MAINN Conference 2013
Nutrition and Nurture in
Infancy and Childhood:
Bio-Cultural Perspectives
Three day international, interdisciplinary conference organised
by the Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture Unit
(MAINN), School of Health.
Monday 10th, Tuesday 11th, Wednesday 12th June 2013
Grange over Sands, Cumbria
Nutrition and Nurture in Infancy and
Childhood: Bio-Cultural Perspectives
Conference Convenor: Fiona Dykes, Professor of
Maternal and Infant Health, Maternal and Infant
Nutrition and Nurture Unit (MAINN), School of Health,
University of Central Lancashire.
The conference links closely with the international journal
Maternal and Child Nutrition (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing)
that has its editorial office in MAINN. The journal is edited
by Dr Victoria Hall Moran, based in MAINN, and Professor
Kay Dewey, University of California, Davis.
The conference aims to:
• Illuminate socio-cultural, political and economic
influences upon infant and child feeding practices.
• Explore the nature of relationships within families in
connection with various types of nutritive and nurturing
behaviour in infancy and childhood.
• Increase understandings of breastfeeding as a
bio-psychosocial activity.
• Enhance understanding of the complex interactions
between socio-cultural, psychological and biological
factors in infant and child feeding, eating and nutrition.
• Focus on key initiatives that may impact upon practices
related to infant and child feeding, eating and nutrition.
Location
Key Note Speakers
Sue Ashmore - Director of UNICEF UK Baby Friendly
Initiative
Dr Kajsa Brimdyr - Lead Researcher and Faculty, Healthy
Children Project, USA
Dr Adriano Cattaneo - Consultant Epidemiologist,
Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Trieste, Italy
Dr Renée Flacking - Senior Research Fellow, Dalarna
University, Sweden and MAINN, School of Health,
UCLan, UK
Lorna Hartwell and Phyll Buchanan - Breastfeeding
Network (BfN), UK
Professor Pat Hoddinott - Chair in Primary Care,
University of Stirling
Dr Gill Thomson - Research Fellow, MAINN, School of
Health, University of Central Lancashire
Conference Chairs
Professor Fiona Dykes - MAINN, School of Health,
University of Central Lancashire
The conference venue is The Grange Hotel, Grange Over
Sands, which is situated on the fringe of the Lake District
in beautiful surroundings. For details on the charms of this
stylish location go to http://www.grange-hotel.co.uk/
Conference Booking and Enquiries
The conference fee is £375 plus VAT - £450 for all three
days attendance, which includes refreshments, lunch and
conference documentation, but not accommodation.
Accommodation can be booked directly with the hotel
www.grange-hotel.co.uk
A day rate is also available at £125 plus VAT - £150 for
a single days attendance which includes refreshments,
lunch and conference documentation on the day you are
attending.
For conference enquiries please contact Liz Roberts,
Conference and Events, University of Central Lancashire,
Preston PR1 2HE
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0)1772 893809
Fax: +44 (0)1772 894985
To book a place at the conference please go to the
conference web site:
Dr Victoria Hall Moran - MAINN, School of Health,
University of Central Lancashire
www.uclan.ac.uk/healthconf
Professor Virginia Schmied - University of Western
Sydney and Visiting Professor, MAINN, UCLan
For academic queries please contact Professor Fiona Dykes
on [email protected] or Tel: +44 (0)1772 893828
Day 1: Monday 10th June 2013
08.00 - 09.00
09.00 - 09.15
09.15 - 09.30
Conference registration and refreshments
Opening address by Dr Nigel Harrison
Dean of School of Health, University of
Central Lancashire
Welcome by Conference Convenor:
Professor Fiona Dykes, MAINN, UCLan
09.30 - 10.20
Keynote: Dr Kajsa Brimdyr:
Supporting newborns:
9 stages during skin-to-skin contact
10.30 - 11.00
Room A
Concurrent Session: 1
A Blair, K Brimdyr, K Stewart (USA) Interpreting
non-verbal cues: skin to skin in the first hour,
feeding cues, and communication strategies
L O'Hagan, M Butler (Ireland) Preventing
hypernatremic dehydration in the breastfed baby
M Parker, J Macklin (UK) Liverpool Early Years
Nutrition Programme
L Wallace, S Law, A Baum, W Higham, I Kehal,
B Jackson, J Bayley, K Anwar, J Watson,
M Renfrew (UK) Assessing the knowledge and
confidence of neonatal unit clinicians to support
breastfeeding and the practices to support
parental involvement in direct care of their baby
using the Neonatal Unit Clinician Assessment
Tool (NUCAT) in England
B A Abu, LV Van den Berg, A Danhauser,
R Jacques, VJ Louw (South Africa) Pica practices
and associated cultural deems among women
and their children 6-59 months in the Northern
region of Ghana: a risk factor for iron deficiency
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11.00 - 11.30
Refreshments
11.30 - 12.00
Room A
Concurrent Session: 2
L Oakley, M Renfrew, J Kurinczuk, M Quigley (UK)
Factors associated with breastfeeding in England:
an analysis by primary care trust
K Ebisch-Burton (Germany) Infant feeding
discourse in media and imagery: how might we
read it, how can we respond to it?
