Gender and Health meetings & conferences

2013 Christian Connections for International Health (CCIH) Annual Conference

June 7-10, 2013, Marymount University, Arlington, Virginia

The 2013 Christian Connection for International Health (CCIH) Annual Conference will explore how Christian organizations are addressing inequities and encourage dialogue on how to bring cultural norms and values relating to gender relations closer to health and wholeness for all.  The theme of this year’s conference is Gender, Health and Development. The conference draws health and development professionals from all over the world.  Its primarily focus is on creating networks between those involved in international health, addressing technical issues and practical solutions to health challenges, and giving our participants skills and training that will aid their work in the field of international health. 

International Symposium on Prostate, Androgens and Men’s Sexual Health

21 - 23 June 2013 Berlin, Germany

This is the second of a series of themed 2-3 day meetings, jointly convened by the ISSM and affiliated regional societies. It will precede and support the individual 2014 scientific meetings of the ISSM and ESSM and is a “must-attend” meeting. The theme, focus and content of the scientific program have been carefully selected and represent many of the challenges confronted by physicians with an interest in sexual medicine.

1st International Conference on LGBT Psychology and Related Fields – Coming Out for LGBT Psychology in the Current International Scenario

June 20th to 22nd 2013 Lisbon, Portugal

The1st International Conference on LGBT Psychology and related fields – Coming out for LGBT Psychology in the current international scenario will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, from June 20th to 22nd 2013. This Conference will be a unique opportunity to create a forum for students, researchers and scholars interested in different areas of LGBT research to discuss current topics, so to bridge the gap between LGBT research and the community realities in which LGBT people live in.

The main objective of this Conference is to give visibility to LGBT Research, with particular emphasis on LGBT Psychology, thus providing a significant contribution to a civic, socially conscientious and sustainable development in the current international scenario that respects sexual diversity.

For questions about registration please email aruivo.lisboa@abreu.pt

‘Attentive Writers’: Healthcare, Authorship, and Authority

Medical Humanities Research Centre, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom 23-25 August 2013

Conference Committee: Dr. David Shuttleton, Dr. Gavin Miller, Dr. Elizabeth Reeder, and Dr. Megan Coyer

From nurses, physicians and surgeons to administrators, caregivers, technicians, veterinarians and voluntary sector workers, this conference adopts the term ‘attentive writers’ as evocative of the multitude of both non-professional and professional caregivers – clinical and non-clinical healthcare workers – whose attention to illness might take narrative form. The study of physician-writers was one of the earliest developments in the related fields of Literature and Medicine and the Medical Humanities, with canonical figures such as Conan Doyle, Goldsmith, Keats, Smollett, and William Carlos Williams, receiving much-deserved critical attention. Echoing Rita Charon’s concept of ’attentiveness’, this conference brings this established field of enquiry regarding ‘the physician as writer’ into dialogue with recent calls for a more inclusive approach to the Medical Humanities (i.e. ‘Health Humanities’) and questions the authoritative place of the Western – traditionally male – physician in our explorations of the humanities/health interface.

The relationship between healthcare, authorship and authority will be addressed through three inter-related strands  of thematic enquiry: (1) an historical and literary examination of ‘attentive writers’; (2) a more devolved interrogation of the field of Narrative Medicine; and (3) an examination of ‘attentive writing’ as creative practice.

Any queries may be directed to: megan.coyer@glasgow.ac.uk

Interpersonal Violence Interventions - Social and Cultural Perspectives

August 28–30th 2013 University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

How has violence been understood in different ages and cultures? How is it defined today? Conference’s aim is to bring together experts on interpersonal violence in the fields of social and legal studies, history, cultural research, psychology and health care or from any relevant discipline.

Topics:Interpersonal violence and tolerance to it from various cultural aspects

Gendered violence, interpersonal violence, sexual violence

Violence and lifespan: childhood, youth, adult, seniors

Honour, shame and violence

Religion, authorities and violence

Mental violence, bullying, virtual violence

International comparisons of homicide rates, violence and media

Social labeling - perpetrator, victim

Violence in subcultures, violence in sports, workplace violence

Contact Information

University of Jyväskylä, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy and the Department of History and Ethnology

Conference email: ipvi-info@jyu.fi

Conference Chair: Mikko Mäntysaari, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy

Conference Secretary: Ville Sarkamo, Department of History and Ethnology

Global Health and Well-Being: The Social Work Response

June 17 - 19, 2013 NYU Global Center for Spiritual and Academic Life & NYU Kimmel Center for University Life New York, NY

Co-Sponsored by the National Association of Deans and Directors (NADD)

There is converging agreement about the world's most pressing health and psychosocial problems. These include the role of poverty; the rights and equality of women and children; the voluntary and involuntary movement of populations; disasters, natural and man-made; and the fundamental role of economic inequality in health and well-being outcomes such as mental health, addiction, and the incidences of communicable and non-communicable diseases.

This conference will focus on defining social work's unique contribution to the multidisciplinary efforts to better understand and address the grand challenges of our world. Through presentation of strong international research and examinations of social programs designed to understand and ameliorate the world's most pressing health and social problems, this conference will contribute to better understanding of the social work profession's contributions to human well-being around the world.

The conference will feature keynote papers by social work and other interdisciplinary leaders in global health and well-being. Juried presentations will highlight the range of social work research and response to advance well-being and health of people around the world.

Conference Themes:

Global Poverty (food and housing insecurity; economic development; environmental safety)
Public Health (social determinants of health; maternal and child health; mental health; addiction; disease and illness; income and other inequalities)
Women and Girls (gender equity; social development)
Children (orphans and vulnerable children)
Human Rights and Social Justice
Access to Health Care and Social Resources
Strengthening Care and Service Delivery
Trauma, Crises, and Response (natural disasters; war; violence)
Population Movements and Trafficking (war and refugees; immigration/migration; human trafficking)

Featuring:

Keynote Addresses
Roundtable Discussions
Panels
Breakout Workshops
Banquets
Luncheons
Student Forum

Additional Options:

Cultural Events
Agency Visits

World Congress on Building Consensus Out of Controversies in Gynecology, Infertility and Perinatology (BCGIP-cogi)

May 30-June 2, 2013 Istanbul, Turkey

The World Congress on Building Consensus out of Controversies in Gynecology, Infertility and Perinatology (BCGIP-cogi) will take place in Istanbul, Turkey, May 30-June 2, 2013.

The BCGIP-cogi World Congress will provide a unique platform for world leaders and participants to conduct a vibrant discussion aimed at reaching consensus in the various fields of gynecology. Debates, discussions and plenary lectures will facilitate this academic dialogue which will raise the most dynamic and challenging clinical and technological questions.

The Congress will promote excellence in the fields of Gynecology, Obstetrics, Infertility and Perinatology and aim to bridge gaps between the expansion of information and its implementation in clinical practice. International and local experts will share and compare experiences in stimulating and interactive debates. Allowing ample time for speaker-audience discussion, the Congress aims at reaching up-to-date and agreed-upon answers to ongoing debates even when proof is lacking, through evidence-based medicine and expert opinion.

The Congress will enable participants from all over the world to meet with outstanding world experts in various disciplines and to be updated on the most pressing issues facing clinicians today.

Main topics:

• Menopause (organized by & in collaboration with IMS, EMAS & TSMO)
• Frail Bones: Old Concepts vs. New Strategies
• What Really Bothers Menopausal Women?
• Safety Of Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy Revisited
• Fibroids: Does This Chapter Need To Be Written?
• Contraception; No Need to Stop The Pill? More Healthy With A Better Compliance?
• The New Estrogen & Progesterone; Are They Better? Who Benefits From It?
• How Do We Choose The Method For Emergency Contraception?
• Robotic & Tele-Surgery
• Endoscopy: S-Portal: Single Port Surgery Also In Gynecology
• Adhesion Formation: Can Robotic Surgery Minimize It?
• Gynecology In Adolescence
• Ovarian Cancer
• Cervical Cancer & Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)

• Update on NIPD: Non Invasive Perinatal Diagnosis Translating Research Into Clinical Practice
• Controversies To Consensus: Prenatal Genetic Diagnosis
• Hot Topics In Perinatal Medicine: From The Mother To The Neonate
• Congenital CMV Infection: From Antenatal Diagnosis To Appropriate Neonatal Treatment
• Hot Topics In Perinatal Medicine: Preterm Delivery & Pregnancy Complications
• Perinatal Medicine Around The World
• Labor & Delivery: Prevention Of Asphyxia
• Preterm Delivery: Challenging The Limits Of Viability
• Debates On Perinatal Infections

• Sperm & Male Infertility (organized by & in collaboration with IMSI, ICSO&IUI)
• The Debate About OHSS: Has The Solution Been Found?
• Collecting Data On IVF: How Should This Be Interpreted?
• ART: The Role Of Improving Technologies
• Luteal Support: New Formulation & Mode Of Delivery
• Cancer, Fertility & Pregnancy
• How To Prevent The Threat of Gynecological Cancer
• Fertility Preservation
• PCOS: Still Used To Solve The Dilemma?
• Poor Ovarian Response
• Endometriosis
• Art Sufficiency: How To Improve It?
• Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis
• Should Proteomics, Metabolomics & Secretomics Become A Standard Procedure?
• Advanced Paternal Age & Reproduction: The Role Of The Egg Donation
• From Science Fiction To Reality: Uterus Transplantation; Producing An Oocyte/ Sperm Applications Of Nanotechnology In Cancer