
Madeleine Bergh, PhD, Head, Department of Nursing, Health & Culture, University West, Sweden
Mona Wallin, Senior Lecturer, Head, Division of Health & Culture, University West, Sweden
Jan Winroth, Senior Lecturer, University West, Sweden
Nils Söderman, Senior Lecturer, University West, Sweden
Diana Stark-Ekman, PhD, Senior Lecturer, University West, Sweden

Call for abstracts: Please submit your abstracts (max 200 words) related to the main themes of
the Seminar to Monica Eriksson, monica.eriksson@hv.se at latest at April 3, 2011. The abstracts should in-
clude the following general information: Title of the paper, overall theme (research or practice), name(s)
and academic title of the author(s), affiliation(s), mail address(es), corresponding author(s), submitted as
an oral or a poster presentation. Sub-headings of the abstract: Statement of the problem/background,
aim(s), study design, sample size and composition, measures used, method for the analysis, results and
conclusions. Results of the review process will be communicated to the Authors at latest by April 29, 2011.
The Poster sessions are run as traditional posters. Detailed instructions for oral and poster presentations
are communicated in connection with the decision letter.

Registration fees: Standard rate 4.000 SEK (2 days), Student rate 2.000 SEK; Standard rate 2.000 SEK
(1 day), Student rate 1.000 SEK. Please register online www.hv.se/salus2011 at latest May 6, 2011. The fees
include conference folder, keynote/best practice/poster sessions, lunch, coffee/the/refreshments, social
activity (May 30) and conference dinner (May 30). Late registration is dependent on available capacities.

Accommodation is reserved by University West until April 30, 2011 at Scandic Hotel Swania, Trollhättan:
Single room for 1011 SEK (including VAT) and at First Hotel Kung Oscar, Trollhättan: Single room for 895
SEK (including VAT). Breakfast is included in the prices. For reservation and payment please turn directly
to the Hotels (www.scandichotels.se/sv/Hotels/Countries/Sverige/Trollhattan/Hotels/Scandic-Swania/
or www.firsthotels.com/sv/kungoscar ) and quote SALUS2011. After April 30, 2011 we do not any more
guarantee available rooms.

Venue: The Seminar is hosted by University West in

Trollhättan, a small town north of Gothenburg, Sweden.
The visiting address is Gustava Melins gata 2, Trollhät-
tan, Phone +46 520 22 30 00. University West is easily
reached by public transport and by car. For more informa-
tion about how to get there, please visit the conference
website www.hv.se/salus2011. The conference venue is
available for people with reduces mobility and wheelchair
users.

Note! New publication on Salutogenesis!

“The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Salutogenesis. Salutogenic pathways to health promotion”
Please order from www.salutogenesis.fi/News.