From rhoskins@home.com Mon Jul 5 21:08:06 1999 Received: from mxu3.u.washington.edu (mxu3.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.7]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id VAA13806 for ; Mon, 5 Jul 1999 21:08:06 -0700 Received: from ha1.rdc1.wa.home.com (siteadm@ha1.rdc1.wa.home.com [24.0.2.66]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.06) with ESMTP id VAA02659 for ; Mon, 5 Jul 1999 21:08:03 -0700 Received: from c501552a ([24.5.121.123]) by ha1.rdc1.wa.home.com (Netscape Mail Server v2.02) with SMTP id AAA11871 for ; Mon, 5 Jul 1999 21:07:16 -0700 Message-ID: <00b601bec764$b67aa2e0$7b790518@olmpi1.wa.home.com> From: "Richard E. Hoskins" To: Subject: Fw: (Fwd) ANNOUNCE: WOMEN AND HEALTH CONFERENCE Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 21:04:57 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 See below. This may have already appeared - sorry for the double listing. Likely its too late for North Americans to make plans, but UK folks may not know about this. Edinburgh in mid-July starts to be appealing (less clouds and rain) like Seattle! Richard E. Hoskins rhoskins@home.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Lisel O'Dwyer To: Laurie Brown ; ; Janet Gilchrist ; Brian Gulson ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; > ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- > Organization: University of Edinburgh > Date sent: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 15:17:08 +0000 > Send reply to: p.warner@ed.ac.uk > Priority: normal > Subject: ANNOUNCE: CONFERENCE > From: "Pamela Warner" > To: medical-depts@ed.ac.uk, public-health@mailbase.ac.uk > Copies to: evidence-based-health@mailbase.ac.uk, birthstat@mailbase.ac.uk > > Apologies for cross-posting > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 2nd INTERNATIONAL INTERDISCIPLINARY > CONFERENCE ON WOMEN & HEALTH > > European Association for Research on Women and Health > > July 12-14, 1999 > Edinburgh Scotland > > An exciting programme is planned for the above Conference, with > speakers attending from the four corners of the globe. > > The opening address will be by Susan Deacon, MSP, Minister for Health > and Community Care. > > Plenary speakers include Lesley Doyal, Amy Pollack, Angela Coulter, > Illona Kikbusch and Larisa Skuratskyava. > > It is NOT too late to register! > > You can access the (provisional) programme and > conference details via our web site: > http://www.ucs.ed.ac.uk/~pamew/ICWH2.htm > > Register with the Conference secretariat at > conferences@bps.org.uk > Tel: 0116 252 9555 > Fax: 0116 255 7123 > > This Conference aims to: > > . Stimulate communication and collaboration between researchers, > clinicians and policy makers working in the area of women and > health. > > . Bring critical contributions from theory and research into > discussions of aetiology, clinical practice and health care > systems. > > . Identify priority areas for women's health research. > > The Conference will provide a unique forum for the exchange of ideas > and the development of new models and approaches to the understanding > and promotion of women's health. It will appeal to psychologists, > sociologists, doctors, nurses, midwives, psychotherapists, health care > workers, policy makers and health advocates. > > The key themes of this conference are: > > . Addressing inequalities and human rights > > . Delivering appropriate health care and health services for women > > . Promoting women's health across cultures, ages and stages > > . Developing critical theories and methodologies > > . Lifespan perspectives > > We welcome submissions which are concerned with the areas of interest > identified by the Report of the EC Commission on the state of women's > health. These include: cardiovascular disease; incontinence; cancer; > eating disorders; HIV/AIDS; family planning; abortion; menopause; > violence against women; and health risk behaviours such as smoking, > diet, exercise and alcohol consumption. > > Conference registration fees have been held as low as possible to > ensure maximal attendance. > > > > Pamela Warner > > Medical Statistics Unit > Department of Public Health Sciences > University of Edinburgh Medical School > Teviot Place > EDINBURGH EH8 9AG > Scotland UK > Ph.: 44-(0)131- 650 3248 > Fax: 44-(0)131- 650 6909 > email: p.warner@ed.ac.uk .