M Barnes, J Rowe, S Sutherns, M McCarthy,
K Watson (Australia) Nurturing mothers to
nurture babies
L Wallace, S M Law, IK Kehal, K Anwar (UK)
Assessing DVDs as teaching aids to improve
knowledge and self-efficacy to practice essential
breastfeeding skills by midwives and health
visitors in support of UNICEF BFI accreditation
A Alam, S Rasheed, T Huda, S Arifeen, M Dibley
(Australia) Perceptions of birth weight and foetal
development and their implications for infant
feeding and antenatal dietary practices: Evidence
from a formative research in rural Bangladesh
12.40 - 13.50
Lunch
13.50 - 14.40
Keynote: Dr Gill Thomson: Integrating a
sense of coherence within neonatal care
14.50 - 15.20
Room A
Concurrent Session: 4
A Baum (CEO Best Beginnings, UK) A Priest,
J Watson (UK) Small Wonders National Change
Programme: a catalyst for change towards more
Family Centred Care
H Niela Vilen, A Axelin, HL Melender, S Salanterä
(Finland) Views of the breastfeeding mothers of
preterm infants participating in a peer-support
group in social media
L Amir, SM Donath, SM Garland, SN Tabrizi,
CM Bennett, M Cullinane, MS Payne (Australia)
Thrush in the breast: a real entity or ‘all in the
head’? Results from the CASTLE study
M Edwards, N Harvey, M Javaid, Z Cole, S Robinson,
J Baird, E Dennison, C Cooper (UK) The importance
of fetal and childhood nutrition to bone health
A Antonakou, A Kexagia (Greece) How maternal
BMI is affecting perinatal outcome: Results of a
retrospective study in Greece
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12.10 - 12.40
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Concurrent Session: 3
C Bartle (New Zealand) Reframing breastfeeding:
The difference between a nudge and a push, why
it matters, [re]packaging breastfeeding, infant
feeding issues and the architecture of change
R Myr, A Sigstad (Norway) Mother-to-mother
support on the internet: an example from a very
small country
A Blair, K Cadwell, C Turner-Maffei, K Brimdyr
(USA) Application of the relational theory to an
academic program in Maternal child heath:
Lactation consulting: The transformative power
of learning
D Groleau, S Semenic, L Molino, K Gray-Donald,
J Lauziere (Canada) The breastfeeding experience
of Quebec mothers using health services with
various levels of Baby Friendly Initiative: discussing
the expected and unexpected
J Putsey, S Banks, S Henry (UK) A Lancashire
approach that strives to respond to the challenge
of infant formula companies marketing strategies.
The Lancashire Infant Feeding Information Board
(LIFIB)
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15.30 - 16.00
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Concurrent Session: 5
J Watson, W McGuire, M Renfrew (UK) Getting
it right from the start: promoting bonding and
attachment (parent-infant relationships); and
breastmilk/breastfeeding in neonatal units
P Hoddinott, G Thomson, N Crossland, H Morgan,
F Dykes (UK) Should health organisations be
incentivised to support breastfeeding?
An interactive discussion
R L Spencer, K Hinsliff-Smith, D Walsh (UK) How
breastfeeding can be an emotional rollercoaster:
A qualitative study of primigravid women in
Lincolnshire
AM Taylor (UK) Exploring women's breastfeeding
experiences using video diaries
V Flax (USA) "It was caused by the carelessness of
the parents": the cultural construction of child
health and malnutrition in southern Malawi
16.00 - 16.30
Refreshments
16.30 - 17.30
Interactive poster session: 1
Day 2: Tuesday 11th June 2013
08.30 - 09.00
09.00 - 09.10
09.10 - 10.00
10.10 - 10.40
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Registration and refreshments
Welcome by Chair: Dr Victoria Hall Moran
(Senior Editor of Maternal & Child
Nutrition), UCLan
Keynote: Professor Pat Hoddinott:
Breastfeeding, behaviour change and
incentives
Concurrent Session: 1
H Ball, C Taylor (UK) Maternal perceptions of
their postnatal breastfeeding experience and
participation in the NECOT trial
H Morgan, G Thomson, N Crossland, P Hoddinott,
F Dykes on behalf of the BIBS research team (UK)
Mother and baby groups as research grant
co-applicants for a study on incentives for
breastfeeding: opportunities and challenges
A Brown, M Lee (UK) Early influences on child
weight and eating style: the role of a baby-led
weaning style
R Taylor Newby (Australia) Challenges in infant
and young child feeding during a natural disaster
in Queensland Australia
J Kavle (USA) Examining factors associated with
a rise in stunting in Lower Egypt in comparison
to Upper Egypt
10.40 - 11.10
Refreshments
11.10 - 11.40
Room A
Concurrent Session: 2
L Robinson, H Ball (UK) The impact of birth
intervention and postnatal ward cot-type on
breastfeeding outcomes
N Crossland, G Thomson, H Morgan, P Hoddinott,
F Dykes (UK) on behalf of the BIBS research team
(UK) Incentives to stop smoking and start and
continue breastfeeding: Service-user insights
into barriers and facilitators
A Brown, B Arnott (UK) Breastfeeding duration
and early parenting behaviour: the role of an
infant-led, responsive style
W Jones, HA Jones, P Rutter (UK) Evaluation of
the Breastfeeding Network e-learning package
for GPs about breastfeeding
S Ahlqvist-Bjorkroth, J Vaarno, A Kaljonen,
H Raiha, H Lagstrom (Finland) The association
of mothers' and fathers' postnatal marital
satisfaction and depressive symptoms with the
breastfeeding duration
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12.20 - 13.30
Lunch
13.30 - 14.20
Keynote: Lorna Hartwell and Phyll Buchanan:
'Being mother-centred’: what does it mean?
14.30 - 15.00
Room A
Concurrent Session: 4
AEF Rudzik (UK) Associations between infant
feeding and infant/maternal sleep: Maternal
perceptions and objective measures in a mixed
qualitative/quantitative research study
L Hartwell, P Buchanan (UK) All practitioners
working with new mothers aim to achieve
mother-centred care but what does it mean,
and how do we know when it has been
received?
L Gallagher (UK) Attitudes towards, and
experiences of, peer support among
breastfeeding mothers.
R McInnes, P Hodinott, J Britten, K Darwent,
L Craig (UK) Significant others, situations and
infant feeding behaviour change processes: a
serial qualitative interview study
R Galloway, JI Picado (USA) Infant and young
child feeding practices in three regions of
Malawi
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11.50 - 12.20
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Concurrent Session: 3
C Russell, M Whitmore, D Burrows, H Ball (UK)
Where might my baby sleep? Evaluation of a
parent education intervention.
G Thomson G (UK) Evaluation of the National
Breastfeeding Helpline
A Merkx, M Ausems, M Nieuwenhuijze, L Budé,
R de Vries (Netherlands) Gestational weight gain
in the Netherlands: what do pregnant women
eat and why do they do so?
