Dear All,

please find below the preliminary programme of the 19th Annual Conference 
of the Society of Reproductive and Infant Psychology to be held at the 
University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, GB September 7-9, 1999.
Society for Reproductive
and Infant Psychology

19th Annual Conference
7 - 9 September 1999
Psychology Department
University of Hertfordshire
Hatfield Campus
College Lane
Hatfield
Herts AL10 9AB
Fax: 0044 1707 285073

Provisional
Programme


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Tuesday 7th September 1999


12.15 SRIP Committee Meeting
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Conference Opens
Theme: Antenatal and Postnatal Care
14.10  Location of cause of subfertility-         discrepancies  between 
perceptions of men in subfertile couples and their doctors.  S.Butler, 
L.Glover, University College London;
K.Gannon, Royal London School of Medicine and
Dentistry; P.D.Abel, Imperial College School of
Medicine; C.Gadd, Queen Charlotte's Hospital.

14.30   Ante-natal care for women whose baby has a confirmed fetal 
abnormality.
H.Stratham, W.Solomou, University of
Cambridge; J.Green, University of Leeds

14.50   Termination for abnormality at different gestations: the grief 
response of mothers.
H.Stratham, W.Solomou, University of
Cambridge; J.Green, University of Leeds.

15.10 Meconium stained liquor, Apgar scores and the sex of the infant.
M.Mead, University of Hertfordshire.
15.30           Tea
16.00 Infant disability: early parental interactions with  professionals.
S.Case, S.Brown, CATCH! Swansea.
16.20 Trends in the intrapartum care of healthy women
in four maternity units using routinely collected
maternity data.
M.Mead, University of Hertfordshire.

16.40 An ethnographic study of women's experience of
partnership caseload midwifery practice- the
professional as friend.
D.Walsh, De Montfort University.

17.00 Hospital postnatal care: a comparison of Pakistani and indigenous 
'white' women's views of their care.
J.Hirst, J.Hewison, Z.Kauser, University of Leeds.
17.20           AGM

18.00           Poster Session and Wine

19.30           Dinner


Wednesday 8th September 1999


Theme: Sleeping and Feeding
9.00 Reasons to share: why parents cosleep with their babies.
E.Hooker, H.Ball, J.Anderson-Hawkins,
University of Durham.

9.20    The relationship between behavioural characteristics of infants and 
weight gain in the first eight weeks.
A.Molkenboer, R.Drewett,  University of Durham.
9.40    Mothers' perceptions of attitudes of professionals on infant 
feeding matters.
P.Cairney, University of Dundee.
10.00   Tea

10.20   Is there an association between postnatal depression and faltering
growth ?
E. Heycock, L. O'Brien, M. Hanna, J. Cox, University of Keele.
10.40   Identifying failure to thrive in infancy.
R.Drewett, S.Corbett, University of Durham.

11.00 Outing to Hatfield House and Lunch
Bus leaves at 11.15.
Tours at: 11.50, 12.10, 12.20.
Bus returns at 13.30
14.00   SRIP Prize

        Theme: Invited Symposium on Postnatal
        Depression: From Theory to Practice.

14.20   Prediction and prevention of post-natal depression
P. Cooper, L. Murray,  University of Reading.
14.40   Timing and chronicity of maternal depression: effects on 
behavioural development.
D. Wolke, S. Kurstjens,  University of Hertfordshire.
15.00   Health visitor management of post-natal depression.
S. Seeley,  Cambridge.
15.20   Tea

15.40   Rationale for training trainers
S. Elliott,  University of Greenwich.
16.00   Discussion

        Theme: Reproductive Issues.

16.20   Symptoms and sex hormone levels in women with
        sub-clinical premenstrual syndrome (PMS).
        V.Hall, H.Leathard, St Martin's College.

16.40   Coping with menopausal hot flushes: relationships
        between catastrophic interpretations and reported
        coping strategies.
        F.Reynolds, Brunel University.

17.00   Anxiety and thyroid parameters during pregnancy.
        E. Brouwers, A. Van Baar, H. Vader, V. Pop
        University of Tilburg, The Netherlands.

