34.3335, Calls: Healthcare, Language and Inclusivity

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LINGUIST List: Vol-34-3335. Tue Nov 07 2023. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 34.3335, Calls: Healthcare, Language and Inclusivity

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Date: 07-Nov-2023
From: Taochen Zhou [taochenzhouh at gmail.com]
Subject: Healthcare, Language and Inclusivity


Full Title: Healthcare, Language and Inclusivity

Date: 12-Sep-2024 - 13-Sep-2024
Location: Poznan, Poland
Contact Person: Taochen Zhou
Meeting Email: taochenzhouh at gmail.com

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Call Deadline: 08-Jan-2024

Meeting Description:

We are happy to announce the workshop on Healthcare, Language and
Inclusivity, which will be held 12-13 September 2024 in Poznań.

Studies of healthcare discourses, as part of the interdisciplinary
field of Health Communication, have become a fast-growing area of
research in Linguistics (cf. references). Common topics of the studies
include the representation of individuals’ physical and mental illness
and conditions in various discourse types; how such discourses may
shape people’s perspectives and experiences and could promote social
stigmatization of service users; doctor-patient communication in
traditional healthcare settings; or the use of language to facilitate
effective health messaging and care practices, inter alia. However,
research bringing together linguistic studies focusing on health
inclusivity is comparatively scarce. Our workshop addresses this gap
by turning inclusive and exclusionary health practices into its
primary focus. The focus on health inclusivity will shed light on
recognising the central role of language, cultural and socioeconomic
factors, as well as individual aspects (e.g., age, gender, community,
or experience of physical or mental conditions and illness) in shaping
health behaviours and attitudes, relationships with health systems,
experiences of accessibility and practices, and ultimately the
experience of (mental) illness and health outcomes.

Convenors:

Dr Kayo Kondo, Professor Andreas Musolff, Dr Sara Vilar-Lluch, Dr
Tachen Zhou, Dr Maria Tsimpiri

Contact person: Dr Taochen Zhou
E-mail: taochenzhouh at gmail.com

Call for Papers:

We are keen to invite papers to the workshop to discuss these main
topics:

1.      The construal of health and illness as reflected in
first-person accounts of service users and caregivers, (i.e., illness
and recovery narratives, both written and spoken, and accounts of
providing care for a close one);
2.      The construal of health and illness by third parties,
including:
a.      medical and institutional discourses such as medical reports,
health guidance, or medical examinations, considering how these
discourse practices contribute to generate established knowledge and
practices; and
b.      media discourses, including traditional media and social media
platforms, considering how these may promote stereotypes and
ideologies (e.g., conspiracy theories, anti-vaccination movement), but
also contribute to challenge stigma and present counter discourses.
3.      Advances in research and practices to promote inclusive
healthcare, including the affordances of online settings for advice
and consultations as health communication (e.g., facilitating
information exchanges between professional and service users),
affordances of AI for health-related studies, development of health
education programmes in schools, raising awareness campaigns to
promote societal education in health-related matters and challenge
stigma.

Our research questions include:

•       Who gets a diagnosis: are some social groups more likely to
have difficulties getting a diagnosis— e.g., more likely to be
questioned or not to be taken seriously?
•       What gets diagnosed: are particular physical and mental
conditions more likely to be difficult to get diagnosed in a
setting—e.g., fibromyalgia, endometriosis...?
•       Who gets listened to in a consultation: are some social groups
more likely to be disregarded in consultations—e.g., are people
assumed to have cognitive difficulties included in conversation of
doctor-patient interaction and decision-making, or do practitioners
mostly address and arrange service users’ needs with families,
guardians, or carers?
•       How are sociodemographic factors such as age, community,
socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds addressed in relation to health
literacy? Which actions are taken to promote health literacy among
under-represented and vulnerable populations? How does research in
fields of healthcare and health communication account for the voices
of under-represented groups?
•       How can health communication campaigns contribute to breaking
taboos and developing counter-narratives to conspiracy theories and
ideologies which impede equitable healthcare provision?
•       How can first-person narratives give voice to those affected
by physical and mental health conditions and disabilities? Which
perils can be associated to the use

Deadline for submission: 08/01/2024

Looking forward to seeing you in Poznan, Poland!



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