Nutrition and Nurture in Infancy and Childhood:
Bio‐Cultural Perspectives
Three day international, interdisciplinary conference
Monday 12th, Tuesday 13th and Wednesday 14th June 2017
Grange‐over‐Sands, Cumbria
Our eighth international, interdisciplinary conference is being organized by the Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture Unit (MAINN), University of Central Lancashire.
The conference convenor is Fiona Dykes, Professor of Maternal and Infant Health (MAINN, UCLAN).
The conference links closely with the international journal Maternal and Child Nutrition (Wiley‐Blackwell Publishing) that has its editorial office in MAINN. Senior Editors are Victoria Hall Moran (MAINN, UCLAN) and Rafael Perez‐Escamilla (Yale University, USA).
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 behavior in infancy and childhood.
Increase understandings of breastfeeding as a bio‐psychosocial 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.
Keynote Speakers
Anna Axelin, Associate Professor, Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Finland.
Nita Bhandari, Head of WHO Collaborating Centre for Research, Community Based Action and Programme Development in Child Health, Society for Applied Studies, India.
Tanya Cassidy, Marie Skłodowska‐Curie Fellow (EC funded), MAINN, UCLan, UK
Stephan Dombrowski, Health Psychologist, University of Stirling, UK
Suzanne Filteau, Professor of International Nutrition, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.
Rafael Perez‐Escamilla, Professor of Epidemiology & Public Health, School of Public Health, Yale University, USA.
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
Maternal and Child Health, Paediatric and Neonatal Nurses
Midwives and Health Visitors
Paediatricians and Neonatologists
Public health specialists
Psychologists
Abstract Requirements (Deadline 12 Dec 2016)
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 organisations.
Thirty minute papers will be presented at concurrent sessions, and posters will be displayed and discussed during designated poster sessions.
Abstracts should be submitted on the online submission form on the conference website.
http://www.uclan.ac.uk/conference_events/nutrition-and-nurture-infacy-childhood.php
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
Primary contact person for the conference information
Corresponding author for liaison regarding publication of the abstract
An introduction, methods, results and conclusions
The abstract should not include subheadings
The abstract should be referenced, citing between 2 and 4 references
The references should be presented in Harvard APA
Length should be no more than 700 words (including title, author information and references).
Please state your preference for a paper or poster presentation.
Please also supply a short biography of each author.
You can access the book of abstracts for the 2015 Conference from:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mcn.v11.S2/issuetoc
Maternal & Child Nutrition journal would like to invite you to submit your abstract for publication in the MAINN published conference proceedings. The proceedings will have open online access. Please note that abstracts will be subject to peer review. Should your abstract be accepted for publication in this special issue of Maternal & Child Nutrition, it will not preclude you from subsequently publishing your research in full in any journal. Please indicate if for any reason you prefer not to have your abstract published in the book of proceedings.
Maternal & Child Nutrition
Impact Factor: 3.505
ISI Journal Citation Reports © Ranking 2015: 10/120 (Pediatrics); 21/78 (Nutrition & Dietetics)
MAINN website:
http://www.uclan.ac.uk/research/explore/groups/maternal_and_infant_nutrition_and_nurture_unit.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 £395 for the three days, non‐residential. However, if you cannot attend for the full three day event, a daily rate is available at £135.
For conference enquiries please contact Liz Roberts, Conference and Events, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE
Email: healthconferences@uclan.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1772 893809
Conference web site: http://www.uclan.ac.uk/conferences
For academic queries please contact Professor Fiona Dykes on mailto:fcdykes@uclan.ac.uk
For queries regarding publishing your abstract in Maternal and Child Nutrition please contact Dr Victoria Hall Moran on mailto:mcnjournal@uclan.ac.uk
(2017) Conference Announcement and Call for Papers, Maternal & Child Nutrition, 13, e12395. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12395.