[Discussion] HEALTH SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH METHODOL OGY WAR - CALL FOR PAPERS AND INVITATION FOR PARTICIPATION”

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

HEALTH SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY WAR - CALL FOR PAPERS AND 
INVITATION FOR PARTICIPATION”
This session aims to explore and formulate the myriad of issues related 
to the application of social science research methodology in health 
issues. For the past decade health social scientists directed their 
attention to the analysis of health and illness, critical appraisals of 
health institutions and to the study of behavioral components related to 
health. The research methodology employed in these studies is of crucial 
importance and is experiencing change and critical appraisal. This 
session aims to analyze the different methods used by social scientists 
in health research. Is quantitative or qualitative research sufficient 
by itself? How can they complement each other? What is the ideological 
outcome of the increase seen in rapid assessment techniques such as 
focus group research? What ethical considerations face health social 
sciences research? What can we say about the politics of applied health 
social science research? Which institutions promote health social 
science research and for what purpose? Who is able to utilize the 
information gathered? Is social science research in health really 
useful? What can we say about the relationship between social science 
research, health policy and application? Are there special issues 
related to ethical considerations for health social science research? 
Social consequences of the collapse of buildings and other man-made 
accidents will also be examined. Please find updated information as 
regards the meeting at the IFSSH website http://www.ifssh.net.
The International Forum for Social Sciences and Health (IFSSH) welcomes 
applications from scholars, administrators, researchers, interested 
parties, international agencies, national and international research 
institutions and students for participation in the 2005 World Congress 
“HEALTH CHALLENGES OF THE THIRD MILLENNIUM”. The 2005 World Congress 
aims to realize a universal platform for reflections and forward-looking 
discussions in all important areas that fall under the health social 
science agenda. The world congress will host workshop sessions under the 
following themes: Accidents and disabilities; Adolescent health; 
Bioethics; Bioterror and weapons of mass destruction; Child health, 
development and child rights; Health consequences of war; Communicating 
health knowledge and behavior; Controversies of diet and nutrition; 
Developing economies, migration and emerging health issues; Ecohealth: 
climate change, health consequences of environmental deterioration and 
environmental policies; Ethnobotany and healing; Giving birth: new 
meanings, new statistics; Health and disease in world myths, scripts and 
literature; Health clubs and the new aesthetics of health; Health 
equity; Health social science research methodology; Health sector reform 
and health insurance; Health, medicine and colonialism; Human rights, 
HIV/AIDS and the new epidemics; Infectious diseases; Issues in rural 
health and disease; Life styles; Living with pain; Local traditions of 
healing and shamans; New challenges: smoking, addictions and eating 
disorders; Politics of pharmacueticals; Redefining old age; Reproductive 
health; Social history of health and disease; Social science education 
for health sciences; Sociology of dental health; Suicides and cross 
cultural issues in mental health; The economics of well being; The 
future of hospitals and patient care; The psychology of violence; 
Violence as a public health issue; and Social aspects and prevention of 
world blindness. Please find updated information as regards the meeting 
at the IFSSH website http://www.ifssh.net. We invite you to join this 
interdisciplinary gathering of the experiences and perspectives of 
social scientists and health specialists for a crucial assessment of the 
human condition at the onset of the new millennium.
Prof. Dr. Akile Gürsoy
IFSSH Secretary General
Head, Department of Anthropology
Yeditepe University
Congress Correspondence:
2005 IFSSH Congress Center
Department of Anthropology
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Yeditepe University
Kay?s,dag(?,34755 Istanbul TÜRKI.YE
Tel: (+ 90) 216-578 07 27)
Fax: (+ 90) 216-578 08 99)
E-mail: ifssh.2005@yeditepe.edu.tr
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