Hi Robyn,

Here are the details and call for abstracts for the 2016 MAINN Conference (in Sweden!)

BW, Fiona

Nutrition and Nurture in Infancy and Childhood:

Bio-Cultural Perspectives

Three day international, interdisciplinary conference

Tuesday 23rd, Wednesday 24th and Thursday 25th of August 2016

Dalarna, Sweden

Conference Announcement and Call for Papers

The  seventh international, interdisciplinary MAINN conference is being organised by the Centre for Reproductive, Infant and Child Health (RICH), Dalarna University in collaboration with MAINN, UCLAN and the Pan-European research network Separation and Closeness Experiences in the Neonatal Environment (SCENE). 

RICH is led by Renée Flacking, Associate Professor of Nursing and MAINN by Professor Fiona Dykes.

Participants

Participation and attendance is encouraged from practitioners, academics and students across a spectrum of disciplines to include: Anthropologists and Medical Sociologists, Biological Scientists, Dieticians and Nutritionists, General Practitioners, Infant Feeding Specialists, Peer Supporters and Lactation Consultants, Paediatric and Child Health Nurses, Nurses and Health Visitors, Midwives and Neonatal Nurses, Paediatricians and Neonatologists, Public health specialists, Psychologists

Abstract Requirements (Deadline 15th of January 2016)

Papers or posters are invited on topics related to the conference aims:

•             Explore the nature of relationships within families in connection with various types of nutritive and nurturing behaviour in infancy and childhood.

•             Enhance understanding of the complex interactions between socio-cultural, psychological and biological factors in the nurture of infant and child.

•             Illuminate socio-cultural, political and economic influences upon infant and child feeding practices.

•             Increase understandings of breastfeeding as a bio-psychosocial activity.

•             Focus on key initiatives that may impact upon practices related to nurturing the preterm infant and the family

Thirty minute papers will be presented at concurrent sessions and posters will be displayed and discussed during designated poster sessions. 

Abstracts should be submitted by email (Microsoft Word file preferred) to Renée Flacking: [log in to unmask]

The subject line of the email should clearly state “Nutrition & Nurture Conference Abstract”.  All abstracts will be reviewed by the Conference Scientific Review Committee chaired by Professor Fiona Dykes.

The abstract must include the following:

•             Title of abstract

•             Author/presenter name(s), institution represented, postal address, email address and a short biography of each author

•             Primary contact person for the conference information

•             The abstract should contain an introduction, methods, results and conclusions

•             The abstract should not include subheadings

•             The abstract should be referenced, citing between 2–4 references

•             The references should be presented in Harvard APA

•             Length between 500 and 750 words

•             Please state your preference for a paper or poster presentation

Conference website:   http://www.du.se/rich-mainn

Conference Enquiries: For enquiries please contact Associate Professor Renée Flacking: [log in to unmask]

Chair of the Scientific Review Committee: [log in to unmask]

Fiona Dykes PhD, MA, RM, ADM, FHEA

Professor of Maternal and Infant Health,

Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture Unit (MAINN),

School of Community Health and Midwifery,

University of Central Lancashire, Preston,

Lancashire, PR1 2HE

Email: [log in to unmask]

http://www.uclan.ac.uk/staff_profiles/fiona_dykes.php

Tel: +44(0)1772 893828

Latest book: Dykes F, Flacking R (eds) (2015) Ethnographic Research in Maternal and Child Health.  Routledge.  https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138792203

From: A forum for discussion on midwifery and reproductive health research. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Robyn Maude
Sent: 22 December 2015 02:27
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Subject: Conferences 2016

Hi All, 

Seasons Greetings

I am coming to UK and Europe in the second half of 2016 and am interested in finding out if there are are any midwifery/maternity related conferences I could attend during July, August and September. 

I would be grateful for any details or links for any conferences during this time.

Kind regards, 

Robyn Maude 

Graduate School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health

Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand