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Dear all - due to a cple of requests to extend the
call for abstracts we have rescheduled the close of submissions to Friday June
9, 2006. There will be a prize awarded to the most innovative poster
presented.
Call for Abstracts deadline extended to June 9, 2006:
Poster Presentations 24th
Homebirth Australia Conference
Background:
Homebirth Australia is holding the 24th HBA
national conference July 1-2, 2006 in Geelong,
Victoria. The conference is titled "Bringing birth back Home". Central to the theme is that care from a known midwife is a safe model of care and
represents the gold standard for care given
to women through pregnancy,birth and postnatally.
Many women in regional and rural areas of Australia
are unable to access this model of care. International and Australian speakers will share their ideas and plans to enable birth to be reclaimed by women and "bought home" into their communities to improve the outcomes for Australian women and their families. Submissions of abstracts are warmly welcomed by conference delegates of current research or midwifery projects to be displayed at the 24th Homebirth Australia conference. The criteria for submissions is as follows: 1) Abstracts of no more than 200
words are to be sent to the 24th Homebirth Australia Conference poster
presentation selection committee by email or hard copy outlining the name of the
project, institution, authors and content of poster presentation by
COB June 9 2006. Please include your
name, address, phone and email details.
2) Priority will be given to current
projects relevant to the conference theme of "bringing birth back home" to local
communities for Indigenous and non-Indigenous women across remote and
rural Australia. Relevant research projects that identify or aim
to improve access to homebirth, one-to-one midwifery care or relevant
maternity issues will also be considered.
3) Priority will be given to researchers who are also registered as a delegate at the conference. All submissions will be considered
and we aim to include as many as possible. All applicants will be
notified of the outcome of their submissions by June 12, 2006. Please
note the criteria for the size of the final poster presentation is strictly no bigger than 50 cms width x
75 cm length (poster size).
The poster
presentations will provide an opportunity for information exchange,
exposure for the researcher/project and generates the theme of
'continuation' and 'reclamation'. There will be an opportunity for
successful applicants to speak
with other delegates about their poster presentation during all meal
breaks. In addition a prize will be given for the best poster presentation
as determined by conference delegates.
Submission of abstracts are as follows please: 1)
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with
'Submission of poster abstract for 24th HBA Conference' written in the subject
heading of the email please.
or
2) Mail postmarked on or before June 9 2006 to the following address: 24th Homebirth Australia Conference poster presentation selection
committee
c/- Penny
Lalor,
For more information please contact Penny Lalor: (03) 52218375 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Information about conference registration can
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