V Zuccolo, D Bick, S Cowley (UK) Women's
decisions and experiences about infant feeding a longitudinal qualitative study
K Sadler, C Puett, M Myatt (UK) Community case
management of severe acute malnutrition in
Southern Bangladesh
15.10 - 15.40
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Concurrent Session: 5
V Schmied, A Sheehan, J Fenwick, F Dykes (UK)
Embodied knowledge and the emotional risk
of breastfeeding: an analysis of family
conversations
K Setiloane, E Babatunde (USA) Ethnographic
notes on postpartum infant and maternal care
among the Yoruba of Southwestern Nigeria
A Issaka, KE Agho, D Mahns, P Burns, M Dibley
(Australia) Determinants of sub-optimal
complementary feeding practices among children
aged 6 - 23 months in four Anglophone West
African countries
C Bartle (New Zealand) Milking the rubble:
Lessons from the Christchurch earthquakes,
breastfeeding, infant feeding and the challenge
of managing infant formula donations during
emergency and disaster situations
A Malhotra, R Kaur (India) Effect of a nutrition
education on gestational weight gain, care-seeking
practices and birth outcome of underprivileged
pregnant women
15.40 - 16.10
Refreshments
16.10 - 17.10
Interactive poster session: 2
19.30
Conference Dinner (optional) with music by
London-based folk band, ‘Elfin Steps’.
Day 3: Wednesday 12th June 2013
08.30 - 09.00
09.00 - 09.10
Registration and refreshments
Welcome and Chair’s address: Virginia
Schmied, Visiting Professor, MAINN, UCLan
Room E:
R Victor, SK Baines, KE Agho, MJ Dibley
(Tanzania) Trends of breastfeeding indicators in
Tanzania from 1999 to 2010
09.10 - 10.00:
Keynote: Sue Ashmore: Developing and
implementing new Baby Friendly Initiative
standards for the UK
12.20 - 13.30
Lunch
13.30 - 14.20
Keynote: Dr Renée Flacking: ‘Being in a
womb or playing musical chairs’? The
influence of space and place on infant
feeding in NICUs in Sweden and England
14.30 - 15.00
Room A
Concurrent Session: 4
AP Moore, L M Goff, P Milligan (UK)
Engagement with professional weaning advice
and the associated weaning behaviour, in a
survey of ethnic minority mothers in London
M Rogers, J Hirst, M Woolridge, G Nolan (UK)
An exploration of breastfeeding women's
experiences following her infant’s diagnosis with
neonatal hypernatraemic dehydration
J Ingram, D Johnson (UK) A feasibility trial of
frenotomy for tongue-tie
M Newburn, V Bhavnani (UK) Breastfeeding
peer support - the NCT model in East Lancashire
10.10 - 10.40
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Concurrent Session: 1
F Entwistle, A Woods (UK) Developing the
evidence that supports the UNICEF UK Baby
Friendly Initiative Standards 2012
A Cameron, K Campbell, A Spence, S Lioret,
K Ball, P Lunn, S McNaughton, D Crawford,
K Hesketh (Australia) Parental socioeconomic
position and eating behaviour of infants in the
context of an obesity-prevention RCT
J Boulton, G Macdonald, E Young (Australia)
Growth faltering in children in remote
Aboriginal Australia: an ecological perspective
L Condon (UK) Infant feeding in the first year of
life: the views of Roma, English Gypsy and Irish
Traveller mothers and grandmothers
H Johns, DA Forster, LH Amir, HL McLachlan,
AM Moorhead, RL Ford, KM McEgan (Australia)
Alienating the breast – the implications for
expressing breast milk in hospital
10.40 - 11.10
Refreshments
11.10 - 11.40
Room A
Concurrent Session: 2
K Cadwell, C Turner-Maffei (USA) The Perfect
Storm: The evolution of US Policies regarding
breastfeeding
S Donath, LH Amir (Australia) Infant feeding
method in the first eight weeks: the influence
of maternal prenatal intention
S Dowling (UK) Exploring the experiences of
women who breastfeed long-term
A Sherridan (UK) Breastfeeding Peer Councillors'
Reflections on Their Support Role in a Northern
Town: Circle of Defence and Line of Authority
K Shattnawi (Jordan) Exploring mothering
preterm infants and breastfeeding experiences
in two Jordanian hospitals: an ethnographic study
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11.50 - 12.20
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Concurrent Session: 3
H Trickey, L Moore, J Sanders, M Newburn (UK)
Normalising breastfeeding in Wales: Could a
dynamic complex systems approach reach the
parts current policy is not reaching?
