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• Maternity, Mothers and Mental Health 2012 Mothering Conference
  

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Maternity, Mothers and Mental Health 2012 Mothering Conference

Date	17th July 2012
Time:	8:30am - 5:00pm
Location:	University of Western Sydney Building EA, Ground Floor, Room 18 Parramatta Campus Cnr James Ruse Drive and Victoria Road Parramatta NSW 2150

This conference aims to:

• Examine current Australian and international evidence on risk and protective factors influencing women’s and men’s mental health in the perinatal period

• Discuss the social and emotional support needs of women and families in the perinatal period including the needs of migrant and refugee women

• Provide health professional with culturally appropriate strategies and techniques to incorporate into the care they provide form women and their families

Keynote Speaker: Associate Professor Cindy-Lee Dennis Dr Cindy-Lee Dennis is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto and holds a Canada Research Chair in Perinatal Community Health and the Shirley Brown Chair in Women’s Mental Health Research, at Women’s College Research Institute, Toronto. She is currently the principal investigator on two multi-site RCTs related to the prevention and treatment of postnatal depression (Canadian Institute of Health Research) and a co-investigator on 12 other relevant projects. She has over 70 peer-reviewed publications concerning the care of women during their pregnancy and the postnatal period. She developed the international adopted Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Theory and Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale.

 

Please view the Conference Program (opens in a new window) for more details.

COST:

$110.00 + GST for UWS staff, NSW Health staff, and others
$55.00 + GST for full time Students

PAYMENT METHOD:

To make your payment log on to the UWS iPay system

• Scroll down to the School of Nursing and Midwifery, tick Place of Birth Conference 2012 and select Submit

• Select Add to order and follow the instructions to finalise your payment

• Once payment is received your place is booked and you will receive a confirmation email with program details a week before the course commences.
  

Registrations for Maternity, Mothers and Mental Health 2012 close on Thursday 12th July 2012. For more information about this conference please contact Hollyt Priddis at h.priddis@uws.edu.au

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