Socialmedicinska föreningen rf.

Sosiaalilääketieteen yhdistys ry.

The Finnish Section of Behavioral Medicine

The Section of Behavioral Medicine of The Finnish Society of Social Medicine was founded in 1994. The purpose of the section is to promote the development of behavioral medicine in order to better understand the complex relationships between behavior, health and illness.

The Section of Behavioral Medicine organizes once a year a seminar on a relevant topic of behavioral medicine and an open lecture is arranged in context of the annual meeting of the section. The section promotes distribution and exchange of scientific information on behavioral medicine and collaborates with other sections of The Finnish Society of Social Medicine as well as other national and international Societies.

The Finnish Section of Behavioral Medicine has about 70 members who share a common interest in behavioral aspects of health and illness. The members represent various scientific disciplines such as medicine, public health, psychology, sociology and social and behavioral sciences.

The Finnish Section of Behavioral Medicine is a member society of The International Society of Behavioral Medicine (ISBM). ISBM publishes The International Journal of Behavioral Medicine and organizes The International Congress of Behavioral Medicine every second year.

Membership information

Membership facilitates co-operation between researchers on the same field. Members belong to an email list, through which they are informed about, e.g., international and national congresses and other events related to behavioral medicine. Members receive discount on the participation fee of The International Congress of Behavioral Medicine.

Anyone interested in behavioral medicine is welcome to join The Finnish Section of Behavioral Medicine. Annual membership fee is that of the Society of Social Medicine. For further information, please contact the secretary of the section Tomi Mäkinen, email: name.familyname@thl.fi

Members of the board (2009)

Adjunct Professor Martti T. Tuomisto, President
Tomi Mäkinen, M.Soc.Sc., Secretary
Tellervo Korhonen, PhD, member
Ulla-Sisko Lehto, PhD, member
Adjunct Professor Sakari Suominen, member
Adjunct Professor Antti Uutela, deputy member
Adjunct Professor Ari Haukkala deputy member
Nina Simonsen-Rehn, MSc, deputy member

Forthcoming events

· Tenth International Congress of Behavioral Medicine is in Japan, Tokyo August 27 – 30, 2008

Links

· The International Society of Behavioral Medicine

· Finnish Epidemiological Society

· Health Psychology Section of the Finnish Psychological Society