       Keynote Lecture

18.00 Nature; nurture and behavioural development in infancy.
R. Plomin,  Institute of Psychiatry, London.
Introduced by D.Wolke.
19.15   Dinner

20.30   Entertainment


Thursday 9th September 1999


Theme: Mother-Infant Relationships.
9.10    On relatedness and relationships.
P.Hobson, M.Patrick, The Tavistock and
Portman NHS Trust, London.

9.30 Talking nonsense: the content of mothers' speech to pre-linguistic 
infants.
S.Zeedyk, J.Gray, University of Dundee; E.Meins, L.Wilson, University of 
Durham.
9.50  Parenting the preterm infant: contributions of parental mood and 
infant behaviour.
D.Rosenblatt, University of Reading.
10.10 The relationship between infant irritability and maternal sensitivity 
in very premature infants: birth to 3 months of corrected age.
P.Meier, D.Wolke, T.Gutbrod, L.Rust, University of Hertfordshire.
10.30           Tea
11.00  Cognitive development and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder 
(ADAH) in children born <= 32 weeks gestation attending mainstream school.
L.Thompson, R.Cooke, L.Foulde -Hughes,
University of Liverpool.

11.10 Promoting parent-infant attachment in the NICU.
A.van Baar, J.Vlemmix, T.van Asten, M.Eliens, St.
Joseph Hospital, The Netherlands.
Theme: Depression and the use of EPDS.
11.30 Can we predict depression in the postpartum period?
G.Verkerk, M.van Son, V.Pop, University of
Tilburg.

11.50   Postnatal depression as an environmental effect.
M.Hackney, Manchester Metropolitan University.
12.10   Post-natal depression and deprivation.
A.Hunn, Northern General Hospital.

12.30 Is the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale suitable for use with 
Asian clients ?
P.Finch, Canterbury Christ Church University
College.

12.50 Postnatal depression: mothers' and health visitors' perspectives.
P.Almond, University of Hertfordshire.
Close of Conference.
13.15   Lunch
Poster Session
The impact of early social interaction on physiological development in 
infancy.
E.S.Anderson, M.P.Wailoo, S.Peterson; Leicester University.
State of the art: the impact of child relinquishment as a non-death loss in 
gestational carriers.
P.A.Barki; University of Reading.
Are menopausal women at risk for depression?
M.C.Becht, C.F. van Erp, M.J. van Son, V.J.Pop; University of Tilburg. 
 Perceived burden of care as a predictor of attitudes towards prenatal 
testing and termination of abnormality among women who have a sibling with 
Down's syndrome.
L.Bryant, J.M.Green, J.Hewison; University of Leeds.
A case for, and a case of, early clear-cut attachment.
R.Draghi-Lorenz; University of Surrey.
The occurrence of chronic depression in women at menopausal age.  C.F.van 
Erp, M.C.Becht, M.J.van Son, V.J.Pop; University of Tilburg.
The meaning of parenthood: a comparative study of British and Greek 
sub-fertile and fertile couples.  S.Kazantzidou, S.Weaver; Hull University. 
 Patterns in the length of postnatal hospital stay 'chosen' and maternal 
well-being.
E.Kenyon, J.Hewison; University of Leeds.
The interaction of gestational age with genetic and environmental 
influences on cognitive and language development in 2-year-old twins. 
 G.Koeppen-Schomerus, T.Eley, R.Plomin; London.
Expectant teenage mums- empowered or impaired.  A.Macleod; East Yorkshire 
hospital NHS Trust, S.Weaver, S.Wisher; University of Hull.
Feelings, knowledge and opinions of ethnically Indian and white women 
concerning Leicestershire maternity services: a qualitative study. 
 E.Ockleford, J.Berryman; University of Leicester, R.Hsu;
Leicestershire health, L.Moss; Leicester general hospital, M.Patterson; 
Leicester royal infirmary, S.Gokani; leicester interpreting services.
Screening for fetal abnormality: attachment and anxiety in pregnant women.
S.Sandbrook; Staffordshire

















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