This year's conference covered a mix of
current and emerging issues within maternal, newborn and child
health. Colleagues from different sectors examined a range
of topics, shared insights, resources and practical tools.
This year we were pleased to offer two preconference sessions:
Media Advocacy and Fear-Based Health Communications: Getting
It Right.
Pre-conference Sessions
Nancy
Dubois, The Health Communications Unit
Media
Advocacy (PDF 2.47Mb)
Josie
d’Avernas, Program Training & Conference Centre
/ Larry Hershfield, The Health Communications Unit
Fear-based
Health Communication: Getting it Right (PDF 1.65Mb)
Conference Sessions
Linda
Smith, Bright Future Lactatin Resource Centre
First
Feedings: The Influence of Birth Practices on Breastfeeding
Initiatation (PDF 453Kb)
Noreen
Agrey - Saskatchewan Institute on Prevention of Handicaps
Shaken
Baby Syndrome (PDF 718Kb)
Dr.
Susan Bradley - Hospital for Sick Children
Attached
or No - is that the question? (PDF 175Kb)
Linda
Smith, Bright Future Lactatin Resource Centre
Leave
‘Em Wanting More: TeachingGames for Breastfeeding Classes
(PDF 129Kb)
Mara
Celmins, Best Start
Post
Partum Mood Disorder and Cultural Diversity (PDF 2.52Mb)
Kathy
Crowe & Kuy Ngo, City of Ottawa, Reproductive Health
Program
Transition
to Parenting (PDF 298Kb)
Linda
MacDougall, Toronto Public Health
Infections
and Pregnancy (PDF 313Kb)
Kathy
Cooper, Canadian Environmental Law Association
Children
and the Environment (PDF 319Kb)
Dr.
Alice Ordean , T-CUP, St. Joseph’s Health Centre
The
Role of Harm Reduction (PDF 3.54Mb)
Dr.
Peter Selby, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health / Rosa
Dragonetti, PREGNETS
Smoking
For Two (PDF 748Kb)
Dr.
Patrica Mousmanis, Ontario College of Family Physicians
Health
Child Development: Improving the Odds (PDF 252Kb)
Chandra
Farrer & Dr. Laura Cruz, Sport C.A.R.E. Exercise and
Pregnancy Education Program
Exercise and Pregnancy: Evidence Based Guidelines
Lee
Rysdale, Sudbury and District Health Unit
Nutrition
and the Preschooler: The Concerns, Challenges and Solutions
(PDF 8.02Mb)
Dr.
Linda Duxbury, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University
In
the Voice of Canadians: The View of Balance from the Trenches
(PDF 626Kb)
