WUNRN
CALL FOR PAPERS
Maternal Health and
Well-Being
The editorial board is seeking submissions for Vol. 11.1 of the
Journal of the
Association for Research on Mothering (ARM)
to be published in Spring/Summer 2009.
DEADLINE FOR
SUBMISSIONS:
Maternal
Health and Well-Being
(physical, psychological,
social, economic, sexual, political and spiritual issues)
The journal will explore the topic of Maternal Health and Well-Being from a variety of perspectives and disciplines. We welcome submissions from scholars, students, activists, health care professionals and other health workers, artists, mothers and others who work or research in this area. Cross-cultural, historical and comparative work is encouraged. We also welcome creative reflections such as poetry, short stories, and artwork on the subject.
Topics can include
(but are not limited to):
maternal
health promotion and education; globalization and maternal health; maternal
health activism; reproductive justice; public policy and maternal health;
the environment and maternal health issues; mothers and healthy living;
maternal health and challenges within Indigenous communities; mothers with
disabilities; mothers with illnesses; HIV/AIDS; breast cancer; mental health
issues; postpartum depression; disease prevention; psychiatry; psychology; medicine;
pregnancy; childbirth; breastfeeding; young mothers; mothers and aging; work
and family balance; maternal nutrition; disordered eating; mothering children
with disabilities; violence against mothers and children; sexual abuse, healing
through the arts; addictions and recovery; raising healthy children; politics
of reproduction; abortion; sterilization; maternal sexuality; maternal health
promotion and education; LBGT maternal health issues; menstruation; menopause;
mothers and the health professions; representations/images of mothers and
health/well-being issues
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Articles should be 15 pages (3750 words).
All should be in MLA style, WordPerfect or Word
and IBM compatible.
Please see our style guide for complete
details.
http://www.yorku.ca/arm/styleguide.html
For more information, please contact us.
SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY
** TO SUBMIT WORK ONE
MUST BE A MEMBER OF ARM
http://www.yorku.ca/arm/armmembership.html
Please direct your submissions to:
Association for
Research on Mothering (ARM)
726 Atkinson,
Phone: 416-736-2100 X60366 Email: arm@yorku.ca or visit our website at http://www.yorku.ca/arm
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http://www.yorku.ca/arm/conference.html
Upcoming ARM Conferences:
The Motherhood Movement
Embedded Conference
October 25, 2008
Click here to see the
program!
Mothering and The Enivornment;
The Social, The Natural, The Built
October 23-25, 2009
CFP will be posted Summer 2008