Reproductive Health calls for papers / publications

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing: Sexual and Reproductive Health

The issue of sexual and reproductive health is a major area of clinical practice. It encompasses a broad range of topics – sexuality, sexual behavior, altered body image, sexual and reproductive pathologies and infections, HIV/AIDS, abortion, sexual abuse as well as sexual health services, sex education and the impact of illness, social deprivation and age upon sexuality and sexual expression. Nurses are increasingly involved in work with patients, clients and communities that have sexual and reproductive needs – developing a holistic approach to care is essential, as well as increasing the evidence base for sexual and reproductive health interventions. This special issue aims to make a substantial contribution to this evidence base and also celebrate the wide ranging nature of sexual and reproductive health nursing practice.

Scope Researchers, practitioners and educators are invited to submit a manuscript based on a research study, literature review or discursive topic related to any area of Sexual and Reproductive health that has implications for nursing practice.

Manuscripts are especially welcome in the following areas (although other papers will be considered):

Child and adolescent sexual health issues, HIV/AIDS, Ageing and sexual health, Sexuality and chronic illnesses, Mental health and sexuality, Sex education, Sexual health in marginalized populations, Sexuality and clinical practice, Establishing/evaluating sexual health care or services, sexually transmitted infections, sexual health and pregnancy

All manuscripts will be expected to discuss the implications for clinical practice and adhere to the Journal of Clinical Nursing guidelines for authors available at www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/jocn

Submission The deadline for the receipt of manuscripts is December 2012 with anticipated publication in late 2013. Manuscripts should be submitted online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jcnur

All papers for the special issue should have the prefix ‘SI – SRH’ before the title of the paper.

Further information
Please contact the editors for this edition; Professor Mark Hayter (m.hayter@hull.ac.uk) or Professor Alice Yuen Loke (hsaloke@inet.polyu.edu.hk).

Call for Manuscripts on Health Education and Promotion for the Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health

The Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health is soliciting manuscripts for the 2013 continuing education theme issues on Health Education and Promotion. We invite submissions that address optimizing women’s health and reproductive health outcomes. Potential topics include:

· Health education: beyond patient handouts

· Use of social media in health education and promotion

· Promoting healthy habits

· Health promotion recommendations by age group

· Obesity

· Cardiovascular disease prevention

· Diabetes prevention

· Cancer screening

· Health disparities

· Types of psychotherapy/counseling

· Exercise

· Smoking cessation

· Substance abuse

· Sexual health

· Contraception, particularly long-acting reversible contraception (LARC)

· Health promotion for postmenopausal women

· Management of unintended pregnancy

· Preconception care

· Interconception care and/or birth spacing

· Genetics

· Prevention of birth defects

· Environmental health

· Preventing teratogenic exposures during pregnancy

Other relevant topics are welcome. All types of articles will be considered, and descriptions of the article types can be found on the next page. The deadline for initial manuscript submission is August 1, 2012.

Please send your proposed topic, type of article, and contact information to JMWH Editor-in-Chief Frances E. Likis, CNM, NP, DrPH, FACNM, at flikis@acnm.org.

Call for Papers: A Special Issue of Frontiers on Reproductive Technologies and Reproductive Justice

Frontiers: A Journal of Women’s Studies invites submissions for a special issue on reproductive technologies and reproductive justice. In commemoration of the fortieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade and the legacies of that decision, we welcome scholarly and creative works that analyze the contested terrains of reproduction in local, national, or transnational contexts. We are especially interested in the intersections between varied technologies to regulate, manage, or facilitate reproduction (e.g. abortion, contraception, surrogacy, population control, reproductive health, adoption), and claims for reproductive justice. We encourage submissions that conceptualize reproductive issues in broad terms, and which further the journal’s commitment to scholarship on women of color, third world and transnational women’s movements, and gender and race.

An inter- and multidisciplinary journal, Frontiers welcomes submissions of creative works such as artwork, fiction, and poetry, as well as scholarly papers. Works must be original, and not published or under consideration for publication elsewhere. For submission guidelines, please consult the websites sponsored by the University of Nebraska Press and Arizona State University, where Frontiers is currently housed:

http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/product/Frontiers,673226.aspx
http://www.asu.edu/clas/asuhistory2/frontiers/

All special issue submissions and questions should be directed to frontiers@osu.edu. The guest editor for this special issue, Mytheli Sreenivas, and the new-editors of Frontiers, Guisela Latorre and Judy Tzu-Chun Wu also can be reached at the following address:

Editors of Frontiers
Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Ohio State University
286 University Hall
230 North Oval Mall
Columbus, OH 43210

Submission Date for Special Issue: June 15, 2012

All other submissions, not related to the Special Issue, should be directed to Arizona State University before May 11, 2012. After May 12, 2012, all submissions should be sent to Ohio State University.

