Nutrition and Nurture in Infancy and Childhood:
Bio-Cultural Perspectives
Three day international, interdisciplinary conference
Mon 10th, Tues 11th, Wed 12th June 2013
Grange over Sands, Cumbria
Conference Announcement and Call for Papers
Our fourth international interdisciplinary conference is being organised by the Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture Unit (MAINN), University of Central Lancashire. MAINN is led by Fiona Dykes, Professor of Maternal and Infant Health.
The conference links closely with the international journal Maternal and Child Nutrition (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing) that has its editorial office in MAINN. The journal is edited by Dr Victoria Hall Moran, based in MAINN, and Professor Kay Dewey, University of California, Davis.
There is a growing understanding of the complex interactions between socio-cultural, biological, political and economic influences upon infant and child feeding, eating and nutrition.
The conference aims to:
* Illuminate socio-cultural, political and economic influences upon infant and child feeding practices.
* Explore the nature of relationships within families in connection with various types of nutritive and nurturing behaviour in infancy and childhood.
* Increase understandings of breastfeeding as a biopsychosocial activity.
* Enhance understanding of the complex interactions between socio-cultural, psychological and biological factors in infant and child feeding, eating and nutrition.
* Focus on key initiatives that may impact upon practices related to infant and child feeding, eating and nutrition.
Key Note Speakers
Sue Ashmore - Director of UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative
Dr Kajsa Brimdyr - Lead Researcher at Faculty, Healthy Children's Project, USA
Dr Adriano Cattaneo - Consultant Epidemiologist, Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Trieste, Italy
Dr Renée Flacking - Senior Research Fellow, Dalarna University, Sweden
Lorna Hartwell and Phyll Buchanan - Breastfeeding Network (BfN), UK
Dr Pat Hoddinott - Professor of Primary Health, University of Stirling
Dr Gill Thomson - Research Fellow, MAINN, University of Central Lancashire
Participants
Participation and attendance is encouraged from practitioners, academics and students across a spectrum of disciplines to include:
· Anthropologists
· Biological Scientists
· Breastfeeding Support and Advocacy Groups
· Children's Centre managers
· Dieticians
· Family nurses
· General Practitioners
· Health economists
· Health Visitors
· Infant Feeding Specialists
· Lactation Consultants
· Maternal and Child Health Nurses
· Medical Sociologists
· Midwives
· Neonatal nurses
· Neonatologists
· Nutritionists
· Paediatricians
· Public health specialists
· Psychologists
· Sociologists
Abstract Requirements (Deadline 30th Nov 2012)
Papers or posters are invited on:
Infant and child nutrition and feeding (to include biological, social, cultural, psychological, political, economic and practice issues). The scope includes fetal and neonatal nutrition, infant and child nutrition, feeding and eating, up to and including adolescence.
Nurturing the infant-parent relationship. The scope includes infants, parents, staff and/or organizations.
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 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[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 Review Committee chaired by Fiona Dykes and Victoria Hall Moran.
The abstract must include the following:
· Title.
· Author/presenter name(s), institution represented, postal address, email address. Please indicate who is the primary contact - this will be the person we contact.
· A 500 word abstract that includes context, methodology (if appropriate), results/key themes and implications for policy, research, practice and/or education.
· Clearly indicate if submitting for poster or paper. (Please also indicate whether you would be willing to present a poster, should your paper not be selected for presentation).
· A short biography of author(s).
MAINN website: http://www.uclan.ac.uk/schools/school_of_health/research_projects/mmch/midwifery_mainn.php
Grange Hotel
The conference venue is The Grange Hotel, Grange Over Sands, which is situated on the fringe of the Lake District in beautiful surroundings. For details on the charms of this stylish location go to http://www.grange-hotel.co.uk/
Conference Booking and Enquiries
All presenters will be required to register for the conference and pay the fee which will be £375 plus VAT for the three days, non-residential. However, if you cannot attend for the full three day event, a daily rate is available at £125 plus VAT.
For conference enquiries please contact Liz Roberts, Conference and Events, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE
Email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Tel: +44 (0)1772 893809 Fax: +44 (0)1772 894985
Conference web site: www.uclan.ac.uk/healthconf<http://www.uclan.ac.uk/healthconf>
For academic queries please contact Professor Fiona Dykes on [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or
Tel: +44 (0)1772 893828
Fiona Dykes PhD, MA, RM, ADM, FHEA
Professor of Maternal and Infant Health,
Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture Unit (MAINN),
School of Health,
Brook Building - Room 220,
University of Central Lancashire,
Preston,
Lancashire,
PR1 2HE
Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Tel: +44(0)1772 893828
www.uclan.ac.uk/schools/school_of_health/research_projects/mmch/fiona_dykes_research.php<http://www.uclan.ac.uk/schools/school_of_health/research_projects/mmch/fiona_dykes_research.php>
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