Society of Behavioral Medicine 2012 Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions

描述(申请人提供)：行为医学学会(SBM)将于2012年4月11日至14日在洛杉矶新奥尔良举行第33届年会和科学会议。SBM是美国首屈一指的致力于行为医学的多学科组织，代表着来自20多个不同学科的近2000名行为和生物医学研究人员和临床医生。SBM的年度会议是专门讨论行为医学的最大规模的年度科学会议，被视为该领域最重要和最有影响力的研究和实践的论坛。SBM的多学科成员提供了一系列专业知识，包括流行病学研究以确定疾病模式和风险因素；研究遗传、行为、社会文化和环境对疾病风险和结果的影响；预防疾病的临床试验；以及应用预防和治疗策略改善临床护理和公共健康的研究。SBM研究人员-个人和与社区和政府机构的战略伙伴关系-正在努力改善临床护理和公共卫生，并解决2020年健康人的关键优先领域。SBM 2012年年会的总体目标是：1)提供一个论坛，交流有关健康与行为相互作用的新研究和临床数据；2)就改善健康的行为干预措施的最新进展进行深入介绍；3)加强研究人员和临床医生之间的科学交流；4)探讨行为医学在不断变化的医疗保健环境中的作用；5)审查促进将研究证据应用于临床实践和公共卫生项目的策略；以及6)促进行为医学领域新的跨学科教育和培训努力的发展。每年约有35%的SBM年度计划明确阐述心血管、肺部和血液疾病的病因、预防和临床护理。鉴于心肺疾病仍然是美国人和世界上越来越多的国家的头号杀手，对这些慢性疾病和状况--这是国家心肺和血液研究所的具体职责--的关注尤其及时。心血管疾病、慢性肺部疾病、2型糖尿病和癌症是造成全球约50%死亡率的四种主要慢性疾病。反过来，这四种慢性病又受到三种可预防的健康行为的显著影响--吸烟、不健康的饮食和缺乏活动--这三种行为是行为医学领域研究和临床干预的主要目标。这项提案寻求资金支持SBM 2012年年会和科学会议的规划，以满足NHLBI心血管科学部支持基于人群和临床的心血管、肺、血液疾病和睡眠障碍的病因、预防和临床护理的广泛愿景。 公共卫生相关性：行为医学会第33届年会和科学会议于2012年4月举行，将汇集全国领先的行为和社会科学家、临床医生和政策制定者，就健康和行为之间的相互作用交换新的研究和临床数据。通过广泛的科学陈述、讨论和教学研讨会，本次会议将促进以人群和临床为基础的关于心血管、肺、血液疾病和睡眠障碍的病因、预防和临床护理的最新研究，以减轻疾病负担和改善我国的健康状况。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) will hold its 33rd Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions on April 11-14, 2012 in New Orleans, LA. SBM is the nation's premier multi-disciplinary organization dedicated to behavioral medicine, representing nearly 2,000 behavioral and biomedical researchers and clinicians from more than 20 different disciplines. SBM's annual meetings represent the largest annual scientific sessions devoted exclusively to behavioral medicine, and are regarded as a forum for the field's most important and influential research and practice. The multidisciplinary membership of SBM provides a range of expertise that spans epidemiological research to identify patterns of disease and risk factors; research on the genetic, behavioral, sociocultural, and environmental influences on disease risk and outcomes; clinical trials to prevent disease; and research on the application of prevention and treatment strategies to improve clinical care and public health. SBM researchers - individually and in strategic partnerships with community and government agencies - are working to improve clinical care and public health and address key priority areas in Healthy People 2020. The overarching aims of SBM's 2012 Annual Meeting are to: 1) Provide a forum for the exchange of new research and clinical data on the interactions of health and behavior; 2) Provide in-depth presentations on recent advances in behavioral interventions for health improvement; 3) Increase the scientific exchange between researchers and clinicians; 4) Address behavioral medicine's role in the changing health care environment; 5) Examine strategies for facilitating the application of research evidence to clinical practice and public health programs; and 6) Promote the development of new interdisciplinary education and training efforts in behavioral medicine. Each year approximately 35% of SBM's annual program explicitly addresses the causes, prevention, and clinical care of cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases. The focus on these chronic diseases and conditions - which are the specific purview of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute - is particularly timely given that diseases of the heart and lung remain the top killers of Americans as well as a growing number of nations worldwide. Cardiovascular disease, chronic lung disease, type 2 diabetes, and cancer are the four major chronic diseases that are responsible for approximately 50% of global mortality. In turn, these four chronic diseases are significantly impacted by three preventable health behaviors - tobacco use, unhealthy diets, and inactivity - which are primary targets of research and clinical intervention by the Behavioral Medicine field. This proposal seeks funding for support of SBM's 2012 Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions for programming that addresses the broad vision of NHLBI's Division of Cardiovascular Sciences in supporting population- and clinic-based research on the causes, prevention, and clinical care of cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases and sleep disorders. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The Society of Behavioral Medicine's 33rd Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions, held in April 2012, will bring together the nation's leading behavioral and social scientists, clinicians, and policymakers to exchange new research and clinical data on the interactions of health and behavior. Through a broad range of scientific presentations, discussions, and didactic workshops, this conference will facilitate the exchange of the latest population- and clinic-based research on the causes, prevention, and clinical care of cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases and sleep disorders, with the goal of reducing the burden of disease and improving our nation's health.