N Crossland, G Thomson, F Dykes (UK) From
ambivalence to connection: fatherhood and
infant feeding
E Hufton, J Raven (UK) Exploring the infant
feeding practices of immigrant women in the
North West of England: a case study of asylum
seekers and refugees in Liverpool and Manchester
L Hunter, J Hamilton, J Magill-Cuerden,
C McCourt (UK) Addressing the institutional
barriers to teenage mothers initiating
breastfeeding on the postnatal ward
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15.10 - 15.40
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Concurrent Session: 5
C Bartle (New Zealand) Pump fiction:
manufacturing demand or meeting a need and
do breast pumps really help the majority of
women to breastfeed for longer?
L Qiu, L Li, M Weng, C Binns (China) A large scale
community study of breastfeeding rates in the
urban and rural areas in Zhejiang Province China
C Bryce (UK) Making sense of dietary information:
how mothers of pre-school children use dietary
information and advice
J Ericson, R Flacking (Sweden) The 'NICU-day care'
service - experiences of delivering care to parents
and their babies 'on leave' at home while
admitted to a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
A Radkar, A Jeyakumar (India) Nutritional status
and pattern of food Intake during pregnancy in
India
15.40 - 16.10
Refreshments
16.10 - 17.00
Keynote: Dr Adriano Cattaneo:
Complementary feeding – politics, policies
and practice.
17.00 - 17.15
Close of conference and thanks: Professor
Fiona Dykes (conference convenor)
Day 1: Posters
YY Ma, L M Wallace, S Law, L Qui (China)
Exploring the training needs of clinicians
to support breastfeeding in postnatal
wards of a tertiary centre in Women’s
hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang
University, Zhejiang province, China
E Erasmus, J Elfer, J Hawdon (UK)
The value of a multi-discipline: medical,
dietetic and psychotherapy approach in
treating children with adverse feeding
behaviours
B Abu, VJ Louw, A Dannhauser, R Jacques,
LV Van den Berg (South Africa)
Knowledge Attitudes and Practices (KAP)
regarding iron deficiency (ID) among
mothers in an anemia endemic population
in Northern Region of Ghana
C Angell (UK)
It's bad news for breastfeeding - coverage
of infant feeding by national newspapers
in England
P A Barcarse, R Dela Cruz, C Bucaoto, A Dulay,
J Ferer, J Garcia, S Gonzales, C Olas, M Picardal,
E Radam, C Soliven, F Transfiguracion, B Uddin,
D Ramos
Feeding Practices of Caregivers of
Severley Underweight Children
K Cadwell, C Turner-Maffei (USA)
What Women Want: Insight into
breastfeeding support strategies using a
patient centred approach
S Dowling (UK)
Evaluation of breastfeeding peer support
in a rural area – does it work for young,
disadvantaged women and their babies?
T Kelly (UK)
Optimising Baby to Breast Attachment
(OBBA): a pilot randomised controlled trial
of a complex intervention
O K Ezeh, KE Agho, MJ Dibley, J Hall &
B Raphael (Australia)
Determinants of neonatal mortality in
Nigeria
E W Kimani-Murage, F Wekesah, N Madise,
P Griffiths, M Wanjohi, C Kyobutungi et al
(Kenya)
'Because most mothers are hustlers': the
why behind sub-optimal breastfeeding
practices among urban poor women in
Nairobi
J P Felice, K M Rasmussen, C M Olson (USA)
Mothers’
Reasons for and Perceptions of Human
Milk Expression and Feeding: A
longitudinal, qualitative investigation
M L Fonte, C Oggioni, PM Casali, H Cena (Italy)
Does sport practice lead to a healthier
lifestyle and eating habits in male
adolescents?
L Gale (UK)
'Breast is Best' but not for me. A Study
of Young People's Attitudes to Infant
Feeding in a South London
Comprehensive School
A Issaka, K E Agho, D Mahns, P Burns, M Dibley
(Australia)
Factors associated with sub-optimal
complementary feeding practices among
children aged 6 - 23 months in six
Francophone West African countries
D Lionetti, A Nyaku, D Sen (USA)
Insights into infant and young child
nutrition from formative research in three
countries
H McClements (UK)
Impact of feeding and nutritional state of
babies born with a cleft lip and/or palate
by a clinical nurse specialist as a member
of a visiting surgical team in India
A Ntouva, A Macadam, P Emmett,
S Mukhopadhyay, K Basu, S Inglis, A Memon,
I Rogers (UK)
Age of solid introduction, diet and food
preferences in 9 month old infants: A
descriptive analysis of data from the
GO-CHILD birth cohort
E Loughrill, L. Harbige, B Z Chowdhry,
N Zand (UK)
The impact of early infant feeding on the
development of atopic disease: a review
Day 2: Posters
C Angell, A Taylor (UK)
Click, click, tick, tick - online learning for
infant feeding education
S Dowling, A Brown (UK)
Representing long-term breastfeeding:
what are the issues and why does it
Matter?
