Normal Birth 2017

Call for Papers

The closing date for receipt of abstracts is 30th April 2017 and presenters will be informed of the reviewers decision by the end of June 2017.

• Studies that integrate knowledge from a range of scientific approaches and/or perspectives
• Basic science studies of the physiology, biochemistry, psychology, and sociology of normal labour and birth
• Studies of and contributions to practice and/or service organisation
• Studies of collaboration to improve maternal, infant, family, and maternity staff wellbeing
• Examinations of building design and of the physical and psychosocial environment of birth
• The identification and examination of relevant outcomes relating to labour and birth
• Social and cultural precursors and consequences of optimal childbirth
• Emotional and spiritual aspects of labour and birthing
• Educational aspects
• Economic analyses
• Philosophical and theoretical critiques and debates
• Methodological innovations in this and associated areas
• Drama, virtual reality, and other multi-media and e-technology approaches

Please submit your abstracts via online by visiting http://www.uclan.ac.uk/confere... and scrolling down the page and clicking onto the Abstract Submissions or directly submit your abstract via https://nbirth2017.exordo.com/... . Please note you will be required to log in or create an account. If you do not have access to the electronic system, please contact Liz Roberts via healthconferences@uclan.ac.uk , for advice on how to submit manually or by email.  

Presentations can take the form of an oral paper, poster, workshop or symposium. Papers will be between 20 and 30 minutes long. A workshop will have a longer time allocation, but should be interactive and no more than 25% of the content should be presentational, and the abstract should specify how the audience will be involved in the remaining 75% of the time.  A symposium will also have a longer allocation, but it should include at least two distinct oral papers on a similar subject and include at least three presenting authors, and the distinct area to be addressed by each author must be made clear in the submission.  Each presenting author should enter the Symposium Title at the top, before their paper title, followed by the abstract.  Each presenting author should submit their Symposium paper abstract separately.

Abstracts for standard papers and posters should be a maximum of 350 words, and for workshops or symposium, a maximum of 500 words.

For more information please visit http://www.uclan.ac.uk/confere...or for any enquiries please contact Liz Roberts on HealthConferences@uclan.ac.uk or telephone - + 44 (0) 1772 892650.