Call for Papers: Women’s Health & Urban Life

The WH & UL is a peer reviewed journal located at the Sociology Department, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. The journal addresses a wide range of topics that directly or indirectly affect both the physical and mental health of girls, teenage and adult women living in urban or urbanizing pockets of the world. The orientation of the journal is critical, feminist and social scientific. The journal accepts both quantitative and qualitative, and both theoretical and empirical articles on topics such as:

WOMEN'S HEALTH IN GENERAL

• Social and structural factors affecting women's health

• Factors in urban environments affecting women's health

• Women's use of alternate healing techniques in urban centres

• Smoking, substance abuse

• Social attitudes and women's experiences of menopause

• Beauty myths and elective surgeries in urban centres

• Eating disorders

• Sexually transmitted diseases and women's vulnerability in urban centres

• Women's mental health/stress in urban centres

• Efficacy of social support systems in women's health

• Rape trauma

• Aging and women's health

• Poverty and women's health in world cities

HEALTH RELATED TO REPRODUCTION

• New reproductive technologies and ethical considerations

• Teenage pregnancies and urban support systems

• Birth protection and abortion debates, efficacy of support systems

• Social constructions of childlessness and health implications

• Over-medicalization of women's health and the birthing process

• Cultural pressures on sex selection and women's health

HEALTH RELATED TO HOME-BASED TOPICS:

• Violence in the home such as child physical and sexual abuse, incest, intimate partner abuse and elder abuse- urban/rural differences

• Mothering related issues and women's health

• Housework safety

HEALTH RELATED TO WORK-BASED TOPICS:

• Sexual harassment and health implications

• Double shift/Second shift

• Job safety and security

• Sex workers and health in urban centres

• Women workers' health in a global market

GLOBAL ISSUES IN WOMEN'S HEALTH

• Women's health under the stress of social and environmental change

• Female child malnutrition in the developed/developing worlds

• Female child abandonment in the developed/developing worlds

• Female child labour and health in the developed/developing worlds

• Female child prostitution, sex trade and health in urban centres

• Forced marriages and women's health

• Female circumcision and genital mutilation

• Wife beating, kitchen fires, honour killings

• Rape and war and women's health

• Cultural differences in women's health

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Frontiers: A Journal of Women's Studies on the Topic of Reproductive Technologies and Reproductive Justice

Frontiers: A Journal of Women's Studies invites submissions for a special issue on reproductive technologies and reproductive justice. In commemoration of the fortieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade and the legacies of that decision, we welcome scholarly and creative works that analyze the contested terrains of reproduction in local, national, or transnational contexts. We are especially interested in the intersections between varied technologies to regulate, manage, or facilitate reproduction (e.g. abortion, contraception, surrogacy, population control, reproductive health, adoption), and claims for reproductive justice. We encourage submissions that conceptualize reproductive issues in broad terms, and which further the journal?s commitment to scholarship on women of color, third world and transnational women's movements, and gender and race.

An inter- and multidisciplinary journal, Frontiers welcomes submissions of creative works such as artwork, fiction, and poetry, as well as scholarly papers. Works must be original, and not published or under consideration for publication elsewhere. For submission guidelines, please consult the websites sponsored by the University of Nebraska Press and Arizona State University, where Frontiers is currently housed:

http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/product/Frontiers,673226.aspx
http://www.asu.edu/clas/asuhistory2/frontiers/

All special issue submissions and questions should be directed to frontiers@osu.edu. The guest editor for this special issue,
Mytheli Sreenivas, and the new editors of Frontiers, Guisela Latorre and Judy Tzu-Chun Wu also can be reached at the following address:

Editors of Frontiers
Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Ohio State University
286 University Hall
230 North Oval Mall
Columbus, OH 43210

Submission Date for Special Issue: June 15, 2012 All other submissions, not related to the Special Issue, should be directed to
Arizona State University before May 11, 2012. After May 12, 2012, all submissions should be sent to Ohio State University.

Call for Papers for the International Journal of Childbirth Education

The official publication of the International Childbirth Education Association

2012 Call for Papers

Call for papers on the following topics:

· Spirituality/Culture in Pregnancy and Childbirth

· Grief

· Complementary and Alternative Therapies in Pregnancy and Childbirth

· Non-traditional Families

· Concepts in Adult Education

· Environmental Factors in Childbirth and Pregnancy

· Global Perspectives

· Breastfeeding

· Prenatal Education and Information Technology

· The Psychology of Pregnancy

Please, consider sitting down at your word processor today and sharing your knowledge with other ICEA members. Contact the editor@icea.org for help developing a paper.

The deadline for the April issue is February 15

The deadline for the July issue is May 15

The deadline for the October issue is August 15