K Cadwell, E Tollens (USA)
A qualitative study of the experiences of
mothers of term babies who have been
supplemented for medical reasons during
the hospital stay with banked donor milk
S Donath, D Forster, S Jacobs, L Amir, P Davis,
S Walker, K McEgan, G Opie, A Moorhead,
R Ford, C McNamara, A Aylward, L Gold,
C East (Australia)
Diabetes & antenatal milk expressing
(DAME): protocol for randomised
controlled trial
H Magoha, P Kolsteren, M Kimanya,
B De Meulenaer, D Roberfroid, C Lachat (Belgium)
Exposure of Aflatoxins from breastmilk
in under six months of age in Rombo,
Tanzania
H McIntyre, S Greatrex-White, D Fraser (UK)
'Tipping the balance in infant feeding
curriculum, theory or practice; a case study'
L O'Hagan, M Healy (Ireland)
'Developing practice through education' How a midwifery education initiative led
to the implementation of a policy to
diagnose and manage Ankyloglossia
(tongue tie)
O B Olubukola (Nigeria)
Influence of Social Network on exclusive
breastfeeding practices of lactating
mothers
L Omondi, G Ettyang, A Kwena (Kenya)
Nutritional Status and Dietary Iron Intake
of Adolescent Expectant Mothers
Attending Antenatal Clinics in Eldoret
West District – Kenya
D G Ramos, R Ochoco
Caregiver Feeding Practices of Severely
underweight Children of Baguio City
S Semenic, D Groleau (Canada)
Barriers and facilitators to
population-wide implementation of the
WHO’s Baby-Friendly Initiative: Lessons
learned from Quebec, Canada
A Spence, K Campbell, S McNaughton,
D Crawford, K Hesketh (Australia)
Maternal mediators of a health promotion
intervention to improve child diet quality:
results of The Melbourne InFANT Program
K J Vermeulen (UK)
‘Envisioning Motherhood’ – the visual
cultural constructedness of breastfeeding
and the implicit ideas of motherhood
inherent in its visual portrayal
R L Spencer, S Greatrex-White & D Fraser (UK)
Keeping up Appearances: women's
experiences of infant feeding
R Ali (Jordon)
Premature Infants’ Night time Awakening
and their Mothers’ Attachment Styles and
Bedtime Behaviour
H Whitford, Symon A, Dalzell J, Lagan B (UK)
Infant Feeding in a formula feeding
culture: are there restrictions on
information provision?
K Setiloane (USA)
Understanding the Cultural Bases for
Limiting Animal Source Foods to Young
Yoruba Children: Implications for
Nutrition Education
A Gopfert, N-E Hashima (UK & Bangladesh)
A qualitative study to investigate
healthcare workers knowledge,
perceptions and reported practice
regarding breastfeeding in Bangladesh
C Smith, F Dykes, N Lowe, V Moran (UK)
Influences on fruit and vegetable
consumption in pre-school children –
a systematic review
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courts.
Accommodation
The conference venue is the Grange Hotel, Grange Over Sands, Cumbria.
Accommodation at the venue is available (subject to availability) by calling +44(0) 15395 33666 or by visiting www.grange-hotel.co.uk
Please quote the conference when booking. A special rate of £89 B&B per person per night (single occupancy) will apply.
Enquiries (General Administration)
Liz Roberts
Events Co-ordinator
Conference & Events
University of Central Lancashire
Westleigh Conference Centre
Preston PR1 2HE UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1772 893809
Fax: +44 (0) 1772 894985
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.uclan.ac.uk/healthconf
Enquiries (Academic)
Fiona Dykes
Professor of Maternal & Infant Health
Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture Unit (MAINN)
School of Health
University of Central Lancashire
Preston PR1 2HE UK
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.uclan.ac.uk/schools/school_of_
health/research_projects/mmch/midwifery_mainn.php